Simon Ford
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Gary Ford | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Upton Park, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2001 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Grimsby Town | 78 | (4) |
| 2004 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | Redbridge | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2010 | Kilmarnock | 144 | (6) |
| 2010–2012 | Chesterfield | 49 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Grimsby Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | → AFC Telford United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 280 | (11) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Jamaica | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:30, 21 April 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 August 2008 |
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Simon Gary Ford (born 17 November 1981 in Upton Park, Greater London) is an English-born Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a defender from 2001 to 2013.
Having started his career with Charlton Athletic as a youngster, he transferred to Grimsby Town in 2001. He moved on to Bristol Rovers and Redbridge before establishing himself with Scottish Premier League side Kilmarnock where he remained for six years. He moved to Chesterfield in 2010 and was released after two seasons. He returned to Grimsby Town in the summer of 2012 but only made two appearances and was loaned out for a spell at AFC Telford United. He has also been capped three times by Jamaica.
Ford began his career at Charlton Athletic under Alan Curbishley and was promoted to the club's first-team squad in the 2000–01 season. But he found his first-team chances at The Valley halted and he was released from the London club in summer 2001 having never played a first-team match for the club.
After leaving Charlton in 2001, he signed for Lennie Lawrence's Grimsby Town before the start of the 2001–02 season. Ford made his professional debut on 21 August 2001 during a 2–1 victory over local rivals Lincoln City in the first round of the Football League Cup, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Ben Chapman. On 22 December 2001, he made his league debut in the club's Division One 0–0 away draw with Preston North End where he played from the start. The following week on 29 December 2001 Ford scored his 1st goal for Grimsby with a header to give them a 2–1 lead against Portsmouth, after Peter Crouch had put Pompey 1–0 up with the game eventually finishing a 3–1 victory to the Mariners. Ford would go on to make 16 appearances in all competitions during his first season at Blundell Park.
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