Nikki Bull

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Nikki Bull
Personal information
Full name Nikki Bull
Date of birth (1981-10-02) 2 October 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Hastings, England
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Margate
Youth career
1996-1998 Aston Villa
1998-2000 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
2002 → Hayes (loan) 7 (0)
2002–2009 Aldershot Town 267 (1)
2009–2010 Brentford 6 (0)
2010–2012 Wycombe Wanderers 114 (0)
2014– Margate 69 (1)
International career
2003–2007 England C 4 (0)
Managerial career
2015– Margate
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:55, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Nikki Bull (born 2 October 1981) is an English footballer who currently plays for Margate as a goalkeeper. He has previously played for Aldershot Town and Wycombe Wanderers, and also had spells at Queens Park Rangers and Hayes. He started his career as a schoolboy at Aston Villa.

Career

Bull was born in Hastings, East Sussex and moved to Aldershot Town in the summer of 2002 after being released by Queens Park Rangers. In his first season at the club he was named player of the year and scored his solitary goal for the club, a penalty in the final home match as promotion to the Football Conference was secured. He again won the Player of the Year trophy in the 2005–06 season.

In Aldershot's double-winning promotion season, Bull was named Goalkeeper of the Year and Non-League footballer of the Year by his peers. Despite his success, he said that he would leave Aldershot no matter what happened,[1] and this was confirmed by the club at the end of the season.[2] However, on 27 May 2008 it was announced that Bull would be staying on at Aldershot for a further two years.[3] Bull played for Aldershot Town in their first game in the Football League against Accrington Stanley on 9 August 2008, which was won 1–0.[4] He agreed to leave Aldershot at the end of July 2009 to pursue a career outside of football.[5] However, he instead opted to continue his football career, and signed for Brentford on 3 August 2009.[6] The following year, he turned down the offer of a further one-year contract with the Bees, and instead agreed a similar deal with Wycombe Wanderers on 7 June 2010. On 29 July 2010, Bull put in an outstanding performance against a Chelsea reserve side, making a very large number of saves and hampering Chelsea's efforts to score, which played a huge part in Wycombe's eventual 5–1 victory.[7]

On 25 April 2011, Bull saved a penalty in a match against Crewe Alexandra at Adams Park. His save prevented Crewe from equalising and Wycombe went on to win 2–0. Bull played every first team game in both league and cup and was rewarded by winning both the supporters' and players' player of the year awards.[8]

On 9 August 2011 Wycombe were involved in a penalty shootout against Colchester United in the first round of the League Cup. Wycombe won 5–4 on penalties after Bull saved a penalty in the shootout. On 8 November 2012 Bull left Wycombe by mutual consent.[9]

After being out of football for 18 months, Bull signed for Isthmian League side, Margate.[10]

Bull kept up his goalscoring exploits for Margate by scoring an injury time equaliser in the Kent derby at Tonbridge Angels on Boxing Day 2015. Bull captained the side for the latter part of the season as Margate were promoted to the National League South via the play-offs after beating Hendon 1-0. Bull also won the Players' Player of the Season award in 2014–15.

Management career

Bull has been appointed manager at Margate until the end of the season. [11]


Managerial Statistics

As of 9 January 2016
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Margate 15 December 2015 Present 5 3 1 1 60.00
Total 5 3 1 1 60.00

Honours

Aldershot Town
Wycombe Wanderers

References

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  11. ↑ http://www.margate-fc.co.uk/news/nikki-bull-announced-as-new-blues-boss-1541005.html

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