Shane Nicholson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shane Michael Nicholson | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Newark-on-Trent, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left Back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1992 | Lincoln City | 133 | (6) |
| 1992–1996 | Derby County | 74 | (1) |
| 1996–1998 | West Bromwich Albion | 52 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Chesterfield | 24 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | 77 | (3) | |
| 2001–2002 | Sheffield United | 25 | (3) |
| 2002–2004 | Tranmere Rovers | 54 | (6) |
| 2004–2007 | Chesterfield | 68 | (12) |
| 2006–2007 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Boston United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 523 | (31) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Shane Michael Nicholson (born 3 June 1970 in Newark-on-Trent) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a left back. In his 21-year career Nicholson played for 8 clubs, played in 523 league matches, scoring 31 goals. In all competitions, Nicholson played in 594 matches, scoring 34 goals.
Nicholson started his career with Lincoln City in 1986. Nicholson made his début for the club on 22 November 1986 in a match against Burnley, becoming the youngest ever Lincoln City player to play in the Football League, at the age of 16 years and 172 days. Nicholson went on to play in seven league games during the 1986–87 season, a campaign which ended in the club being relegated from The Football League, the first team to go down to Non-League football in the post election system. They did, however return to the League in the 1987–88 season, after winning the Football Conference. After the club's promotion to the Division Four, Nicholson became a first team regular, playing 126 league games in four seasons, scoring six goals.
Nicholson joined Division Two (2nd tier) outfit Derby County on 22 April 1992 for a fee of £100,000. When he joined The Rams, they were hoping to get promoted to the newly founded FA Premier League, but missed out in the playoffs despite finishing in 3rd place; Nicholson did not play any matches in the run in. While at the Baseball Ground, Nicholson was not a regular in the starting line-up, playing in 74 matches and scoring one goal in 3½ seasons and left the club in February 1996.
On 9 February 1996 Nicholson joined Division One (2nd tier) rivals West Bromwich Albion, for a fee of £150,000. In his first half season at The Baggies, the 1995–96 season, he played 18 league matches, most of the clubs remaining league games. In his first full season however, the 1996–97 season, as at Derby, he was not a regular, playing in just 18 matches, and in the following 1997–98 season, 16 matches before being suspended after failing a drugs test, testing positive for traces of amphetamines. He was sacked by the club,a decision against which he unsuccessfully appealed.
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