Jamie Slabber

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jamie Slabber

| image =

| fullname = Jamie Andrew Slabber{{cite book | last = Hugman | first = Barry J. | title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 | publisher = Queen Anne Press | year = 2005 | page = 566 | isbn = 1-85291-665-6 }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Enfield, England

| height =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = 2001–2003

| youthclubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur

| years1 = 2003–2005

| clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2004

| clubs2 = → AB (loan){{cite web|title=Jamie Slabber Profile|url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/jamie-slabber|website=Aylesbury United database|publisher=Aylesbury United|accessdate=3 June 2014}}

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2005

| clubs3 = → Swindon Town (loan)

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2005

| clubs4 = Aldershot Town

| caps4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2005–2007

| clubs5 = Grays Athletic

| caps5 = 40

| goals5 = 13

| years6 = 2006

| clubs6 = → Oxford United (loan)

| caps6 = 3

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2007

| clubs7 = Stevenage Borough

| caps7 = 4

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2007–2008

| clubs8 = Havant & Waterlooville

| caps8 = 29

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2008–2009

| clubs9 = Grays Athletic

| caps9 = 26

| goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2009

| clubs10 = Grays Athletic

| caps10 = 17

| goals10 = 4

| years11 = 2009–2010

| years12 = 2010–2012

| years13 = 2012–2013

| years14 = 2013–2014

| years15 = 2014–2015

| years16 = 2014

| years17 = 2015–2016

| years18 = 2016

| years19 = 2016–2017

| years20 = 2016–2017

| years21 = 2017–2018

| clubs11 = Woking

| clubs12 = Eastleigh

| clubs13 = Chelmsford City

| clubs14 = Sutton United

| clubs15 = Bromley

| clubs16 = → Farnborough (loan)

| clubs17 = Hemel Hempstead Town

| clubs18 = → Sutton United (loan)

| clubs19 = Welling United

| clubs20 = → Bishop's Stortford (loan)

| clubs21 = Grays Athletic

| caps11 = 3

| caps12 = 66

| caps13 = 44

| caps14 = 24

| caps15 = 32

| caps16 = 2

| caps17 = 23

| caps18 = 9

| caps19 = 17

| caps20 = 4

| caps21 = 28

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 33

| goals13 = 26

| goals14 = 13

| goals15 = 11

| goals16 = 1

| goals17 = 11

| goals18 = 0

| goals19 = 1

| goals20 = 0

| goals21 = 3

| totalcaps = 386 | totalgoals = 121

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = England U18

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = England U19

| nationalcaps2 =

| nationalgoals2 =

| nationalyears3 = 2005

| nationalteam3 = England C

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

}}

Jamie Andrew Slabber (born 31 December 1984) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He started his career as a youth at Tottenham Hotspur, where he made one appearance in the Premier League. Slabber was loaned out twice whilst at Spurs, to Danish side AB in 2004 and to Swindon Town in 2005.

He then dropped down into non-League football signing a short-term contract with Aldershot Town in April 2005 until the end of the 2004–05 season. The following season, he moved to Grays Athletic, before joining Oxford United on loan in November 2006. Slabber moved to Stevenage Borough in January 2007, staying for five months before joining Havant & Waterlooville the following season. He returned to Grays Athletic in November 2008. Slabber signed for Conference South club Woking in December 2009. Slabber signed for Eastleigh in July 2010, before moving onto Chelmsford City in March 2012. Following a successful spell with the Essex club, Slabber joined Sutton United, where he scored 14 goals in 31 appearances during the 2013–14 season. This included two goals against Bromley, the club for which he and teammate Damian Scannell would sign for at the end of the season.

Slabber went on to have spells at Farnborough (on loan), Hemel Hempstead Town, Sutton United for a second period on loan, Welling United, Bishop's Stortford (on loan) before returning to Grays Athletic for a fourth spell before announcing his retirement in February 2018.

Club career

Born in Enfield, London, Slabber joined Tottenham Hotspur as a trainee in August 2001, where he was mainly used as a reserve team player. He made just one appearance in the Premier League, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute for Gary Doherty against Liverpool in a 3–2 defeat on 16 March 2003. He set up Teddy Sheringham for Tottenham's second goal, four minutes from the end.{{cite news

| title = Liverpool squeeze past Spurs

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2830425.stm

| work = BBC Sport

| date = 16 March 2003

| accessdate = 28 December 2008}} He had loan spells at Danish outfit AB Copenhagen in 2004,{{cite news

|title = Slabber loaned to AB Copenhagen

|url = http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/2200062/Slabber-loaned-to-AB-Copenhagen

|publisher = Fox Sports on MSN

|date = 4 March 2004

|accessdate = 28 December 2008

}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Swindon Town in 2005.{{cite news

| title = Slabber hopes to impress at Town

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/4190675.stm

| work = BBC Sport

| date = 20 January 2005

| accessdate = 28 December 2008}}

He was released from Spurs in April 2005 and signed for Aldershot Town until the end of the 2004–05 season.{{cite news

|title = Shot Snap Up Slabber

|url = http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25665

|publisher = Non-League Daily

|date = 1 April 2005

|accessdate = 28 December 2008

|url-status = usurped

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|archivedate = 15 August 2012

|df = dmy-all

}} Slabber made a total of four appearances, including two in Aldershot's defeat on aggregate in the Conference National play-off semi-finals to Carlisle United, where he scored in the 90th minute of the second-leg.{{cite news

| title = Jamie Slabber

| url = https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=34721

| publisher = Soccerbase

| access-date = 28 December 2008}} Slabber then signed for Grays Athletic on a free transfer in May 2005, ready for the start of the 2005–06 season. He went on to make 40 Conference National appearances scoring 13 goals over two seasons.

In November 2006, he spent a month on loan at Oxford United,{{cite news

|title = U's snap up Slabber

|url = http://archive.oxfordmail.net/2006/11/17/114929.html

|newspaper = Oxford Mail

|date = 17 November 2006

|accessdate = 28 December 2008

}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} making three Conference appearances, but failing to score. Former Grays Athletic manager, Mark Stimson, signed Slabber for Stevenage Borough in December 2006 from Grays.{{cite news

|title = Slabber for Boro

|url = http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=39341

|publisher = Non-League Daily

|date = 28 December 2006

|accessdate = 29 December 2008

|url-status = usurped

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|archivedate = 21 August 2012

|df = dmy-all

}}

Slabber was released by Stevenage on 17 May 2007, and signed for Conference South club Havant & Waterlooville two months later, ahead of Conference National side Halifax Town.{{cite news

| title = Jamie Slabber

| url = http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/player.asp?p=187

| publisher = Havant & Waterlooville F.C.

| accessdate = 28 December 2008}} He also had an unsuccessful trial at Rushden & Diamonds in July 2007.{{cite news

| title = Slabber's trial at Rushden ends

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rushden_and_diamonds/6902575.stm

| work = BBC Sport

| date = 17 July 2007

| accessdate = 28 December 2008}} He scored his first Havant goal against newly formed Hayes & Yeading United, a game that Havant won 4–1. He was released from Havant & Waterlooville in October 2008 having made 29 appearances, scoring twice in the Conference South,{{cite news

| title = Jamie Slabber (2007/2008 Season)

| url = http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/appsbygame.asp?p=187&y=2007

| publisher = Havant & Waterlooville F.C.

| accessdate = 28 December 2008}}{{cite news

| title = Jamie Slabber (2008/2009 Season)

| url = http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/appsbygame.asp?p=187&y=2008

| publisher = Havant & Waterlooville F.C.

| accessdate = 28 December 2008}}{{cite news

| title = Goals scored breakdown for Jamie Slabber

| url = http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/goalsbyall.asp?p=187

| publisher = Havant & Waterlooville F.C.

| accessdate = 28 December 2008}} before re-joining Grays Athletic.

{{cite news

| title = Grays snap up two new strikers

| url = http://www.bluesqfootball.com/story/0,20970,5881_4439670,00.html

| publisher = BlueSqFootball.com

| date = 1 November 2008

| accessdate = 28 December 2008

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708074337/http://www.bluesqfootball.com/story/0,20970,5881_4439670,00.html

| archive-date = 8 July 2011

| url-status = dead

| df = dmy-all

}}

On his second debut for Grays, Slabber scored a hat-trick in their 7–0 win at home to Maldon Town in the Essex Senior Cup.{{cite news|title=Grays Athletic 7 Maldon Town 0 (Essex Senior Cup 3rd Round) |url=http://graysathletic.co.uk/matches/archives/002761.html |publisher=Grays Athletic F.C. |date=4 November 2008 |accessdate=11 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130035007/http://graysathletic.co.uk/matches/archives/002761.html |archivedate=30 January 2009 }} Slabber scored the only goal in Grays' 1–0 win over Ebbsfleet United on 26 December 2008, with a header set-up from a pass by Wesley Thomas.{{cite news

| title = Slabber boxes clever for Grays in derby success

| url = http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/sport/graysathletic/news/4003885.Slabber_boxes_clever_for_Grays_in_derby_success/

| publisher = Thurrock Gazette

| date = 26 December 2008

| accessdate = 4 March 2009}} His second goal for Grays in the Conference National during the 2008–09 season was in the 2–1 home victory against Altrincham on 7 March 2009, having met Bradley Hudson-Odoi's cross.{{cite news

| title = Grays 2–1 Altrincham

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/7910574.stm

| work = BBC Sport

| date = 7 March 2009

| accessdate = 8 March 2009}} Slabber scored in Grays' 2–1 victory over Mansfield Town, scoring with a header from a cross supplied by George Beavan.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/7937432.stm

|title=Grays 2–1 Mansfield

|date=21 March 2009

|accessdate=22 March 2009

|work=BBC Sport}} He re-signed for Grays in July, after leaving at the end of the season.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8436435.stm

|title=Woking sign Grays Athletic striker Jamie Slabber

|date=31 December 2009

|accessdate=31 December 2009

|work=BBC Sport}}

Slabber joined Conference South club Woking on 31 December 2009, signing until the end of the 2009–10 season.

At the end of the 2009–10 season he joined Eastleigh, for whom he scored a hat-trick in only his second game (against Dorchester Town). Slabber scored four goals for Eastleigh in a 5–0 Conference South win against Staines Town on his 41st appearance for the club. Slabber won Player's Player and Manager's Player of the Year in the 2010–11 season having made 48 appearances and scoring 25 goals.

On 20 March 2012, Slabber signed for Chelmsford City for an undisclosed fee, after seeing an initial bid for his services turned down by Eastleigh.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/football/local/9599947.slabber-transfer-saga-takes-new-twist/|title=Slabber transfer saga takes new twist|publisher=Daily Echo|date=20 March 2022|accessdate=14 December 2022}} On his debut for Chelmsford, on the same day he signed for the club, Slabber scored in a 2–1 win away to Dorchester.{{cite web|url=https://nonleague.pitchero.com/uncategorized/slabber-signed-for-promotion-12316/|title=Slabber Signed for Promotion|publisher=Pitchero|date=5 April 2012|accessdate=14 December 2022}} On 3 November 2012, Slabber scored Chelmsford's third goal in a 3–1 FA Cup upset against Essex rivals Colchester United.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20107442|title=Chelmsford 3–1 Colchester|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 November 2012|accessdate=14 December 2022}} On 2 February 2013, Slabber scored his only hat-trick for Chelmsford, coming against Hayes & Yeading United in a 6–2 win.{{cite web|url=https://www.hyufc.com/teams/1213reports/Chelmsford_away.html|title=Chelmsford City 6 Hayes & Yeading Utd 2|publisher=Hayes & Yeading United F.C.|date=2 February 2013|accessdate=14 December 2022}}

It was announced on 8 May 2013 that Slabber had joined Sutton United for the 2013–14 season, before leaving the club for Bromley at the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Bromley in a 4–2 win over Maidenhead United on 25 August, after coming on as a substitute. In October, he joined fellow Conference South club Farnborough on a month's loan, in a bid to regain form and match fitness.

In July 2015, Slabber signed for Conference South side Hemel Hempstead Town, before signing for Conference South side Sutton United on loan until the end of the season in March 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://footballexclusives.com/sutton-sign-slabber/#.VxDI4uTmra8 |title=Sutton sign Slabber |access-date=15 April 2016 |archive-date=11 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611113426/http://footballexclusives.com/sutton-sign-slabber/#.VxDI4uTmra8 |url-status=dead }}

He linked up with a former manager, Mark Goldberg when he signed for Welling United on 26 May 2016.{{cite web|title=Jamie Slabber Profile|url=https://twitter.com/wellingunited/status/735822112783519744|website=Twitter|publisher=Welling United|accessdate=26 May 2016}} Slabber went on loan to Bishop's Stortford during the 2016–17 season, playing four games.{{cite web|title=J. Slabber|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jamie-slabber/34141/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=17 June 2017}}

Slabber returned to Grays Athletic on 14 June 2017.{{cite web|title=Football: Jamie Slabber returns to Grays Athletic|url=http://www.yourthurrock.com/2017/06/14/football-jamie-slabber-returns-grays-athletic/4|publisher=Your Thurrock|accessdate=17 June 2017|date=14 June 2017}} He was released in 2018 and subsequently retired.{{cite web|title=Former Claret Slabber Retires|url=https://www.claretarmy.co.uk/former-claret-slabber-retires/|publisher=Claret Army|accessdate=2 March 2018|date=14 February 2018|archive-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122154456/https://www.claretarmy.co.uk/former-claret-slabber-retires/|url-status=usurped}}

International career

Slabber has represented England at both under-18 and under-19 levels.{{cite news

|title = Slabber chance as Robinson is recalled

|url = http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25833

|publisher = Non-League Daily

|date = 7 April 2005

|accessdate = 28 August 2008

|url-status = usurped

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|archivedate = 15 August 2012

|df = dmy-all

}}{{cite news

|title=Slovakia Browned off by U18s

|url=http://www.thefa.com/England/U18s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/06/13088.htm

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20040619224059/http://www.thefa.com/England/U18s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/06/13088.htm

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=19 June 2004 |publisher=The Football Association

|date=16 June 2002 |accessdate=28 August 2008 }}{{cite news

| title = Under 18's lose out Norway

| url = http://www.thefa.com/England/U18s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/06/13131.htm

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20040313210352/http://www.thefa.com/England/U18s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/06/13131.htm

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 13 March 2004

| publisher = The Football Association

| date = 7 June 2002

| accessdate = 28 August 2008}} He has also been called up, and played for the England Nation Game XI against Belgium in the European Challenge Trophy.{{cite news

| title = Slabber is named in England squad

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/4406530.stm

| work = BBC Sport

| date = 4 November 2005

| accessdate = 28 August 2008}}{{cite news

|title=NGXI triumph in Belgium

|url=http://www.thefa.com/England/NationalGameXI/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2005/11/England_ng_lineup.htm

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20060326160406/http://www.thefa.com/England/NationalGameXI/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2005/11/England_ng_lineup.htm

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=26 March 2006 |publisher=The Football Association

|date=16 November 2005 |accessdate=28 August 2008 }}