Jack Stephen John Sims (born 10 March 1999) is an English

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who plays as a

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for National League South club Braintree Town.

Career

Sims started his career with local side,

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before spending six years at

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

and then eventually joining Blackpool as a 16-year old. Prior to making his Football League debut in December 2019, during a 1–0 defeat to Acrrington Stanley, replacing an injured

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with 60 minutes remaining, Sims enjoyed loan spells at both

Skelmersdale United Skelmersdale United Football Club is a football club from Skelmersdale, Lancashire. They are currently members of the and play at The Community Ground, Burscough. The club is a member of both the Liverpool F.A. and the Lancashire County Footb ...

and Lancaster City (where he earned the player of the season award) between 2017 and 2019. At the conclusion of the 2020–21 campaign, Sims was released upon the expiry of his contract. In October 2021, he made the move to National League South side,

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and went onto 24 times in all competitions winning 3 consecutive player of the months in the process before joining Braintree Town ahead of the 2022–23 campaign.

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Jack Sims
at Soccerbase 1999 births Living people People from Southend-on-Sea Men's association football goalkeepers English men's footballers Canvey Island F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Skelmersdale United F.C. players Lancaster City F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players English Football League players Northern Premier League players National League (English football) players Footballers from Essex {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub