Michael Nelson

Career
Nelson has had a very long a fairly succesful career. He started off at Bury where he raked up 74 appearances over 2 seasons along with 8 goals. He then moved to Hartlepool where he stayed an impressive 5 season getting 14 goals in 249 games for the Pools. For the next seasons (2009-2019) he went around various clubs gaining a League One medal with Norwich and a Scottish League Cup medal with Kilmarnock. In the 19/20 season he joined Gateshead on a free with a look to gain his coaching badges alongside still playing. During this season he played 15 games and scored 3 goals which earned him 'Old Player of the Season'. In the 20/21 season he played 15 times again but didn't make the same impact. He was demoted to the reserves at the end of the season, this will set him up as for a coaching role later in life. Nelson had too be brought out of the reserves for a game against Dulwich Hamlet as there was an injury crisis. He ended up scoring a header and he also came on as a sub for the last game of the season as a farewell to football for his retirement at the age of 42. He holds the record of the oldest player at 42 years and 26 days.