Craig Robert Nelthorpe was born on 10 June 1987 and is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Northern Premier League Division One East club Belper Town.
31 Facts About Craig Nelthorpe
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Craig Nelthorpe has played in the Football League for Doncaster Rovers and Darlington.
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Craig Nelthorpe was loaned out on six occasions, playing for Hucknall Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Gateshead, Halifax Town and Darlington.
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Craig Nelthorpe joined Oxford United in 2009 and after being released by them he joined York City.
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Craig Nelthorpe played for Brodsworth Miners Welfare before joining Northern Premier League Premier Division club Frickley Athletic in April 2004.
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Craig Nelthorpe made three appearances for Frickley before he joined the Doncaster Rovers youth system.
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Craig Nelthorpe made one more appearance for Doncaster this season, against Tranmere Rovers on 6 May 2006, which he finished with two appearances for the club.
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Craig Nelthorpe signed a professional contract with Doncaster on 28 June 2006 and joined Conference National club Kidderminster Harriers on a one-month loan on 10 October.
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Craig Nelthorpe had a trial with recently relegated League Two club Chesterfield in May 2007, with a view to him joining on loan.
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Craig Nelthorpe finished the loan spell in March, after making 10 appearances and scoring 3 goals, after which he joined League Two club Darlington on loan until the end of the season on 27 March 2008.
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Craig Nelthorpe was handed a new one-year contract at Doncaster in July 2008.
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Craig Nelthorpe rejoined Gateshead on a three-month loan in August 2008, which he completed in November with 15 appearances and one goal.
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Craig Nelthorpe was named on standby for the England C team, who represent England at non-League level, in February 2009, for a friendly against Malta under-21s.
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Craig Nelthorpe was sent off against Torquay United after clashing with Mustapha Carayol, which resulted in a three-match suspension, and following this he said he was looking to use his aggression more effectively.
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Craig Nelthorpe finished the season with 16 appearances and 2 goals for Oxford.
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Craig Nelthorpe was released by Oxford at the end of the season and he subsequently signed for fellow Conference Premier club York City on 19 May 2009.
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Craig Nelthorpe suffered from illness during much of York's pre-season, and during a friendly against FC Halifax Town he was sent off for jumping dangerously with his arm raised.
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Craig Nelthorpe finished the season with eight appearances for York and was released by the club on 18 May 2010.
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Craig Nelthorpe signed for former club Gateshead, now playing in the Conference Premier, on 21 June 2010.
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Craig Nelthorpe signed with Conference North club Gainsborough Trinity on 20 June 2011.
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Craig Nelthorpe then joined Conference North club Eastwood Town in early March 2012 but stayed less than a month, joining Northern Premier League Division One South club Brigg Town.
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Craig Nelthorpe left soon after, re-signing for Frickley of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, a club he had played for earlier in his career, in late March 2012.
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In May 2013, Craig Nelthorpe signed with Harrogate Town to become their first signing of the summer.
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Craig Nelthorpe joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Buxton on a one-month loan in February 2015, before he emigrated to Australia with his family.
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Craig Nelthorpe signed for Northern Premier League Division One North club Scarborough Athletic in July 2016.
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Craig Nelthorpe signed for National League North club North Ferriby United on 30 November 2017.
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Craig Nelthorpe signed for Northern Premier League Division One East club Belper Town on 17 August 2018.
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Craig Nelthorpe is left footed and is able to play either as a left back or as a left winger.
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Craig Nelthorpe's skills have been praised as being "deft and quick" and his set pieces have been described as being "excellent".
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Craig Nelthorpe was arrested along with York players Michael Gash, Michael Ingham and Michael Rankine in August 2009 following an incident involving two other men at a Subway outlet on a night out.
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Craig Nelthorpe pleaded guilty to the charge of affray after appearing at York Crown Court on 1 September 2010.