Simon Baldry - Career - Notts County

Notts County

After leaving Huddersfield Town in the summer of 2003, Baldry started training with Boston United before signing for Notts County following a strong interest from the club. In his debut season he produced some of the best football of his career and instantly became a fan favourite. He was named club captain for a short period and was involved in every game the club played up until becoming injured mid-season.

On 23 September 2003 Baldry scored his first goal for the club in Notts County's 2–1 Carling Cup win over Ipswich Town. Baldry was credited with a man of the match performance and was also named in the Football League's team of the week for the old Division Two.

When Baldry first signed for Notts County the club were financially unstable as they were just coming out of administration. This meant that Baldry would only be signed on a month to month basis until the club were in a better position to offer the player a stable contract.

On 16 February 2004 Baldry signed a deal with the club that would make him a Notts County player until the end of the season. However, despite the player securing a permanent contract with the club, Baldry became injured during a training session and was out of action for almost 5 weeks. He wouldn't return until 18 March 2004 when Notts County would take on Wycombe Wanderers in the old Division Two.

Baldry made a total of 41 appearances in all competitions for Notts County. His last game for the club came when they played Oldham Athletic in the final match of the 2003–04 season, a 1–1 draw on 8 May 2004.

Baldry was then released by the club and took part in unsuccessful trials at Blackpool and Telford United, before undergoing a number of operations for a hernia problem. The player would not return to the football field until over 3 years later with unibond giants Ossett Town.