Nigel Jemson is an
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footballer, who represented his country at the
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and was the manager of
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, until May 2008. He finished his career at
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in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division.
Club career
He played for a total of 12 English league clubs and one Scottish league club during his career, rarely lasting more than a season in each club.
Arguably, the highlight of his career was the goal he scored in the 1990
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Final for
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against Oldham Athletic. It resulted to be the winner, and the only goal of the game.
There was another highlight in his career was in 1996, when he scored two goals at
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, in the then named
Auto Windscreens Shield Final (
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) for Rotherham United in a 2-1 win against Shrewsbury Town, whom he later went to play 109 games for.
Jemson also gained national fame in January 2003, after scoring the goals that knocked
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out of the FA Cup 3rd round during his time in Shrewsbury Town. He put the Shrews into a first half lead with a free kick, and after
Niclas Alexandersson had equalised for Everton, he glanced a last minute header past
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, to give Shrewsbury Town another famous
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victory, and one of the all-time greatest
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games.
Jemson currently plays for, and captains, Nottingham Forest's Masters team.
After Football
Jemson is currently training as a fireman. He maintains his interest in football and Nottingham Forest, starting a blog about his former team in October 2011.
International career
Jemson has one cap for
England Under-21sEngland's national Under-21 football team, also known as England Under-21s or England U21, is considered to be the feeder team for the England national football team....
.
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