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Simon Morgan (born 5 September 1966 in Birmingham) is a former professional footballer, who most famously played for Fulham and Leicester. He also represented England at Under 21 level, playing two matches in 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=England - U-21 International Results 1986-1995 - Details )〕 Morgan began his football career with Leicester City, representing them in the First and Second Divisions of The Football League,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leicester City career stats for Simon Morgan )〕 before being bought to then Third Division〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fulham 1990-1991 : English Division Three (old) Table )〕 Fulham in October 1990 by Alan Dicks.〔 The Cottagers finished 21st in Morgan's first season there (avoiding relegation by two points),〔 and 9th in his second season (during which the club replaced Dicks with Don Mackay〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alan Dicks 1990-1991 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Don Mackay 1991-1994 )〕 and missed out on the play-offs by four points)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fulham 1991-1992 : English Division Three (old) Table )〕 with a squad which Morgan felt "should have got promoted but for one reason or another we blew it".〔 However, a 12th-placed finish in 1992/93〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fulham 1992-1993 : English Division Two Table )〕 was followed by the club slipping to 18th with nine matches remaining of the 1993/94 season,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=English Division Two Table as of 26 March 1994 )〕 as a result of which Mackay was replaced by Ray Lewington,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ray Lewington 1986-1990, 1991, 1994 & 2007 )〕 and after going through these managerial changes, Fulham were relegated to the Fourth Division.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fulham 1993-1994 : English Division Two Table )〕 After finishing within three points of the play-offs in 1994/95 under Ian Branfoot,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fulham 1994-1995 : English Division Three Table )〕 the club had slipped to 23rd by February 1996,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=English Division Three Table as of 17 February 1996 )〕 and eventually appointed Micky Adams as manager, who helped them retain their Football League status.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fulham 1995-1996 : English Division Three Table )〕 The team was promoted to the Second Division in 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fulham 1996-1997 : English Division Three Table )〕 The club was then bought by Mohamed Al Fayed,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mohamed Al Fayed )〕 which was followed by Fulham's rise into the Premier League in 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fulham 2000-2001 : English Division One Table )〕 Due to injury, Morgan only played once in Fulham's victorious 2000-01 Division One campaign,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5585&season_id=130 )〕 coming on as a substitute against Wolverhampton Wanderers, which earned him the Man of the Match award despite playing only 13 minutes. Morgan was granted a testimonial year in the 2000-01 season. This included a special edition of Fulham fanzine TOOFIF, called "There's Only One Simon Morgan" (TOOSM),〔 and culminated in a friendly match against Spurs, supported by a Fulham vs. Chelsea veterans' game (in which his son played). Morgan was unable to participate in the Spurs match due to injury, but kicked the match off before being shown a pre-arranged red card by referee Graham Poll.〔 Morgan then went to play at Brighton & Hove Albion for a season, scoring once against Northampton, before bringing his playing career to an end in 2002. After retiring he rejoined Fulham as head of the club's community scheme.〔 He left the club in 2007 to become the Premier League's Head of Community Development. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simon Morgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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