Ashley James Ward Vickers (born 14 June 1972) is an English former professional

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who played as a centre-back.

Playing career

Born in

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, Vickers began his career as a defender with

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, but was released at the end of his traineeship and joined non-League

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. He subsequently played for Malvern Town and The 61 Club before joining Heybridge Swifts. He was playing for Heybridge, managed by

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in the 1997–98 season, getting sent off in the

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First Round defeat away to AFC Bournemouth in November that year. The following month he joined

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for a fee of £5,000. He made his Football League debut in the 2–1 home defeat against

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on 28 December 1997, but was sent off late in the game. He was an unused substitute twice later in the season, but that was as near as he got to the Peterborough first team again. In August 1998, he moved to non-League St Albans City for a fee of £10,000, before joining up again with

who was by now managing Conference side Dagenham & Redbridge in March 2000. He joined Weymouth, managed at the time by Garry Hill, on a free transfer in late May 2006. He signed a new one-year contract with Weymouth on 19 July 2007. He signed for

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on 4 March 2008 and subsequently in August 2008 he joined Newport County on a three-month loan deal.

Coaching career

In March 2009, Vickers joined Dorchester Town as player-assistant manager to new player-manager Roy O'Brien. O'Brien was sacked on 21 November 2009, following a humiliating 3–0 defeat to fierce local rivals Weymouth in the FA Trophy with Vickers becoming caretaker manager for the rest of the season. Having turned Dorchester's season around, with the team going on to an impressive run of form, Vickers was given the role permanently in March 2010. He was suspended in March 2011 for tackling a man who had come onto the field in a

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. In October 2011, Vickers left Dorchester by mutual consent. In January 2012 he became manager of Blackfield & Langley After winning the Wessex League title in

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he left the club. He signed as a player for Andover Town in April 2016 and played there for a few weeks.andovertownfc.co.uk
Ashley Vickers (Midfielder / Forward)
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