Nigel Bradley Jemson (born 10 August 1969) is an English

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, who represented his country at under-21 level and was the

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of Ilkeston Town until May 2008. He finished his career at Rainworth Miners Welfare in the

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Club career

Jemson played for a total of 12 English league clubs, most notably for

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 ...

and

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, one Scottish league club and one Northern Irish league club during his career, rarely lasting more than a season in each club. Arguably, the highlight of his career was the winning goal he scored in the 1990

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Final for

against

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, the only goal of the game. Jemson made his league debut aged 16 in 1986 with Fourth Division

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

whom he had joined as a Y.T.S. lad. In March 1988 Jemson was signed by

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for

for a fee of £150,000 but did not make his Forest league debut until season 1989-1990 after loan spells with

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and old club Preston. In September 1991 Jemson was signed by

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for

for a fee of £800,000 and helped the club to a third place finish. September 1994 saw a move back to

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, this time joining

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for a fee of £300,000. During his time there, he had loan spells with

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, and

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. In April 1996 he scored both Rotherham's goals in a 2–1 win over

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, for whom he later played 109 games, in the Football League Trophy Final at

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. In 1996 Jemson was signed by

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for a fee of £60,000 where he enjoyed two successful seasons. Moves to

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, and a return to Oxford United followed before Jemson ended his English league career in 2003 after three successful seasons at Shrewsbury Town. Jemson also gained national fame in January 2003, after scoring the Shrewsbury goals that knocked Everton out of the

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third round. He put the Shrews into a first-half lead with a free kick and, after

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had equalised for Everton, glanced a last-minute header past Richard Wright, to give Shrewsbury a famous giant-killing victory. Having earlier scored once against Stafford Rangers and twice against Barrow, his two goals against Everton took his tally to 5 in the competition meaning he ended up as top scorer. In 2010, he replaced

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in the Nottingham Forest's Masters team for the 2010 HKFC International Soccer Sevens tournament.

International career

Jemson was capped once for the England under-21s, in a 0–0 friendly against Wales under-21s in December 1990.

Personal life

In 2011, Jemson was reportedly training as a fireman in

Bingham, Nottinghamshire Bingham is a market town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England, east of Nottingham, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south-west of Newark-on-Trent and 14.5 miles (23.3 km) west of Grantham. The town had a population of 9,131 at the 2011 cen ...

. He also maintains his interest in football, working at Nottingham Forest as a match day host, and starting a blog about his former team in October 2011. Jemson has also worked as a Business Development manager and Brand Ambassador for several businesses, currently with estate agents Pygott & Crone.

Honours

;Nottingham Forest *

: 1989–90 ;Rotherham United *

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: 1995–96

References

External links

*
electronicfishcake.com
– Grimsby player profile

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