Nicky Bailey

Nicky Bailey

Personal information
Full name	Nicky Francis Bailey
Date of birth	(1984-06-10) 10 June 1984 (age 27)
Place of birth	Hammersmith, London, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Middlesbrough
Number	10
Youth career
	Fulham
2000–2001	Sutton United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2004	Sutton United	85	(27)
2004–2007	Barnet	125	(17)
2007–2008	Southend United	44	(9)
2008–2010	Charlton Athletic	89	(25)
2010–	Middlesbrough	71	(2)
National team‡
2005	England C	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:35, 21 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:33, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Nicky Francis Bailey (born 10 June 1984) is an English professional football player currently playing for Middlesbrough. He has also played for the England C national team.

Club career

Bailey, born in Hammersmith, began his career with local team Fulham but was released and moved to non-league Sutton United where he played as a teenager. At twenty, he went to Conference side Barnet in 2004 for a tribunal fee of £10,000.^[1] Bailey was Paul Fairclough's first signing as Barnet manager, and he immediately established himself as a regular for the club.

Bailey made his Barnet debut against Farnborough Town in a 0–0 draw in the Football Conference on 17 August 2004, and scored his first goal for the club on 4 September 2004 in a 5–1 win against Morecambe. He helped the club to promotion in the 2004–05 season and then establish itself in Football League Two over the following two years.^[1]

After attracting interest from several clubs during the January transfer window, it was announced on 29 June 2007 that Bailey was discussing terms with Southend United of League One. He finally signed for Southend on 3 July 2007 for a fee of £175,000.^[1] After winning the club's Player of the year award for the 2007–08 season, Bailey was transfer listed on 5 June 2008 after failing to agree terms over a contract extension. He signed for Charlton Athletic on a three-year contract for a fee that could reach £750,000 in August 2008.^[1]

Charlton Athletic were relegated from the Championship after finishing bottom of the table, despite Bailey finishing top scorer. He was voted the club's Player of the Season.

On 26 April 2010 it was announced that Bailey was in the 2009/10 PFA Team of the Year alongside team mate Frazer Richardson.^[2] Bailey captained Charlton to a semi final playoff defeat against Swindon Town, the semi final went to penalties and it was Bailey who missed the decisive spot kick for Charlton to send Swindon through to the final. It was to be his last kick as a Charlton player.

On 19 June 2010 the BBC claimed that Middlesbrough F.C. were set to sign Bailey for a fee of £1.4m. The deal was confirmed by both clubs on 24 June 2010, and Bailey was officially announced as a Middlesbrough player on 8 July.^[2] Bailey had a difficult start as a Middlesbrough player, however under new manager Tony Mowbray, Bailey was converted to a more defensive minded midfielder and became popular with the fans.

Bailey scored his first goal for Middlesbrough against Burnley on 10 September 2011.^[3]

International career

Bailey was picked to play for the England C national team, by Paul Fairclough when he was also manager of Barnet.^[1] He made 4 appearances before moving into the Football League, which meant he could no longer take part.

Club career statistics

(Correct as of 11 September 2011)

(* FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield)

Honours

• Conference National Winner 2005

References

External links

• Charlton Athletic profile
• Nicky Bailey career stats at Soccerbase