Timothy Eric Alfred Sandercombe (born 15 June 1989) is an English

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who is currently playing at Weston-super-Mare.

Career

Born in Enfield, London, Sandercombe joined Notts County following his release from

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. He joined on 1 July 2007 along with

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, and

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. Sandercombe made his professional debut for County in a

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game against Leyton Orient on 3 September 2007. County lost the game 1–0 to an Efe Echanomi goal. Only 22 days after that appearance, Sandercombe put pen to paper on a new contract at Meadow Lane. On 14 August 2008, Sandercombe had his contract cancelled with Notts County by mutual consent. After a spell in the Conference North with Stafford Rangers, he joined

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on a one-year contract on 27 May 2009. In February 2010, Sandercombe signed for

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club Weymouth until the end of the season and in March 2010 he started training with Exeter City at their Cat & Fiddle training base just so he can keep his fitness levels up between Weymouth matches and the possibility of being used as cover for the Exeter City reserves on a non contract basis. He signed a one-year deal for Conference North club

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in July 2010. In July 2011 Sandercombe signed for newly promoted

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as a replacement for

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who returned to

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. After a season and a half, he was injured during a league match against

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and Truro brought in Luke McCormick as a replacement. Truro were in administration and McCormick was playing for free, and Sandercombe subsequently left the club the following week, on 16 November 2012. Sandercombe joined Bideford in January 2013 and made his debut against Banbury United on Saturday 12 January 2013. After his football career ended, he became a school teacher and taught in multiple British primary schools around Devon.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandercombe, Tim 1989 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Enfield People from Enfield, London English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Tiverton Town F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players Truro City F.C. players Bideford A.F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players National League (English football) players