Nicky Featherstone
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Featherstone warming up for Hartlepool United in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicky Lee Featherstone | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Goole, Humberside, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hartlepool United (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2006 | Hull City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Hull City | 8 | (0) |
| 2007 | → North Ferriby United (loan) | ||
| 2009–2010 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Hereford United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Hereford United | 58 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Walsall | 55 | (0) |
| 2014 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | Harrogate Town | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2023 | Hartlepool United | 337 | (20) |
| 2023–2025 | Hartlepool United | 78 | (5) |
| Total | 554 | (26) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2025– | Hartlepool United | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicky Lee Featherstone (born 22 September 1988) is an English former professional football player and manager of National League club Hartlepool United.
Featherstone signed for Hull City at the age of 8. He signed his first professional contract in December 2006 and made his first team debut that same month. Featherstone spent loans with North Ferriby United, Grimsby Town and Hereford United. He was released by Hull in January 2011, signing for League Two club Hereford on a permanent deal. Ahead of the 2012–13 season, he signed for League One club Walsall after Hereford were relegated. He spent two seasons with Walsall but left in 2014. Featherstone had brief spells with Scunthorpe United and Harrogate Town at the beginning of the 2014–15 season.
He was given a short-term deal with League Two club Hartlepool United in October 2014 which was later extended. He spent nine seasons with Hartlepool and was a member of the promotion-winning side in 2021 as well as suffering two relegations to non-League with the club. After initially leaving the club at the end of the 2022–23 season, he later re-joined the club in October 2023. He is Hartlepool's third highest all-time appearance maker.