Sammy Igoe

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Sammy Igoe (born 30 September 1975) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was born in Staines-upon-Thames and also represented England in beach soccer, finishing third at the first Beach Soccer World Championships in 1995.

Igoe began his career with Portsmouth (1994–2000), making 160 league appearances and scoring 11 goals. He then played for Reading (2000–2003, 87 apps, 7 goals), a loan spell at Luton Town (2003, 2 apps), and Swindon Town (2003–2005, 79 apps, 9 goals). He joined Millwall (2005–2006, 5 apps), and on loan to Bristol Rovers in 2006 (11 apps, 1 goal) before signing for them permanently (2006–2008, 61 apps, 1 goal). He had a loan to Hereford United in 2008 (4 apps) and then moved to AFC Bournemouth (2008–2010, 49 apps, 3 goals).

Later, Igoe played for Havant & Waterlooville (2010–2012, 65 apps, 5 goals) and Gosport Borough (2012–2014, 53 apps, 2 goals). He finished with a loan to Bognor Regis Town in 2014. In total, he made 576 league appearances and scored 39 goals. A standout moment in his career came when he scored the last goal in Bristol Rovers’ 3–1 win over Shrewsbury Town at Wembley in the play-off final.