Simon Funnell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Paul Funnell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1974[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Shoreham-by-Sea, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Adur Athletic | |||
| Southampton | |||
| 1990–1992 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | (50) |
| 1995 | → Shoreham (loan) | ||
| Stamco | |||
| –2001 | Worthing | ||
| 2001–2002 | Bognor Regis Town | ||
| 2002–200? | Southwick | ||
| Three Bridges | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2014 | East Grinstead Town | ||
| 2015–2016 | Shoreham | ||
| 2016–2017 | Worthing United | ||
| 2021–2024 | Copthorne | ||
| 2024–2025 | Alfold | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Simon Paul Funnell (born 8 August 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Funnell was born in 1974 in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex,[1] where he attended King's Manor School. He played youth football for Adur Athletic and was an associate schoolboy with Southampton before joining Brighton & Hove Albion as a trainee in 1990. He made his senior debut in May 1992, in the last match of the season that confirmed Brighton's relegation from the Second Division. He turned professional soon afterwards, and made 25 appearances in the 1993–94 season, but played rarely thereafter following an injury, and spent time on loan at Sussex County League club Shoreham before being released in 1995.[2] Funnell went on to play non-league football in the Sussex area for clubs including Stamco,[3] Worthing, Bognor Regis Town,[4] Southwick, Oakwood and Three Bridges,[3] before moving into coaching and management at non-league level with clubs including East Grinstead Town, Chipstead,[5] Shoreham,[6] Horsham,[5] and Worthing United.[7][8] He became manager of Copthorne in August 2021,[9] remaining in post until resigning in February 2024.[10] In May 2024 he was appointed manager of Alfold of the Southern Combination.[11]
References
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Shoreham-by-Sea
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Southampton F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Shoreham F.C. players
- St. Leonards F.C. players
- Worthing F.C. players
- Bognor Regis Town F.C. players
- Southwick F.C. players
- Three Bridges F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Isthmian League players
- English football managers
- East Grinstead Town F.C. managers
- Shoreham F.C. managers
- Worthing United F.C. managers
- Copthorne F.C. managers
- Alfold F.C. managers
- English football forward, 1970s birth stubs