English footballer

Jeffrey "Jeff" Thorpe (born 17 November 1972, in *ermouth, *bria) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He spent his entire career at Carlisle United before retiring in 2000 due to injury.

He played in the Championship winning 1994-95 season, scoring 4 goals, and made a subs*ute appearance at Wembley Stadium against Birmingham City in the Auto Windscreen Shield in April 1995 in front of a capacity 76000 fans.

Persistent back injuries bought a premature end to his career aged just 27 after 11 years with Carlisle. Jeff spent several years as Radio *bria match day summariser on Utd games. He lectured in Sport Performance at the University of *bria for 11 years and still resides in the county where he also runs a coaching and fitness business.

References

External links

• Jeff Thorpe at Soccerbase