Jacob David Simpson (born 27 October 1990) is a former English

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who played for

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

in the

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. Having played in the youth teams for

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. T ...

, he moved to Shrewsbury Town, where his father

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was manager. Before the 2010–11 season, Simpson followed his father again, to

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional association football, football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they wer ...

. He is currently the Head of Performance at

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

Early life

Born in

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, Simpson is the son of former

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footballer Paul Simpson. His uncle Peter, is the former manager of Carlisle City and his cousin Josh plays for Gretna 2008.

Playing career

Shrewsbury Town

Simpson started in the

academy, but wasn't offered a professional contract by Rovers, and joined

on a one-year deal. He made his debut on the opening day of the 2009–10 season, coming on as a substitute in the Shrews' 3–1 win over

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

. He made a total of 20 appearances over the course of the season, winning the club's young player of the year award. Following his father's sacking as manager, he was released on 14 May 2010.

Stockport County

After trialling with

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and

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they adop ...

in pre-season, on 3 September 2010 he signed

. He made his debut in the

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derby in a 2–0 win over

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

, he then received his first red card in a 5–0 loss to

. In May 2011 he was informed that he would not be offered a contract by the club for the 2011–12 season.

Hyde loan

On 30 March 2011, he joined Hyde on a month's loan deal. He made his debut for the club on the same day as a substitute as his new club lost to Eastwood Town.
His first start for the club came on the last day of the 2010–11 season in a 2–1 win over Corby Town F.C., Corby Town, which kept Hyde's place in the

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Workington

In August 2011, he signed for

side

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, making his debut as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat to

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on the opening day of the 2011–12 season. He scored his first goal for

against Stalybridge Celtic on 23 August 2011.

Lancaster City

In November 2012, Simpson signed for

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side

Lancaster City Lancaster City Football Club is an English semi-professional non-League football club based in the northern city of Lancaster, Lancashire. They currently compete in and play at Giant Axe. They are full members of the Lancashire County Footb ...

, making his debut on 17 November in a 2–1 home win over

Harrogate Railway Athletic Harrogate Railway Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Station View. History The club was established in 1935 by employees of the London and Nor ...

Celtic Nation

In pre-season 2013, Simpson joined Carlisle side Celtic Nation in Northern League Division One. After the financial support was withdrawn at Nation, Simpson and most of the squad left.

Workington return

In the summer of 2014, he returned to Workington, where he was an ever present player.

Coaching career

In October 2017, Simpson was appointed as Strength & Conditioning Coach at

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having spent the previous 18 months working as a Fitness Coach at Carlisle. At the start of the 2018/19 season, Simpson left Chesterfield to become the Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach at

AFC Fylde AFC Fylde is a professional football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Farm. Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wes ...

. Simpson moved to

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

in August 2020 to become the club's Head of Sports Science to join up with

Dave Challinor David Paul Challinor (born 2 October 1975) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers, Stockport County and Bury. He is the manager of club Stockport C ...

who was his manager at Fylde.
Simpson moved to

in February 2022 to become the club's Head of Performance and again join up with

for the third time.

Career statistics

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Jake 1990 births Living people Footballers from Oxford English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players Lancaster City F.C. players Celtic Nation F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Chesterfield F.C. non-playing staff Hartlepool United F.C. non-playing staff AFC Fylde non-playing staff