Simon Christopher Bryant (born 22 November 1982) is a former professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

er, who spent five years (1999–2004) in

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with

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...

. Bryant began his career as a trainee with Bristol Rovers and after being promoted to the professional ranks at the club in 1999,remained at the club as a player until 2004. During this spell he went on loan to

Tiverton Town Tiverton Town Football Club are an English football club based in Tiverton, Devon. The club are currently members of the and play at Ladysmead. History The club was established in 1913 as Tiverton Athletic, and initially played at the Athle ...

during the Christmas and new year period in 2003/2004. He signed for Mangotsfield United in the summer of 2008, but left the club after less than a month, citing work commitments, without having played a single competitive match, whereupon he joined Cadbury Heath in August that year. He moved to Oldland Abbotonians a year later, where he made 12 league appearances, scoring once, during the 2009–10 season. In October 2011 he was appointed as assistant coach to Martyn Grimshaw at Longwell Green Sports F.C. In December 2021 Simon played in his first game in 10 years for Seymour United, realising his dream playing alongside his life-long friend David Plummer.

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on the Cadbury Heath website * 1982 births Living people Footballers from Bristol English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders English Football League players National League (English football) players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Tiverton Town F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Mangotsfield United F.C. players Cadbury Heath F.C. players Oldland Abbotonians F.C. players Longwell Green Sports F.C. players {{England-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub