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Shane Peter Higgs (born 13 May 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 306 appearances in the Football League and Football Conference between 1996 and 2012, most notably spending ten years at Cheltenham Town.
He then become their firm number one and winning the club's Player of the Year award twice. Whilst at Cheltenham he gained two promotions and was a fixture in Cheltenhams first team for many years. His spell at Cheltenham came to an end when he joined Wolves on loan and after his contract expired at Cheltenham he left the club to join Leeds United on a free transfer.
Higgs suffered an injury against Milton Keynes Dons and had to be replaced by Ankergren. It was revealed Higgs' injury was a thigh injury and he was expected to miss a few games as a result. Higgs returned from injury and started the game against Norwich City but suffered a recurrence of his thigh injury and had to be substituted. He was replaced by Casper Ankergren. He signed a new contract with Leeds in November 2009, which contracted him at the club until June 2011. Higgs was on the road to recovery, but still was not fit enough to return to the Leeds squad, as a result Leeds signed David Martin on loan as backup for Ankergren.
After almost six months out with injury, Higgs returned to Leeds' squad when he was named as a substitute in the loss against Millwall. Higgs returned to the starting line-up in the next game against Norwich City replacing understudy Ankergren. Higgs played an instrumental part as Leeds were promoted to the Football League Championship after finishing in second place in League One and thus earning automatic promotion, however Leeds' signing of Kasper Schmeichel, on 27 May 2010, put Higgs' position as number one under threat.
After much speculation over pre-season who would be first choice goalkeeper for the forthcoming season, it was Kasper Schmeichel who was given the nod ahead of Higgs, when he made his debut for the club on 7 August 2010 in Leeds United's opening Football League Championship defeat against Derby County. Higgs came into the starting line-up for his first appearance of the season, coming into the starting line-up against Leicester City in the League Cup.
Higgs came into the starting line-up against Swansea City after Kasper Schmeichel picked up an ankle injury. After conceding five against Barnsley in a 5–2 defeat, Higgs kept a clean sheet in the next game against Doncaster Rovers. Higgs was substituted in the second half of the match against Ipswich Town after picking up an injury. Higgs returned to Leeds' bench against Coventry City after recovering from injury.
After playing just seven league games for Leeds in The Championship, after being understudy to Kasper Schmeichel, Higgs left Leeds after it was announced the club were not renewing his contract.
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