Former Norwich City, Aberdeen and Doncaster Rovers keeper joins Crawley Town

Crawley Town Football Club have announced the signing of goalkeeper Stuart Nelson on a three-month deal.
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Stuart Nelson

Nelson has made over 500 career appearances and most recently played for Yeovil Town before being released this summer. Nelson has played for 11 different teams during his career, having started at Cirencester Town before joining Millwall in 2000.

After spells with Doncaster Rovers and Hucknall Town, Nelson joined Brentford in 2004, where he made over 100 appearances for the Bees. In 2007 he made the short trip across London to join Leyton Orient.

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Nelson left Orient in 2008 to join Norwich City who he stayed with for one year before joining Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen. After a year in Scotland Nelson returned to England to play for then League One side Notts County, where he established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper.

After being released from Notts County in 2012, Nelson agreed to a two-year deal with Gillingham. The Gills won the League Two title in Nelson’s first season. In Nelson’s second season with Gillingham, he won the Player of the Season award and signed a new two-year deal. Nelson went on to make over 200 appearances for the Gills before leaving the club in January 2018.

Nelson signed for Yeovil Town in 2018 and made 43 appearances for the Glovers during a two-year spell.

Head Coach John Yems said: “I am delighted to welcome Nels to the club, I have known him for a very long time. Nels provides a great deal of experience and I hope he enjoys his time here.”

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Technical Director Erdem Konyar said: “Stuart is an experienced keeper that will provide us with the needed experience for the short term. We are happy to bring in an established player and character to the club”