Brett Ormerod

Accrington Stanley

Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, Ormerod was a youth team player at hometown club, Blackburn Rovers, but could not find his way into the first team that included Alan Shearer and Kevin Gallacher up front. He was released after their Premier League victory in 1995, having missed his final half-season of youth football following a double hernia operation. He then signed for Accrington Stanley, playing semi-professionally in the Northern Premier League while working in a cotton mill to supplement playing part-time in non-League football. He made 54 league appearances, scoring 32 goals.

Blackpool

Ormerod signed for Blackpool, who were then in Division Two, on 21 March 1997 for £50,000, making his debut as an 82nd-minute substitute on 29 March in a 0–0 draw with Chesterfield at Saltergate. His first league goal came the following season in a 1–1 draw with Carlisle United on 26 December 1997 at Brunton Park. He became a regular first-team player in the 1998–99 season, when he made 40 league appearances and scored eight goals. He spent four years with Blackpool, however he suffered a badly broken leg, breaking his tibia and fibula, in October 1999 that kept him out of the team in the 1999–2000 season when the club were relegated to the Third Division, something Ormerod would later describe as, "probably the lowest point of my career". He made his return the following season, and after signing a contract extension in January 2001, he helped the…

Ormerod went to school at Norden High School where he met Lisa Standring, who later became his wife. They married on her 24th birthday in June 2003 at the parish church in Rishton, Lancashire; their son was two years old at the time. As of 2015, his wife is a Subway franchisee. Ormerod worked at Hall and Letts textile factory in Great Harwood where he said he earned £130 a week.

Southampton

FA Cup runner-up: 2002–03 Blackpool

Football League Championship play-offs: 2010 Football League Third Division play-offs: 2001 Wrexham

FA Trophy: 2012–13