Player Profile

A left-sided midfielder who joined on a year's contract in June 2006, Monkhouse was Dennis Wise's first signing as Town manager. He made his debut on the opening day of the season, a 1-0 victory at Hartlepool United on August 5th.

Monkhouse started in each of the first four games of the season - all of which resulted in victories - but was forced off the field in the last of these, when he picked up what was first thought to be a hamstring strain in a match at Darlington. The injury turned out to be a tear, and it kept him out of action for a month - he returned in mid-September as a substitute at Notts County. A week later, he opened his Swindon goalscoring account to put the Town 1-0 up against Boston, but a late equaliser meant that a drab game ended in a draw.

Monkhouse remained in the side throughout October - scoring his second Town goal in a 3-0 win over Grimsby - but a recurrence of his hamstring problem at Shrewsbury sidelined him again for another spell. By the time he returned to action, Wise had departed for Leeds, and new manager Paul Sturrock immediately put Monkhouse's position under threat by signing the left-sided Sofiane Zaaboub. Monkhouse took part in a Wiltshire Premier Shield clash against Salisbury, but by the end of November, Sturrock sent him out on a month's loan at Hartlepool - initially to regain fitness after his injury problems.

Monkhouse's arrival at Victoria Park sparked a revival for United, as they went on a run of nine consecutive victories to storm into the playoff places - and Monkhouse himself soon made it clear that staying with Hartlepool was his preferred option. With Zaaboub impressing at Swindon also, his loan deal was extended into January, then finally, early in the New Year, the Town agreed an undisclosed fee to end his short Town career, in which he never lost any of his ten league matches. Less than a month later, he returned to haunt Swindon, scoring the winning goal in front of the Town End, as Hartlepool took three points from the County Ground in February.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

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Career details

Club	Details
Leeds United Leeds United	1995 (schoolboy)
Rotherham United Rotherham United	(trainee) November 14th, 1998 (signed professional contract); released (rptd May 9th, 2006)
Swindon Town Swindon	July 24th, 2006 (unattached); transferred out (rptd January 11th, 2007)
Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	November 23rd, 2006 (loan); expired (rptd January 3rd, 2007)
Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	rptd January 11th, 2007 (transferred in, undisclosed fee); released (rptd May 7th, 2014)
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	rptd July 21st, 2014 (unattached); released (rptd June 17th, 2015)
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	July 1st, 2015 (announced June 24th, 2015) (unattached); released (rptd May 24th, 2016)
Alfreton Town Alfreton	rptd July 7th, 2016 (unattached) February 2017 (appointed player-assistant manager); released (rptd May 15th, 2017)
Whitby Town Whitby Town	rptd July 7th, 2017 (unattached)
Rotherham United Rotherham United	July 2018 (academy coach)
Ossett United Ossett United	rptd November 14th, 2018 (player-coach)
Barnsley Barnsley	September 2019 (academy coach)
Tadcaster Albion Tadcaster Albion	rptd January 27th, 2020 (player-coach)
Pontefract Collieries Pontefract Collieries	rptd April 17th, 2020 (appointed head coach); by mutual consent (rptd January 18th, 2021)