www.killiefc.com...Player Profile... Simon Ford

Notes: Simon Ford originally came through the ranks at Charlton but never made it into the first team.

He moved to Grimsby at the start of the 2001-02 season and made 64 appearances (plus 14 as a sub), scoring four goals in the process. Freed in August of 2004 he went on trial at Bristol Rovers and at Killie but despite getting an injury he impressed Jim Jefferies enough to offer him a short-term contract as cover up until Christmas. There was something dodgy about his registration (we think he turned out for

an amateur team at some point) which meant that Killie had to allegedly sign him onto the books as a gardener until he got clearance to sign for real. Whatever the case, that is the way legend will tell it! Simon does not look like a big

strong centre half but it has not been to his disadvantage so far. He does the simple things well which is a must for a centre half and yet seems to be able to play a bit. He is also blessed with a fair amount of pace which means when there are mistakes made he is not long in tracking back.

JJ (Nov 07) on Simon Ford's New Contract..."Simon and I have agreed a deal for the rest of this season and another two on top of that. Simon has been unlucky because he came on a trial basis short term and when he was due to sign a longer deal he got injured. So then he had to go on another short-term deal to prove his fitness. It then happened to him again and it's been difficult for him. We've been negotiating for a couple of months now as we didn't want to wait until the end of the deal but when he was back fit. He's been here a couple of seasons and he's earned this deal. He's come through a couple of injuries and we felt it was right to give him his year and a couple more as he's not missed many games for us. We're confident his injuries are no longer a problem.