Nicky Rust

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Nicky Rust
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Charles Irwin Rust[1]
Date of birth (1974-09-25) 25 September 1974 (age 47)[1]
Place of birth Ely, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 Brighton & Hove Albion 177 (0)
1998 Barnet 2 (0)
1998 Hendon 1 (0)
Braintree Town
Cambridge City
Dagenham & Redbridge
Cambridge City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nicholas Charles Irwin Rust (born 25 September 1974) is an English former professional footballer who made 179 Football League appearances playing as a goalkeeper for Brighton & Hove Albion and Barnet.[1]

Life and career[]

Rust was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire.[1] He came through the Arsenal youth system, and represented England at schoolboy and youth levels. He then joined Brighton & Hove Albion as an 18-year-old,[2] and went on to make 177 Football League appearances.[1] He lost his place to Mark Ormerod during the 1996–97 season, when Brighton came close to losing their Football League status,[2] and was one of nine players released at the end of the following campaign.[3] He moved on to Barnet, conceded nine goals on debut, and appeared once more before giving up full-time football in favour of starting a building company, which he felt would provide more stability for his family.[4][5] He continued to play non-league football, with a succession of more or less short-term deals at clubs including Hendon,[6] Braintree Town,[7] Dagenham & Redbridge,[8] and Cambridge City, where he acted as goalkeeping coach and played occasionally into the 2001–02 season.[5][9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Nicky Rust". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. ^ "Albion release nine players". The Argus. Brighton. 15 May 1998. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ "He's five-star Graz: Barnet 1 Peterborough 9". Sunday Mirror. London. 6 September 1998. Retrieved 10 August 2018 – via thefreelibrary.com.
  5. ^ a b "Rust builds a new life away from football". The Argus. Brighton. 26 January 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Former staff – Nicky Rust". Greensnet and Hendon Football Club. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Soccer: Iron set for a new campaign". Halstead Gazette. 10 August 1999. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Reports, December". Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. The Original Unofficial Website. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Appearances & goalscorers: Season 2001–02". Cambridge City F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2018.


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