1. Jonathan David Nurse was born on 28 March 1981 and is a Barbadian football coach and former professional footballer who is assistant manager at National League South club Enfield Town.
42 Facts About Jon Nurse
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At the start of that season, Jon Nurse was briefly loaned out to Woking.
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Jon Nurse spent five seasons at Dagenham, notably scoring the winning goal in the League Two play-off final in May 2010 as the club secured promotion to League One.
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Jon Nurse then signed for Isthmian League club Metropolitan Police in the summer of 2015 and was appointed player-coach in December 2015.
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Jon Nurse represented his native Barbados at international level, earning six caps.
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Jon Nurse was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, and moved to England in 1984, taking up residence in Fulham living with his grandparents and mother.
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Jon Nurse began playing football for Malden Vale under-13s, before representing Wallington Wanderers until the age of 17.
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Jon Nurse joined Morden and District League team Sutton Athletic of Sunday league football.
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Jon Nurse stated that he "went on to score lots of goals and was lucky enough to appear in a number of finals and promotion winning teams", as well as saying it was during this time that he "really learnt how to play football".
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Jon Nurse went on to score 19 times in 28 games that season.
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Jon Nurse spoke to Stevenage Borough manager Graham Westley at the end of the season, and agreed to sign for the club on 12 June 2004.
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Jon Nurse then invited me to the stadium and that was all I needed.
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Jon Nurse found first-team appearances hard to come by due to a number of injuries, and in January 2005, he joined Conference South team Lewes on a loan deal.
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Jon Nurse was used on both the right wing and as a striker during the season.
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Jon Nurse went on to add a further four goals to his tally during the second half of the season, finishing the season with nine goals as Stevenage missed out on the play-off places.
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Jon Nurse was runner-up to goalkeeper Alan Julian in the club's Player of the Year awards ceremony.
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Jon Nurse played regularly during his time at the Surrey-based club, scoring two goals in eight games, and Woking manager Glenn Cockerill wished to extend the loan agreement.
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Jon Nurse described the goal as "one of his favourite goals" as it was his first since his return from Woking.
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Jon Nurse scored ten times during the season, and played regularly in Stevenage's run to the FA Trophy final, scoring two goals in six games as the club made the first competitive cup final at the new Wembley Stadium.
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Jon Nurse was an unused substitute in the final as Stevenage came from two goals down to beat Kidderminster Harriers.
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Jon Nurse described his move as an opportunity that he could not turn down, owing to Dagenham's new Football League status, although he noted it was "a sad farewell" leaving Stevenage.
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Jon Nurse made 35 appearances during Dagenham's first season in the Football League, scoring two goals, as the club consolidated their place in League Two with a 20th-placed finish.
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Jon Nurse made most of his appearances during the season as a substitute, playing in 39 matches, 18 of which starting, scoring four times.
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Jon Nurse signed a one-year contract extension on 30 June 2009, thus keeping him contracted to the club until the summer of 2010.
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Jon Nurse scored three times towards the latter stages of the season as Dagenham were contesting to make the League Two play-offs.
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Jon Nurse started in the play-off final against Rotherham United on 30 May 2010, played at Wembley Stadium, and scored the winning goal in the 70th-minute as Dagenham secured promotion to League One for the first time in their 18-year history.
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Jon Nurse scored eight times in 43 appearances during the season.
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Jon Nurse scored ten times in 28 starts, making a further 14 appearances as a substitute.
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Jon Nurse made 46 appearances during the season, starting 43, and scored eight times.
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In May 2012, Jon Nurse was released by Dagenham when his contract expired, ending his five-year association with the East London club.
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Jon Nurse made 205 appearances during his time at the club, scoring 32 goals.
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Jon Nurse scored a goal on his debut, briefly giving Barnet the lead in a League Cup tie away to Birmingham City, scoring courtesy of a header from Jordan Brown's cross.
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Jon Nurse played eleven times during the second half of the season, taking his appearance tally to 28 for the season, as Barnet were ultimately relegated to the Conference Premier.
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Jon Nurse made two brief substitute appearances on his return from a three-match suspension before being loaned out to Conference South club Farnborough on a one-month deal on 31 January 2014.
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Jon Nurse started playing regularly after the arrival of Martin Allen as manager, but at the end of the season, having made 19 appearances during the season, scoring twice, Nurse was included in Barnet's list of released players.
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Barnet were promoted back to League Two at the end of the season after winning the Conference Premier title and Jon Nurse was named as Clubman of the Year for the season at the Player of the Year awards event.
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In December 2015, Jon Nurse was appointed as first-team coach at Met Police, with his focus shifting to coaching whilst providing cover as a player if needed.
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Jon Nurse made twelve appearances during the season, scoring twice.
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Jon Nurse did not play again for Barbados for another three years, but was called up for two 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification games in September 2011.
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Jon Nurse first went into coaching as Head of Youth at Metropolitan Police, coaching up to under-16 level.
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Alongside his coaching role at Met Police, Jon Nurse is a coach for the Love The Ball Academy in Sussex, an academy set up by former Stevenage teammate Mark Beard.
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Jon Nurse has a younger brother, Chris, who is a professional footballer, with the pair playing in the same team during their time at Sutton United.