| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Selley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-06-14)14 June 1974 (age 51)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Chertsey,Surrey, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leatherhead (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1992 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1997 | Arsenal | 41 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | →Southend United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | Fulham | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Wimbledon | 4 | (0) |
| 2002 | →Southend United (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2002 | →Southend United (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2003–2007 | Woking | 97 | (19) |
| 2007 | Lewes | ||
| 2007–2008 | Grays Athletic | 4 | (0) |
| 2008 | Maidstone United | ||
| 2008–2009 | Croydon Athletic | ||
| 2009–2010 | Dorchester Town | 15 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Havant & Waterlooville | 0 | |
| 2011–2012 | Kingstonian | 9 | |
| 2011–2012 | →Chertsey Town (loan) | ||
| 2012 | →Whyteleafe (loan) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Dial Square | 3 | (2) |
| 2023 | Westfield | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 1994 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Sandhurst Town | ||
| 2021–2022 | Chertsey Town | ||
| 2022–2023 | Hartley Wintney | ||
| 2023–2024 | Westfield | ||
| 2024– | Leatherhead | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ian Selley (born 14 June 1974) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager ofIsthmian League South Central Division clubLeatherhead.[3]
He notably played in thePremier League forArsenal, winning the 1994UEFA Cup Winner's Cup with them, and in theFootball League forFulham,Wimbledon andSouthend United. Beleaguered by a number of serious injuries which cut-short his professional aspirations, he thereafter forged a career in non-league football with clubs such asWoking,Lewes,Grays Athletic,Maidstone United,Croydon Athletic,Dorchester Town andKingstonian.[3][citation needed]
During his time at Arsenal he made three appearances for the England Under-21 international team. He was a member of the last time Arsenal fielded an all English team in a Premier League game, in a 1–1 draw at home against Wimbledon on 19 April 1994.
Selley joinedArsenal in 1990 as a trainee and won aSouth East Counties League title medal and Floodlit Cup Winners medal in his first season. He made his first-team debut at the age of eighteen in a 1–0 defeat againstBlackburn Rovers in September 1992. Selley played nine games for Arsenal in the1992–93 season and fifteen games in the1993–94 season. Injuries to several key players gave Selley his most famous appearance for the club, when he was the youngest player on the field in Arsenal's1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final victory overParma. He had previously been an unused substitute in the1993 League Cup final and in the 1993 FA Cup Final replay, both games againstSheffield Wednesday, as Arsenal won the Cup double that season. He scored two goals for Arsenal, both coming in the Cup Winners' Cup. His first came against Standard Liege in 1993–94[4] and his second against Brondby the following season.[5]
In February 1995 Selley broke his leg playing againstLeicester City, which forced him out for most of the1996–97 season, playing just once under new manager Wenger as a late substitute against Chelsea.[6] Despite reports that he would be a part ofArsène Wenger's new side he was sold toFulham in 1997 for £500,000, after playing 41 games for Arsenal in the league.
Unfortunately for him, he broke his leg a second time after playing just three games for Fulham and moved toWimbledon in July 2000.[7] However Wimbledon were facing financial difficulties, and a bonus payment clause in his contract meant the club could not always afford to play him. Selley started just one game with three substitute appearances for Wimbledon.
In February 2002 he was loaned toSouthend United,[8] where he enjoyed more success, playing fourteen games in the2000–01 season. He went on loan to Southend again in the2002–03 season,[9] playing 11 times. In all he played more than 30 times for Southend in all competitions.
Selley was released by Wimbledon in May 2003,[10] and signed forWoking where he became an integral member of the team. Despite an injury againstKettering Town in theFA Trophy in 2004 which kept him out for ten games, he featured consistently and earned a reputation as a dead-ball specialist – he converted six goals from the spot in the2003–04 season and twofree kicks. At the start of the2005–06 season his form was rather indifferent and it was revealed that he was recovering from ahernia operation. This did not prevent him from playing and he signed another one-year deal to keep him at Woking and provide much needed experience as the club sought a play-off place for promotion from theConference National toThe Football League.
He picked up nine yellow cards in his time at Southend United and picked up 10 bookings in his first season at Woking, six the season after that and four in the following season. Injury ruled him out of much of the2006–07 season, and he was eventually released by Woking at the end of the season.
Following his release fromKingfield Stadium, Selley joinedLewes in July 2007. In September 2007, Sam Jeremiah ofSt Francis Rangers FC pulled away from Selley at the near post to head in the equaliser in what was eventually a 4–1 defeat. He then signed non-contract terms forGrays Athletic on 22 November 2007,[11] reportedly wanting first team football.[12] It was revealed thatSutton United manager,Ernie Howe, tried to sign Selley as a player-coach but he proved to be too expensive.[13]
Selley leftGrays Athletic to joinIsthmian League Premier Division side Maidstone United on 7 March 2008, helping them to avoid relegation.[14] He then joinedCroydon Athletic in December 2008.[15] Selley's next move was to Conference South clubDorchester Town before his release in January 2010.[16] After his release in January 2010, he signed forHavant & Waterlooville, where he made a good impression. He was released in July 2011. He later signed forKingstonian.[citation needed] During his time at Kingstonian, he had loan spells atChertsey Town andWhyteleafe. He ended his playing career in the summer of 2012 and was appointed as the new head coach at Arsenal Soccer Schools Dubai.[citation needed] In 2021, he came out of retirement to play for non-league Dial Square at the age of 48.[17]
On 19 December 2023, Selley, having been appointed manager atWestfield in the Isthmian League Division One South and registered himself as a player, made his debut for the club at the age of 49, playing most of the second half in a 2–4 defeat toAshford United in the Velocity Cup.[18] Two months later, on 20 February 2024, he made another cup appearance, this time as an 87th-minute substitute in a 2-0 win againstMidhurst & Easebourne in the first round of the Aldershot Senior Cup.
Selley earned a bronze medal as a member of the squad that won third place at theFIFA World Youth Championship, now known as the Under 20 World cup, of1993 that was held in Australia.[19]
On 1 November 2021, Selley was appointed as manager of his home town clubChertsey Town. He departed the club in May 2022 after leading the team to the Isthmian South Central play-off final.[20][21] He was previously in charge ofSandhurst Town.[22]
In November 2022, Selley was appointed manager ofHartley Wintney.[23] He was sacked by the club in January 2023.[24]
On 25 February 2023, Selley was confirmed as the new first team manager ofWestfield (Surrey).[25]
On 16 May 2024, Selley's resignation as Westfield manager was announced, appointed as the new manager ofLeatherhead the same day.[26][27]
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