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Ian Selley

Ian Selley

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Playing career

Arsenal

Selley joined Arsenal in 1990 as a trainee and won a South 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 against Blackburn Rovers in September 1992. Selley played nine games for Arsenal in the 1992–93 season and fifteen games in the 1993–94 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's 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final victory over Parma. He had previously been an unused substitute in the 1993 League Cup final and in the 1993 FA Cup Final replay, both games against Sheffield 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 and his second against Brondby the following season. In February 1995 Selley broke his leg playing against Leicester City, which forced him out for most of the 1996–97 season, playing just once under new manager Wenger as a late substitute against Chelsea. Despite reports that he would be a part of Arsène Wenger's new side he was sold to Fulham in 1997 for £500,000, after playing 41 games for Arsenal in the league.

Fulham and Wimbledon

Unfortunately for him, he broke his leg a second time after playing just three games for Fulham and moved to Wimbledon in July 2000. However Wimbledon were facing…

International career

Selley earned a bronze medal as a member of the squad that won third place at the FIFA World Youth Championship, now known as the Under 20 World cup, of 1993 that was held in Australia.

Managerial career

On 1 November 2021, Selley was appointed as manager of his home town club Chertsey Town. He departed the club in May 2022 after leading the team to the Isthmian South Central play-off final. He was previously in charge of Sandhurst Town. In November 2022, Selley was appointed manager of Hartley Wintney. He was sacked by the club in January 2023. On 25 February 2023, Selley was confirmed as the new first team manager of Westfield (Surrey). On 16 May 2024, Selley's resignation as Westfield manager was announced, appointed as the new manager of Leatherhead the same day. On 6 April 2026 following a 1-1 draw with Met Police Leatherhead were crowned champions of the Isthmian League South Central Division:

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Southend United F.C. (2002–2002)
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England national under-21 association football team (1994–1994)
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Arsenal F.C. (1992–1997)
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Grays Athletic F.C. (2007–2008)
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Kingstonian F.C. (2011–2012)
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Croydon Athletic F.C. (2008–2009)
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Chertsey Town F.C. (2011–2012)
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Maidstone United F.C. (2008–2008)
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Havant & Waterlooville F.C. (2010–2011)
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Lewes F.C. (2007–2007)
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Wimbledon F.C. (2000–2003)
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Dorchester Town F.C. (2009–2010)
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Whyteleafe F.C. (2012–2012)
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Woking F.C. (2003–2007)
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Southend United F.C. (1996–1996)
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Fulham F.C. (1997–2000)

Legacy

Honours

As a player

Arsenal

FA Cup: 1992–93 Football League Cup: 1992–93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94 England

FIFA World Youth Championship third place: 1993

As a manager

Leatherhead

Isthmian League South Central Division: 2025–26

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Identifiers & aliases
Position

midfielder

Description

English footballer (born 1974)

Extract from Wikipedia

Ian Selley is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager of Isthmian League Premier Division club Leatherhead.

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