Timothy Eric Alfred Sandercombe[1] (born 15 June 1989) is an English football goalkeeper who is currently playing at Weston-super-Mare.

Tim Sandercombe
Personal information
Full name Timothy Eric Alfred Sandercombe
Date of birth (1989-06-15) 15 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Enfield, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Weston-super-Mare
Youth career
2006 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Plymouth Argyle 0 (0)
2007Tiverton Town (loan) 4 (0)
2007–2008 Notts County 0 (0)
2008–2009 Stafford Rangers 31 (0)
2009–2010 Mansfield Town 1 (0)
2010 Weymouth 10 (0)
2010–2011 Worcester City 0 (0)
2011–2013 Truro City 35 (0)
2013 Bideford 0 (0)
2013–2014 Dorchester Town 4 (0)
2014– Weston-super-Mare 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:56, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Career

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Born in Enfield, London, Sandercombe joined Notts County following his release from Plymouth Argyle. He joined on 1 July 2007 along with Paul Mayo, Adam Tann, and Hector Sam.[2] Sandercombe made his professional debut for County in a Football League Trophy game against Leyton Orient on 3 September 2007. County lost the game 1–0 to an Efe Echanomi goal.[3] Only 22 days after that appearance, Sandercombe put pen to paper on a new contract at Meadow Lane.[4]

On 14 August 2008, Sandercombe had his contract cancelled with Notts County by mutual consent.[5] After a spell in the Conference North with Stafford Rangers, he joined Mansfield Town on a one-year contract on 27 May 2009.[6]

In February 2010, Sandercombe signed for Conference South club Weymouth until the end of the season and in March 2010 he started training with Exeter City at their Cat & Fiddle training base just so he can keep his fitness levels up between Weymouth matches and the possibility of being used as cover for the Exeter City reserves on a non contract basis.[citation needed]

He signed a one-year deal for Conference North club Worcester City in July 2010.[7]

In July 2011 Sandercombe signed for newly promoted Truro City as a replacement for Martin Rice who returned to Torquay United. After a season and a half, he was injured during a league match against A.F.C. Hornchurch and Truro brought in Luke McCormick as a replacement. Truro were in administration and McCormick was playing for free, and Sandercombe subsequently left the club the following week, on 16 November 2012.

Sandercombe joined Bideford in January 2013[8] and made his debut against Banbury United on Saturday 12 January 2013.

After his football career ended, he became a school teacher and taught in multiple British primary schools around Devon.

References

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  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2009 and 31/08/2009" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Magpies seal quartet of signings". BBC Sport. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Notts County 0-1 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 3 September 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Keeper Sandercombe pens new deal". BBC Sport. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Keeper Sandercombe leaves Magpies". BBC Sport. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Stags sign goalkeeper Sandercombe". BBC Sport. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  7. ^ "Worcester City sign goalkeeper Tim Sandercombe". BBC Sport. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Goalkeeper Tim Sandercombe Joins Bideford". Southern League Clubs. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
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