George William Shelvey (born 22 April 2001) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Shelvey began his career with

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

, moving on loan to

Truro City Truro City Football Club ( kw, Klub Peldroes Truru) is an English football club based in Truro, Cornwall. They currently play in the Southern League, at the seventh tier of the English football league system. They are the highest ranked clu ...

in February 2020, making 2 league appearances. He moved on loan to Wealdstone in April 2021. He moved on loan to

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

in June 2021. On 6 January 2022, Shelvey's loan with Mansfield was terminated early. On 16 May 2023, Shelvey signed a one-year extension with Forest to keep him at the club until the summer of 2024. In February 2024 he signed for

League of Ireland Premier Division The League of Ireland Premier Division ( ga, Príomhroinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, is the top level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland f ...

club

Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...

. On 6 May 2024, he was sent off after the final whistle for abusing a match official with an anti-Irish slur after a 2–1 loss to

Drogheda United Drogheda United Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Dhroichead Átha Aontaithe) is a semi-professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches ...

, subsequently receiving a 10-game ban for breach of the FAI regulations on racism/discrimination. On 29 May, the club announced that Shelvey had left the club by mutual agreement.

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References

2001 births Living people English men's footballers Nottingham Forest F.C. players Truro City F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Men's association football goalkeepers Place of birth missing (living people) Dundalk F.C. players English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland League of Ireland players {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub