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Tim Sills
Personal information
Full name Timothy Sills
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Torquay United
Number 8

Timothy "Tim" Sills (born 10 September, 1979 in Romsey, Hampshire) is an English footballer who currently plays for Torquay United as a striker.

Sills began his career as a trainee at Derby County and, after his release, opted to combine university studies with non-league football. He began at Camberley Town and moved to Basingstoke towards the end of the 1998-99 season. He also had loan spells at Staines and Kingstonian before signing for the K's for the 2002-03 season. One season later he made the step up to Conference football with Aldershot Town.[1]

In two and a half seasons with the Shots, Sills scored 46 goals from 112 appearances. He helped them to the playoff final in his first season, although he was left out of the starting XI for the final itself. He continued to work as an event team coordinator (not marketing executive as previously reported) until July 2004. It was then he began to play football full-time.[2] Amid interest from several league clubs, he signed for League Two club Oxford in January 2006 for £50,000.[3] However his spell at the Kassam Stadium was hugely unsuccessful with only 1 goal from 13 league appearances.

The forward was released at the end of the season and looked set to join Conference side Exeter City[4], but signed a two-year deal with Hereford United in June 2006. He scored four times on his debut, a 10-0 friendly win against Ludlow Town[5] and started the first 13 matches of the season but only managed to score once, against Hartlepool. His only other goal of the season came away at Notts County in December, and the season progressed into a frustrating one for Sills. While he was seen as an intelligent and hard working striker, his sheer lack of goals from over 40 first team appearances attracted severe criticism from a section of Hereford supporters. A controversial sending off against Swindon Town[6], only minutes after coming on as a substitute, did not do him any favours. At the end of the season he was linked with several other clubs, including former club Aldershot, and on 28 June 2007 he signed for Torquay United.[7]

He was the clubs top scorer in the 2007/2008 season scoring 20 goals in 48 league and Cup appearances. He is currently enjoying a succssesful second season with the "Gulls" scoring 13 League and Cup Goals in only 24 starts.

On 3 February 2009, Tim appeared as a contestant on the game show Wogan's Perfect Recall, finishing as runner-up. On 17 May 2009 Sills scored the second goal against Cambridge United in the National Conference play-off final to send Torquay United back in to the Football League.

References

  1. ^ "Aldershot snap up Sills". BBC Sport. 2004-07-02. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  2. ^ "Sills to decide on future". BBC Sport. 2003-05-29. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  3. ^ "Oxford Utd snap up striker Sills". BBC Sport. 2006-01-27. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  4. ^ "Sills set for Grecians switch". BBC Sport. 2006-06-06. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  5. ^ "Sills stars as Bulls beat Ludlow". BBC Sport. 2006-07-12. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  6. ^ "Hereford 0-0 Swindon". BBC Sport. 2007-04-07. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  7. ^ "Torquay capture Hereford's Sills". BBC Sport. 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2008-12-02.

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