Nicky Weaver

Nicholas James Weaver (born 2 March 1979) is an English football coach and former professional player. A goalkeeper, he began his career in 1995 with Mansfield Town, before joining Manchester City in 1997. He would go on to be a part of the club that earned promotion from the Second Division in 1999 in which he saved the decisive penalty in the play-off final shootout with Gillingham at Wembley Stadium. He would go on to earn promotion to the Premier League the following season and in total was promoted three times with City in a ten-year spell. By the time he left the club in 2007 he had been the club's second choice keeper for a number of years and had acted as understudy to the likes of Peter Schmeichel, David Seaman and David James. He went on to appear for Charlton Athletic, Dundee United, Burnley, Sheffield Wednesday and Aberdeen. He is a former England under-21 international. He worked for Sheffield Wednesday since retiring and has held a number of different roles including academy and first team goalkeeper coach.