Simon Shaw (footballer)

Simon Shaw
Personal information
Full name Simon Robert Shaw
Date of birth (1973-09-21) 21 September 1973
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Darlington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1998 Darlington 176 (12)
1998–2001 Doncaster Rovers 72 (1)
2001–2004 Barrow
2004–2006 Thornaby
2006 Bishop Auckland
2006–2010 Billingham Synthonia 84 (17)
International career
1999 England semi-pro
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simon Robert Shaw (born 21 September 1973) is an English former footballer who made 176 appearances in the Football League playing as a right back for Darlington in the 1990s. He went on to play 72 times in the Conference Premier for Doncaster Rovers, and was capped for England semi-professional XI while with the club. He went on to play for Northern Premier League club Barrow, and for other non-league teams including Thornaby, Bishop Auckland, and Billingham Synthonia, where he spent four seasons, scoring 24 goals from 104 appearances, and took the free kick from which James Magowan scored the only goal of the 2009 Durham Challenge Cup final.