Charlie Joe Ide (born 10 May 1988) is an English former professional footballer who began his career at

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

Career

Ide is a striker who made his debut for

in a 2–1 win over Hull City in May 2005. He had loan spells at Slough Town towards the end of the 2005–06 season and at Sutton United the following 2006–07 season. He was recalled from his loan spell at Sutton and soon found himself in Brentford's first team. He scored his first professional goal against Tranmere Rovers in December 2006 and continued his good form by scoring both goals in the 2–2 draw with Leyton Orient the following month. It was in this game where he earned the nickname of 'The Squirrel', when at a Brentford corner a

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turned up on the pitch and ran the length of The New Road Stand, play was delayed, and when restarted Ide scored from the resulting corner. Ide was generally played on the right wing in the 2006–07 season, yet still managed seven goals in 26 league games. On 30 May 2007, despite reported interest from higher division clubs, Ide signed a new two-year deal with Brentford, with the option of a further year. Ide was sent on loan to

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side

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for the final three months of the 2007–08 season, after failing to regain his place in the Brentford first team following injury. He was not tendered a new contract by

manager Andy Scott following the season's end. On 22 May 2008,

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

announced that Ide had signed a one-year deal with the

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team. Ide left Grays Athletic by mutual consent on 25 September 2008, after just seven appearances, and dropped four divisions to sign for

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the following day. In eight days in October 2008, he scored hat-tricks in three successive matches, against

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, Whitton United and Brantham Athletic. He signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club

Carshalton Athletic Carshalton Athletic Football Club is an English football club based in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. They currently play in the and are based at the War Memorial Sports Ground. The club also field a women's team playing in the Lo ...

from

Croydon Athletic Croydon Athletic Football Club was an English football club based in Thornton Heath in the London Borough of Croydon, London, England. It was founded in 1986 and initially named as Wandsworth & Norwood until 1990. The club progressed through ...

on 27 February 2009, preferring a move there rather than

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. In January 2010 he signed for Bedfont Green. In February 2010 he resigned for

. Having started the 2010–11 season with Walton Casuals, he signed for

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in March 2011. In July, he re-signed for Walton Casuals. In November 2012, he joined

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on a free transfer, later playing a solitary appearance for

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, teaming up with his former boss

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who he played under at Walton Casuals. Ide signed for Combined Counties Division One side Staines Lammas in December 2013 and scored on his debut against Farleigh Rovers.

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