Nicky Cross
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Jeremy Rowland Cross | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1985 | West Bromwich Albion | 105 | (15) |
| 1985–1987 | Walsall | 109 | (45) |
| 1987–1989 | Leicester City | 58 | (15) |
| 1989–1994 | Port Vale | 144 | (39) |
| 1994–1996 | Hereford United | 65 | (14) |
| Solihull Borough | |||
| Total | 481 | (128) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Redditch United | |||
| Studley KBL | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nicholas Jeremy Rowland Cross (born 7 February 1961) is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He scored 128 goals in 481 league games in a sixteen-year career in the Football League, playing for five different clubs.
He began his career at top-flight West Bromwich Albion in 1980, and played more than 100 games in a five-year spell, before moving on to Walsall for a £48,000 fee. He also played more than 100 games for Walsall, scoring 45 league goals, before he was sold on to Leicester City for a £80,000 fee in January 1988. He was sold on to Port Vale for a £125,000 fee in June 1989, and would play a total of 176 games for the club in league and cup competitions, winning the Football League Trophy in 1993, and helping the club to promotion out of the Third Division in 1993–94. After this success he spent two years with Hereford United, before heading into non-league football with Solihull Borough in 1996. He later managed Redditch United and Studley KBL, before heading into the financial sector.
Cross started his career at First Division West Bromwich Albion in 1980, as the club finished fourth in the league under Ron Atkinson in 1980–81. The club struggled under Ronnie Allen's stewardship in 1981–82, avoiding relegation by only two points. They went on to finish in mid-table in 1982–83 under Ron Wylie, before Wylie was replaced by Johnny Giles in February 1984. At the end of the 1983–84 campaign, West Brom avoided relegation by a narrow three-point margin. At the end of the 1984–85 season, Cross left The Hawthorns to sign with Walsall, who paid a £48,000 transfer fee. He had played a total of 105 league games for West Brom, scoring 15 goals.
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