Jamie Andrew Slabber (born 31 December 1984) is an English former

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who played as a striker. He started his career as a youth at

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has playe ...

, where he made one appearance in the

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. Slabber was loaned out twice whilst at Spurs, to Danish side AB in 2004 and to

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...

in 2005. He then dropped down into

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signing a short-term contract with

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

in April 2005 until the end of the 2004–05 season. The following season, he moved to

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former So ...

, before joining

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and ...

on loan in November 2006. Slabber moved to

Stevenage Borough Stevenage Football Club (known as Stevenage Borough Football Club until 2010) is a professional association football club based in the town of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English f ...

in January 2007, staying for five months before joining

Havant & Waterlooville Havant & Waterlooville Football Club is a professional football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, after relegation from the National League in the 2 ...

the following season. He returned to Grays Athletic in November 2008. Slabber signed for

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club Woking in December 2009. Slabber signed for

Eastleigh Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire, England, between Southampton and Winchester. It is the largest town and the administrative seat of the Borough of Eastleigh, with a population of 24,011 at the 2011 census. The town lies on the River Itchen, ...

in July 2010, before moving onto

Chelmsford City Chelmsford City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Currently members of they play at the Melbourne Stadium. History Chelmsford Chelmsford Football Club was established in 1878 by members o ...

in March 2012. Following a successful spell with the Essex club, Slabber joined

Sutton United Sutton United Football Club is a professional football club in Sutton, South London, England, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They play home games at Gander Green Lane in Sutton about 11 miles sou ...

, where he scored 14 goals in 31 appearances during the 2013–14 season. This included two goals against

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, char ...

, the club for which he and teammate

Damian Scannell Damian Scannell (born 28 April 1985) is an English former footballer who last played for Tonbridge Angels. Earlier in his career he played for Fisher Athletic, Eastleigh, Southend United, Sutton United and Dagenham & Redbridge. Scannell was ed ...

would sign for at the end of the season. Slabber went on to have spells at

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(on loan),

Hemel Hempstead Town Hemel Hempstead Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Hertfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the National League South and pla ...

, Sutton United for a second period on loan,

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football. History Welling United Foo ...

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(on loan) before returning to Grays Athletic for a fourth spell before announcing his retirement in February 2018.

Club career

Born in

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, London, Slabber joined

as a trainee in August 2001, where he was mainly used as a

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player. He made just one appearance in the

, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute for

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against

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in a 3–2 defeat on 16 March 2003. He set up

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for Tottenham's second goal, four minutes from the end. He had loan spells at Danish outfit AB Copenhagen in 2004, and

in 2005. He was released from Spurs in April 2005 and signed for

until the end of the 2004–05 season. Slabber made a total of four appearances, including two in Aldershot's defeat on aggregate in the

Conference National The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profes ...

play-off semi-finals to

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Park ...

, where he scored in the 90th minute of the second-leg. Slabber then signed for

on a free transfer in May 2005, ready for the start of the 2005–06 season. He went on to make 40

appearances scoring 13 goals over two seasons. In November 2006, he spent a month on loan at

, making three Conference appearances, but failing to score. Former

manager,

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, signed Slabber for

in December 2006 from Grays. Slabber was released by Stevenage on 17 May 2007, and signed for

club

two months later, ahead of Conference National side

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration (law), administration in ...

. He also had an unsuccessful trial at

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town. The cl ...

in July 2007. He scored his first Havant goal against newly formed

Hayes & Yeading United Hayes & Yeading United Football Club is an association football club based in Hayes, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The club was formed in 2007 from a merger of Hayes Football Club (founded in 1909) and Yeading Football Club (f ...

, 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, before re-joining Grays Athletic. On his second debut for Grays, Slabber scored a hat-trick in their 7–0 win at home to

Maldon Town Maldon & Tiptree Football Club is a football club based in Maldon, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Wallace Binder Ground. History Maldon Town Football Club was established in August 1946 as part of the Maldon ...

in the

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. Slabber scored the only goal in Grays' 1–0 win over

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 from ...

on 26 December 2008, with a header set-up from a pass by

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. His second goal for Grays in the Conference National during the 2008–09 season was in the 2–1 home victory against

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on 7 March 2009, having met

Bradley Hudson-Odoi Bradley Hudson-Odoi (born 29 November 1988) is a Ghanaian footballer who last played as a striker for National League South side, Woking. Background Born in Accra, Hudson-Odoi is the son of former Hearts of Oak midfielder Bismark Odoi and the ...

's cross. Slabber scored in Grays' 2–1 victory over

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they play in a blue and y ...

, scoring with a header from a cross supplied by George Beavan. He re-signed for Grays in July, after leaving at the end of the season. Slabber joined Conference South club

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

on 31 December 2009, signing until the end of the 2009–10 season. At the end of the 2009–10 season he joined

, for whom he scored a hat-trick in only his second game (against

Dorchester Town Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. They currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They ...

). Slabber scored four goals for Eastleigh in a 5–0 Conference South win against

Staines Town Staines Town Football Club was a semi-professional football club based in Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex. History Early days Staines Town FC was founded in 1892 and was known under various names including ''Staines F.C.'',''Staines Albany F ...

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

for an undisclosed fee, after seeing an initial bid for his services turned down by Eastleigh. On his debut for Chelmsford, on the same day he signed for the club, Slabber scored in a 2–1 win away to Dorchester. On 3 November 2012, Slabber scored Chelmsford's third goal in a 3–1

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upset against

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rivals

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

. On 2 February 2013, Slabber scored his only hat-trick for Chelmsford, coming against Hayes & Yeading United in a 6–2 win. It was announced on 8 May 2013 that Slabber had joined

for the 2013–14 season, before leaving the club for

at the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Bromley in a 4–2 win over

Maidenhead United Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. They are currently members of and have played at York Road since 1871, making it the 'oldest senior football ground continuously us ...

on 25 August, after coming on as a substitute. In October, he joined fellow Conference South club

on a month's loan, in a bid to regain form and match fitness. In July 2015, Slabber signed for

side

, before signing for

side

on loan until the end of the season in March 2016. He linked up with a former manager, Mark Goldberg when he signed for

on 26 May 2016. Slabber went on loan to

during the 2016–17 season, playing four games. Slabber returned to

on 14 June 2017. He was released in 2018 and subsequently retired.

International career

Slabber has represented England at both under-18 and under-19 levels. He has also been called up, and played for the England Nation Game XI against

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in the European Challenge Trophy.

Honours

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: 2006,

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Slabber, Jamie 1984 births Living people English men's footballers England men's semi-pro international footballers English expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Akademisk Boldklub players Swindon Town F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Stevenage F.C. players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players Woking F.C. players Eastleigh F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Sutton United F.C. players Bromley F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Bishop's Stortford F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Footballers from Enfield, London