Sheffield United goalkeeper Simon Tracey came to Norwich on loan in January 1995 as cover to Andy Marshall following Bryan Gunn's injury at Nottingham Forest on 27th December 1994. Tracey's spell at Carrow Road was not a happy one. His debut against Coventry on 25th January saw his concede a soft goal by Dion Dublin after Tracey had been dispossessed by Peter Ndlovu. Fortunately City gathered a point in a 2-2 draw. Four days later, Norwich played Coventry again, this time in the FA Cup at Highfield Road. Tracey's spell of bad luck resulted in him being stretchered off injured just before half time. Andy Marshall reclaimed the Norwich goalkeeper's position until John Deehan opted to give Tracey another opportunity in the FA Cup match at Everton on 18th February 1995. The result was a 5-0 thrashing and Simon Tracey did not make another appearance for the Canaries and returned to Sheffield.

Simon began his career at Wimbledon where he made a solitary appearance before joining Sheffield United. In addition to his spell on loan to Norwich, Simon has also spent brief periods at Manchester City (3 games) and Wimbledon (1 match). As of the end of 2000/01, Simon had made 291 league appearances for the Blades.

Simon missed the entire 2002/03 season through injury and as a result, was not offered a new contract at the end of May 2003. However Blades manager Neil Warnock said "Tracey has been released from his current contract but we may need to talk to him about what will happen next season". Simon opted to retire from the professional game and had a testimonial in August 2003 against Middlesboro - the Teesiders winning 3-2.

Simon ilater joined Rotherham United as goalkeeping coach. He followed manager Mark Robins to Barnsley in the autumn of 2009

In June 2015, he moved to Carlisle United. He was later goalkeeping coach at Chesterfield but was sacked on 23rd April 2018 following the club's relegation to the Conference.

In October 2019 Simon joined Northampton Town as their Chief Scout. He had worked with the Cobblers' manager Keith Curle at Sheffield United and Carlisle. The appointment worked as Northampton won promotion to League One via the play-offs =, defeating Exeter 4-0 at Wembley on 29th June 2020 (behind closed doors due to the Coronavirus)

Northampton were relegated from League One on 1st May 2021.

Tracey left Northampton later in May 2021 and joined Brentford as part of their recruitment team.