Connor Simpson

Career
Simpson worked his way through the Hartlepoolyouth system and spent the 16/17 and 17/18 seasons there scoring one in 8 games. At the start of the 18/19 season, Preston North End bought him for £55,000 and sent him on loan to Carlisle Utd where he again played 8 games and scored one. In the 19/20 season he was loaned out to Accrington Stanley where he managed an impressive 11 goals and 6 assists in 28 games. Midway through the next season (20/21) Gateshead were looking for a new striker so they brought him in on a 3 month loan where he played well, scoring 5 and assisting one in only 11 games. After spending the next 2 seasons at Preston playing 29 games and scoring 4 overall. They offered him out on loan, Gateshead once again decided to sign the 23 year old as the teams main striker. He performed very well and was a huge asset in the promotion to League One. His 24 goals and two assists (in 36 games) helped the club go up and earned him Player of the Season and second in the league Goal Scorers. He retruned to Preston at the end of the season.