Craig Michael Faulconbridge (born 20 April 1978) is an English professional

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Career

Born in

Nuneaton Nuneaton ( ) is a market town in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth in northern Warwickshire, England, close to the county border with Leicestershire and West Midlands County.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : Nuneaton's ...

, Faulconbridge played youth football with

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, before playing league football for

Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Championship. Dunfermline ...

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...

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and

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

. Faulconbridge notably scored a dramatic goal during the 1997–98

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season for Dunfermline against

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, a goal which denied Celtic the league championship that weekend. Celtic eventually clinched the championship, which denied Rangers a tenth successive championship, on the final day of the season by beating

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

2–0. He later played non-league football with Wingate & Finchley,

Maidenhead United Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. They are currently members of and have played at York Road since 1871, making it the 'oldest senior football ground continuously ...

Oxford City Oxford City Football Club is a semi-professional English association football club based in Marston, Oxford. They currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play their home matches at Marsh Lane. ...

, Carshalton Athletic and

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, before joining Didcot Town as a player-coach in June 2011. He left in October 2011 after the resignation of Manager Francis Vines. He signed for

Aylesbury Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, David Tugwell`s house on Watermead and the Waterside Theatre. It is in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wy ...

on 10 January 2012. After the conclusion of the season, Faulconbridge was confirmed as the new manager at Aylesbury, replacing Steve Smith. In June 2012, Faulconbridge confirmed his intentions to continue playing whilst managing. Faulconbridge left Aylesbury in the autumn of 2013, replaced by former Slough Town manager Steve Bateman. He played for

Chinnor Chinnor is a large village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in South Oxfordshire about southeast of Thame, close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The village is a spring line settlement on the Icknield Way below the Chiltern Hills ...

during the 2014–15 season before joining

Thame United Thame United Football Club are a football club based in Thame, Oxfordshire, England. They were established in 1883 and joined the Hellenic League in 1959. The club currently competes in the . History Thame United were formed in 1883, making t ...

, where he became a youth team coach and manager of Thame Rangers.Craig Faulconbridge
Thame Football Partnership

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faulconbridge, Craig 1978 births Living people English men's footballers Coventry City F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Oxford City F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players Scottish Premier League players Wingate & Finchley F.C. players Woking F.C. players Carshalton Athletic F.C. players Maidenhead United F.C. players Aylesbury Vale Dynamos F.C. players Chinnor F.C. players Thame United F.C. players English football managers Aylesbury Vale Dynamos F.C. managers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Nuneaton