Nigel Jemson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nigel Bradley Jemson | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Hutton, Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Preston North End | 32 | (8) |
| 1988–1991 | Nottingham Forest | 47 | (13) |
| 1989 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1989 | → Preston North End (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 1991–1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | 51 | (9) |
| 1993 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 1994–1996 | Notts County | 14 | (1) |
| 1995 | → Watford (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Coventry City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 1996–1998 | Oxford United | 68 | (27) |
| 1998–1999 | Bury | 29 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Ayr United | 12 | (5) |
| 2000 | Oxford United | 18 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Shrewsbury Town | 109 | (36) |
| 2003–2004 | Ballymena United | 22 | (7) |
| 2004–2008 | Ilkeston Town | ||
| 2008–2009 | Halifax Town | ||
| 2009 | Arnold Town | 6 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Rainworth Miners Welfare | ||
| National team | |||
| 1990 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005–2008 | Ilkeston Town (player-manager) | ||
| 2009 | Halifax Town (caretaker manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nigel Bradley Jemson (born 10 August 1969) is an English footballer, who represented his country at under-21 level and was the player-manager of Ilkeston Town until May 2008. He finished his career at Rainworth Miners Welfare in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division.
Jemson played for a total of 12 English league clubs and one Scottish league club during his career, rarely lasting more than a season in each club.
Arguably, the highlight of his career was the winning goal he scored in the 1990 League Cup Final for Nottingham Forest against Oldham Athletic, the only goal of the game.
In July 1996, Jemson joined Oxford United for a fee of £60,000. During his time there, he had loan spells with Watford,Coventry City, and Rotherham United. In April 1996 he scored both Rotherham's goals in a 2–1 win over Shrewsbury Town, for whom he later played 109 games, in the Football League Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium.
Jemson also gained national fame in January 2003, after scoring the Shrewsbury goals that knocked Everton out of the FA Cup third round. He put the Shrews into a first-half lead with a free kick and, after Niclas Alexandersson had equalised for Everton, glanced a last-minute header past Richard Wright, to give Shrewsbury a famous giant-killing victory. Having earlier scored once against Stafford Rangers and twice against Barrow, his two goals against Everton took his tally to 5 in the competition meaning he ended up as top scorer.
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