Nigel Batch

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nigel Batch

| fullname = Nigel Anthony Batch{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=batc01 |title=Nigel Batch |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=6 March 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051615/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=batc01 |url-status=dead }}

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1957|11|9}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 |editor=Rollin, Jack |year=1990 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |page=220 |isbn=0-356-17911-7}}

| birth_place = Huddersfield, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1976–1987 | clubs1 = Grimsby Town | caps1 = 348 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1987–1988 | clubs2 = Lincoln City | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1988–1990 | clubs3 = Darlington | caps3 = 38 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1989 | clubs4 = → Stockport County (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1991–1992 | clubs5 = Scunthorpe United | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 429 | totalgoals = 0

}}

Nigel Anthony Batch (born 9 November 1957) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Derby County, Darlington, Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United and Stockport County.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player5/nigelbatch.html |title=Nigel Batch |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players' Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=6 March 2014}} He was Lincoln City's goalkeeper as they won the 1987–88 Football Conference title, and a member of Darlington's squad as they won the same title in 1989–90.{{cite book |last=Harman |first=John |title=Alliance to Conference |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-869833-52-7 |pages=419, 195}}

Following his playing career Batch ran the Royal Oak in Holton-le-Clay, and has also worked as an interior designer, painter and decorator.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theleaguepaper.com/features/featured/6192/where-are-they-now-grimsby-towns-division-three-champions-197980/ |title=Where Are They Now? Grimsby Town's Division Three Champions 1979-80 |website=The League Paper |date=6 October 2016 |access-date=2024-02-18}}