Jean-Michel Sigere

Lewes and Eastbourne: 2005–2009 Sigere (left) wheels away after scoring the goal that clinched the 2007–08 Conference South title for Lewes. Sigere went on to sign for Lewes of the Conference South. In his first season, he finished as the club's leading scorer, with 23 league goals from 41 starts, helping the club win the Sussex Senior Cup and reach fourth place in the league, though the ground's inadequacies meant they could not take their place in the play-offs. His 2006–07 season was disrupted by illness and knee problems, and surgery on an ACL injury was to keep him out of the game for several months. Loaned to Isthmian League Premier Division club Horsham in December 2007 for a month to regain match fitness, his first game for the club saw him score from long distance. On his return to Lewes his appearances were sporadic, though a winning goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time against Thurrock in March 2008 put his club four points clear at the top of the table. In April, his late goal against Dorchester Town confirmed Lewes as Conference South champions. Though the club wanted them to stay, Sigere and team-mate Simon Wormull joined local rivals Eastbourne Borough. The pair made their debuts in the opening-day defeat to former club Rushden & Diamonds, making Eastbourne the fifth club (following Rushden, and Lewes ) for which the two played alongside each other. Injuries restricted Sigere's Eastbourne career: by the beginning of October he had played only five matches and been placed on the transfer list. He rejoined Horsham on loan for three months, to regain form and fitness with a view to a permanent deal. Yet again he scored on debut, this time converting a penalty to put Horsham through to the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup. He scored and provided an assist in the next round against former club Stevenage Borough but, with a place in the first round proper in sight, Horsham conceded a late equaliser and went on to lose heavily in the replay. Both player and manager hoped to extend Sigere's stay at the club, but it was not financially viable, and he returned to Eastbourne having scored nine goals in all competitions for Horsham. Told he had no future at the club, he was released in January 2009.

Later career: 2009–2013 Sigere signed a contract with Southern League Premier Division team Farnborough until the end of the 2008–09 season, and made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 home draw with Brackley Town. A reunion with new Farnborough manager Steve King saw him initially retained for the 2009–10 season, but on 16 June the club announced that Sigere would be leaving the club after all. Following his departure from Cherrywood Road, Sigere signed for Isthmian League Premier Division side Tonbridge Angels in July 2009. After scoring four goals from 25 appearances in all competitions, mostly as a substitute, Sigere left Tonbridge to return to Lewes. He contributed to Lewes retaining their Conference South status, but was released at the end of the season when budgetary constraints forced manager Steve Ibbitson to choose between Sigere and the younger Rob Gradwell. Sigere returned to former club Margate for the 2010–11 Isthmian League Premier Division season, but after only one game budgetary considerations again came into play and he was released. A few days later he returned to the Conference South with St Albans City, where he stayed for a couple of months before moving on to Walton & Hersham of the Isthmian League Division One South.

In June 2011, Sigere signed for Isthmian League Division One North club Grays Athletic. He went on to play 22 matches for Grays in all first-team competitions. He moved on to fellow Division One North club Chatham Town at the end of the season, and in November, moved into the southern division with Crawley Down Gatwick on a free transfer.

Honours US Lusitanos Saint-Maur CFA Group D runners-up: 1999–2000 Rushden & Diamonds Football Conference champions: 2000–01 Football Conference runners-up: 1999–2000 Stevenage Borough FA Trophy finalists: 2001–02 Lewes Conference South champions: 2007–08