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Neil Shipperley
Personal information
Full name	Neil Jason Shipperley
Date of birth	October 30, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Chatham, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Nickname	Shipps
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Brentford
Number	12
Youth clubs
	Chelsea
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1995 1994 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-	Chelsea Watford (Loan) Southampton Crystal Palace Nottingham Forest Barnsley Wimbledon Crystal Palace Sheffield United Brentford	37 0(7) 06 0(1) 67 (12) 61 (20) 20 0(1) 78 (27) 87 (32) 41 0(8) 39 (11) 08 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:05, 13 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Neil Jason Shipperley (born October 30, 1974 in Chatham, Kent) is an English football centre forward currently playing for Brentford.

Shipperley lived in Hillingdon, Middlesex and attended Bishopshault Comprehensive School. He is the son of David Shipperley who played for many years at centre back for Charlton Athletic and Gillingham.

Shipperley captained Crystal Palace during the 2003-04 season, when the team earned promotion to the FA Premier League. His previous club was Sheffield United. He played as a striker for the Blades between 2005-2007.

Shipperley began his career at Chelsea on leaving school in 1991 and was an occasional member of the first team. He was loaned out to Watford during the autumn of 1994 and soon after returning to the Bridge he was transferred to Southampton.

He spent two years at The Dell before he left the Premiership club for Division One promotion chasers Crystal Palace in November 1996. He helped them win promotion to the Premiership six months later but was unable to save them from going straight back after just one season. Next stop was at newly promoted Nottingham Forest, who also went down within a year of promotion.

The following season, 1999-00, Shipperley was playing for Barnsley scoring 31 goals from 88 appearances in two seasons before moving to Wimbledon and forming a strong partnership with David Connolly during 2002-03 which produced nearly 50 Division One goals. When Wimbledon went into receivership, Shipperley 'moved' back to Palace (the two clubs had been ground-sharing), and captained them to promotion, scoring in the play-off Semi-Final home win over Sunderland and the winning goal in the Final win over West Ham.

However, he rarely featured in the Premiership campaign, with England international Andy Johnson preferred. After Palace were relegated, Shipperley moved to Sheffield United on a free transfer in July 2005, scoring 11 goals in 39 appearances in his debut season, helping them to promotion to the Premiership. Injuries made it difficult for Shipperley to make an impact in the top flight, and he was one of several United players transfer-listed in December 2006.

On 15 January 2007^[1], his contract with Sheffield United was terminated by mutual consent. He then signed a four month contract with Brentford on January 23, 2007.^[2]

• Neil Shipperley career stats at Soccerbase

Brentford F.C. - Current Squad
1 Nelson | 2 O'Connor | 3 Frampton | 4 Pinault | 5 Heywood | 6 Griffiths | 7 Brooker | 8 Taylor | 9 Owusu | 10 Kuffour | 12 Shipperley | 14 Carder-Andrews | 15 Richards | 16 Keith | 18 Tillen | 19 Willock | 22 Mousinho | 24 Osborne | 25 Ide | 26 Brown | 28 Abbey | 29 Montague | 30 Dark | 32 Leary | Manager: Fitzgerald