Claridge A Target?
Thursday, 4th Nov 2004 00:00

Claridge Rumoured To Be Swans Target?

Claridge A Swans Target?

Veteran front man Steve Claridge is rumoured to be a target for Swansea City as they look to end their lack of goals with the signing of a proven goalscorer.

Claridge, 38, left his management position at Weymouth recently through 'mutual consent' and has revealed to the BBC that he has spoken to three conference and two football league clubs as he plans to turn his back on management for the time being believing that he can still play at that level for at least 18 months.

The rumour suggests that Claridge has been in discussions with Kenny Jackett over the possibility of a move to the Vetch Field with Dagenham and Redbridge and Forest Green Rovers also supposedly interested in securing the services of a player who has notched over 200 goals in his career which took in clubs including Birmingham, Leicester, Portsmouth and Millwall.

Claridge left Weymouth two weeks ago after his side made a poor start to the season after being expected to challenge for promotion in the conference south division.

Claridge himself declared in his newspaper column in the People that leaving Weymouth could be a blessing in disguise and stated he would still back himself to score goals at Championship level let alone League Two.

Whether he is in talks with Jackett remains to be seen or indeed whether we sign this one and of course we add the final line that like all rumours it could prove to have nothing in it at all.

STEVE CLARIDGE CAREER STATS

Club	From	To	League		FA Cup		League cup		Other
Weymouth	04-06-2003	No appearance data available
Millwall	30-07-2001	04-06-2003	70 (15)	26	4 (1)	3	1 (2)	1	1 (1)	0
Millwall	20-03-2001	08-05-2001	6 (0)	3	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Portsmouth	10-08-1998	30-07-2001	94 (10)	34	2 (2)	1	4 (2)	0	0 (0)	0
Wolves	26-03-1998	10-08-1998	4 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Portsmouth	23-01-1998	13-03-1998	10 (0)	2	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Leicester	01-03-1996	26-03-1998	53 (10)	17	4 (0)	1	8 (0)	2	4 (1)	2
Birmingham	07-01-1994	29-02-1996	86 (2)	35	7 (0)	0	14 (1)	2	9 (1)	5
Cambridge	20-11-1992	07-01-1994	53 (0)	18	4 (0)	0	4 (0)	3	3 (0)	0
Luton	17-07-1992	20-11-1992	15 (1)	2	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	3	2 (0)	1
Cambridge	08-02-1990	17-07-1992	56 (23)	28	1 (0)	0	2 (4)	2	6 (3)	1
Aldershot	13-10-1988	08-02-1990	58 (4)	19	6 (0)	1	2 (1)	0	5 (0)	2
C Palace	11-10-1988	13-10-1988	No appearance data available
Weymouth	01-10-1985	11-10-1988	No appearance data available
Bournemouth	30-11-1984	01-10-1985	3 (4)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0
Fareham Town	01-08-1983	30-11-1984	No appearance data available
Totals			508 (70)	185	29 (3)	6	37 (10)	13	31 (6)	11

			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals