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Michael Symes
Personal information
Full name Michael Symes
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley

Michael Symes (born 31 October 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays for League Two club Accrington Stanley. He plays as a striker. He started his career as a trainee with Everton, playing in attack with future England international Wayne Rooney. He moved to Bradford City after he failed to break into the Everton side but after two injury-ravaged seasons with Bradford he moved to Shrewsbury Town, following a short loan spell. He spent three seasons with Shrewsbury, then joined Accrington Stanley in July 2009 after a loan period the previous season. He has had a number of other loan spells, also playing for Crewe Alexandra, Stockport County, Macclesfield Town and Bournemouth.

Career

Everton

Symes was born in Great Yarmouth, in East Anglia,[1] but moved to Liverpool in his youth, where he attended Maricourt High School.[2] He started his career as a trainee at Everton where he reached the final of the 2002 FA Youth Cup, playing up-front with Wayne Rooney.[3] Symes scored 31 goals from 51 games at youth level for Everton but was also hampered by six operations.[4] In March 2004, he joined Crewe Alexandra on loan for the rest of the 2003–04 season making his debut as a substitute against Nottingham Forest on 27 March.[5] He played four games during his loan spell, starting once against Coventry City when he scored his first senior goal in a 3–1 win.[1][6] A succession of injuries prevented him from breaking into the Everton first team and he was released by David Moyes after just three reserve games for the club.[3][7]

Bradford City

Crewe manager Dario Gradi decided not to offer a contract to Symes,[8] who instead spent a period on trial at Bradford City, which included an 8–1 pre-season friendly win over Farsley Celtic.[9] With fellow former Everton trainee Steven Schumacher he signed for the League One side in July 2004.[10] He made his Bradford debut in a 2–1 defeat at Hartlepool United on the opening day of the 2004–05 season. Three days later he missed a late penalty which would have secured Bradford victory over Peterborough United in a game in which Symes was also booked.[11] Symes was dropped from the first team after Bradford signed Dele Adebola.[12] When Bradford were allowed special dispensation to sign Neil Roberts, Bradford tried to give Symes a loan transfer to Darlington but the deal was blocked by the Football League.[13] The following month, Symes scored his first goals for Bradford when he came off the bench at half-time to score twice in a 3–1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday on 23 October 2004.[14] They were the only goals he scored that season from just 15 games.[15]

Before the following season started, Symes was loaned out to Macclesfield Town for six months,[16] but in July he suffered an ankle injury keeping him out until September.[17] He never played for Macclesfield meaning his action in 2005 was limited to just 35 minutes on New Year's Day.[18] Instead he joined Stockport County in another loan deal in January 2006,[19] where he made his one and only appearance in a 1–1 draw with Torquay United on 31 January 2006. He returned to Bradford and played another three games, scoring in a 1–1 draw with Brentford on 8 April 2006.[20] However his season again ended early when he pulled his hamstring during the draw with Brentford.[21]

Shrewsbury Town

At the start of the 2006–07 season, Symes was kept on at Bradford but started the season on loan at Shrewsbury Town.[22] He made his Town debut as a late substitute in the opening game of the season in a 2–2 draw with Mansfield Town.[23] He scored in his second appearance, when he again came on as substitute, as Shrewsbury defeated Boston United 5–0.[24] He started his first game in the League Cup against Birmingham City as Shrewsbury lost 1–0. His move from Bradford was made permanent by the end of the August transfer window. He had started just six games in two seasons with Bradford.[25] He scored the second brace of his career to give Shrewsbury a 2–1 victory over Hereford United in the Football League Trophy first round,[26] a competition in which Shrewsbury eventually reached the southern section semi-final stage.[27] In January 2007, his contract was extended further, lasting until summer 2009.[28] He scored 13 goals in his first season at Shrewsbury,[29] but was also given the first red card of his career in a game against Mansfield Town,[30] as they missed out on promotion when they lost 3–1 to Bristol Rovers in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium.[31][32]

Symes was not a regular in the Shrewsbury side at the start of the 2007–08 season,[31] making 12 starts and nine substitute appearances as he scored just three goals. In January 2008, he rejoined Macclesfield Town with defender Neil Ashton on loan until the end of the season.[31] Despite his exit, Shrewsbury manager Gary Peters said the pair could both return to Shrewsbury at the end of the season.[33] He played his first Macclesfield game in a 1–0 defeat to Peterborough on 12 January,[34] and scored his first goal as Macclesfield drew 1–1 with Milton Keynes Dons on 29 January.[35] It was his only goal in his first eight games and he was dropped for Macclesfield's 3–0 defeat against Peterborough on 23 February when he came on as a substitute in the 44th minute.[36] He returned to the side a week later for new manager Keith Alexander's first match against Notts County when Macclesfield were denied a victory by a late goal from Richard Butcher.[37] While Symes was on loan at Macclesfield, Shrewsbury manager Peters left the club and was replaced with Paul Simpson,[38] who promised Symes and other players out on loan that he would monitor their progress and build his own opinion of them.[39] Macclesfield were involved in a relegation fight during Symes' stay and it was not until a 1–0 victory over Chesterfield on the penultimate weekend of the season that Macclesfield ensured they would be in the league the following season.[40] Symes played 14 games, four as substitute, but scored just one goal during his stay with Macclesfield.[1]

Symes returned to Shrewsbury and started pre-season training ahead of the 2008–09 season, having being told by Simpson that he would be given the same chance as any other player at Shrewsbury to impress,[41] and also personally vowing to force his way into the manager's first-team plans.[42] However, Simpson signed new strikers during the summer including Grant Holt, who cost a club record £170,000,[43] and Symes spent the start of the season out of the team. After scoring six goals in two consecutive reserve games,[44] Symes earned his first game for the first team, when he came off the bench to score a late equaliser and earn Shrewsbury a 2–2 draw with Notts County on 30 August.[45] After starting in a 2–1 Football League Trophy victory against Exeter City,[46] he was again sidelined when he picked up a knee injury.[47] He returned to action in mid-October, when he came on as substitute to give Shrewsbury a late equaliser against Port Vale, only for Vale to score another goal to give them victory.[48]

In November 2008, he was again sent out on loan, this time to Bournemouth, also in League Two, for one month. Simpson said: "We have a big squad and I felt that the opportunity for Michael to go and get a month out on loan at Bournemouth would do him the world of good."[49] Symes made his debut for Bournemouth on 15 November, as they lost 3–0 to Accrington Stanley.[50] He returned to Shrewsbury at the end of his month loan spell, in which he failed to score from five appearances.[1][51] He was immediately recalled to the Shrewsbury squad and came on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 defeat to league leaders Wycombe Wanderers the following weekend.[52] Because of injury problems, Symes played only three more games, before he moved on loan once again, this time to Accrington Stanley, another League Two side.[1][53] He made his Accrington debut the day following his transfer, helping them to a 2–1 victory at home to Exeter City.[54] Symes scored once in seven games for Accrington,[1] before he returned to Shrewsbury Town at the end of the season. However he was one of seven players released by Simpson after they lost the play-off final.[55]

Accrington Stanley

As a result of his loan spell at Accrington, Symes was one of five signings made by their manager John Coleman on the same day at the start of pre-season training in June 2009.[56]

Career statistics

Updated to 21 June 2009.[1]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[57] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2003–04 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Bradford City 2004–05 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 15 2
2005–06 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Total 15 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 18 3
Stockport County (loan) 2005–06 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Shrewsbury Town 2006–07 33 9 2 0 1 0 7 4 43 13
2007–08 21 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 25 3
2008–09 8 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 2
Total 62 14 4 0 3 0 10 4 79 18
Macclesfield Town (loan) 2007–08 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
Bournemouth (loan) 2008–09 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2008–09 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Career totals 108 20 5 0 4 0 11 4 128 24

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  57. ^ Competitive games only. Football League Trophy and play-off games.

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