Dominic Shimmin

Dominic Libreville Shimmin, born Bermondsey 13 October 1987, is an English footballer, currently with Greenock Morton. Shimmin started his career, spending six years at Highbury playing for the various youth teams at Arsenal under Arsène Wenger. After leaving the Gunners, Shimmin made the move across the city to Queens Park Rangers, with whom he played from 2005 until January 2008. The deal was for a small nominal fee at first, with up to £80,000... more

Dominic Libreville Shimmin, born Bermondsey 13 October 1987, is an English footballer, currently with Greenock Morton. Shimmin started his career, spending six years at Highbury playing for the various youth teams at Arsenal under Arsène Wenger. After leaving the Gunners, Shimmin made the move across the city to Queens Park Rangers, with whom he played from 2005 until January 2008. The deal was for a small nominal fee at first, with up to £80,000 in add-ons, dependant on appearances. Shimmin made his début against Coventry City in a 3-0 defeat, however a serious knee injury prevented him from playing many games for QPR. During this time Shimmin had a loan spell at Bournemouth where he only managed 2 league games due to injury. Prior to that he was a youth player with Arsenal until 2004. QPR announced that Shimmin's contract had been cancelled by mutual consent on 28 January 2008. On 8 February 2008, Shimmin joined Crawley Town on a short-term deal. He was released in March, after... less