Wayne Montague Purser (born 13 April 1980) is an English

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striker, most recently at

Wivenhoe Town Wivenhoe Town F.C. is an English association football, football club based in Wivenhoe, Essex. The club are currently members of the and play at Broad Lane. History The club was established as Wivenhoe Rangers by Frank Slaughter and students ...

, then in the

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. He began his career at

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

but failed to make an appearance for the club. He joined

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following his release in the summer of 2000, where he recorded one of the FA Cup's fastest ever hat-tricks against Havant & Waterlooville in a Fourth Qualifying Round Replay in 2001. The hat-trick was timed at just four minutes which saw the Bees through to the First round Proper. He then signed for

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for £9,000 in March 2003, scoring a hat-trick on his debut. In August 2004 he joined ambitious

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for £15,000, but the club quickly ran into financial difficulties and, following 11 goals in 14 league games, he joined

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side

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

on a free transfer. At the end of the season, however, new manager Mark Wright told Purser to find a new club. He rejoined Hill at Weymouth, but missed the majority of his first season with an eye injury. He joined

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on-loan for a month in September 2006 to regain match fitness, but he was released from his contract at Weymouth in January 2007 by mutual consent. He joined Cambridge later that day, but was released at the end of the season. He spent several months at East Thurrock United before signing for

for the remainder of the season, although he only made one appearance there.

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* at {{DEFAULTSORT:Purser, Wayne Living people 1980 births Footballers from Basildon English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Hornchurch F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Eastleigh F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players East Thurrock United F.C. players Wivenhoe Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players 21st-century English sportsmen