Michael Higdon

Michael Higdon

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Crewe Alexandra

Higdon was born in Liverpool. progressed from the Crewe Alexandra youth team into their first team in 2003. He was originally used as a midfielder, but due to his height and physical presence, he was converted into a striker by manager Dario Gradi. Higdon's most famous moment for Crewe came against Coventry City in the last game of the 2004–05 season, where Crewe had to win to have a chance of staying up. They went 1–0 down but Higdon scored the equaliser to set up Steve Jones to score the winner which kept Crewe Alexandra in the Championship.

Falkirk

Higdon joined Scottish Premier League club Falkirk in June 2007 on a free transfer. He had been offered a contract by Crewe, but chose to turn the offer down as he felt he was unlikely to get into the team ahead of Luke Varney and Nicky Maynard. He scored twice on his Falkirk debut against Gretna. In the final SPL game of 2008–09 for Falkirk, Higdon scored the winning goal to save Falkirk from relegation and thus relegating Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

St Mirren

Higdon joined St Mirren on 24 June 2009 and scored his first goal for St Mirren against Ayr United in the Co-Operative Insurance Cup . On 12 December 2009, he scored a spectacular long-range strike against his former club, Falkirk, much to the delight of the home fans. Higdon found his scoring boots in the 2010–11 season, scoring his first hat-trick in a 3–1 win over Hamilton Academical on 2 April 2011. In the 2010–11 season,…

Club
Crewe Alexandra F.C. (2003–2007)
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Falkirk F.C. (2007–2009)
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St. Mirren F.C. (2009–2011)
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Motherwell F.C. (2011–2013)
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N.E.C. (2013–2014)
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Sheffield United F.C. (2014–2016)
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Oldham Athletic A.F.C. (2015–2015)
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Tranmere Rovers F.C. (2016–2016)

Legacy

Honours

Crewe Alexandra Youth Academy

Milk Cup: Junior Section Winner 1998 St Mirren

Renfrewshire Cup: 2010 Individual

Scottish Premier League Golden Boot: 2012–13 PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 2012–13

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Footballer (born 1983)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Michael Higdon is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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