Ben Wilson (English footballer)

Ben Wilson
Personal information
Full name Ben Wilson[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-09) 9 August 1992[2]
Place of birth Stanley, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Bradford City
Number 13
Youth career
2006–2011 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Sunderland 0 (0)
2011 → Harrogate Town (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Gateshead (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Chesterfield (loan) 0 (0)
2013 Cambridge United 0 (0)
2013 Accrington Stanley 0 (0)
2014–2018 Cardiff City 3 (0)
2015 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 8 (0)
2017 → Rochdale (loan) 8 (0)
2017–2018 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
2018 → Telford United (loan) 17 (0)
2018– Bradford City 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:15, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Ben Wilson (born 9 August 1992) is an English footballer who plays for Bradford City as a goalkeeper.

Career

Early career

Wilson began his career with Sunderland in 2006 earning a professional contract in 2010 and played a match with Harrogate Town.[3] He went out on loan to Gateshead and Chesterfield failing to make an appearance for either and was released by Sunderland in the summer of 2013.[4][5] After leaving Sunderland Wilson joined Cambridge United on a non-contract basis on 9 August 2013.[6] He joined Accrington Stanley on 27 August 2013 and made his professional debut on 3 September 2013 in a 1–0 defeat against Crewe Alexandra in the Football League Trophy.[7][8] He left Stanley after a single Football League Trophy appearance, in November 2013 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.[9]

Cardiff City

He joined Cardiff City in the same month. On 7 July 2014, Wilson played 10 minutes as a midfielder, against Carmarthen Town in a friendly. Wilson has featured on the bench several times during the 2014–2015 season as well as making a number of under 21 appearances. The following season, Wilson signed a new contract keeping him in South Wales until 2017.[10] He made his Cardiff debut against AFC Wimbledon on 11 August 2015 in the League Cup.[11]

Two months later, Wilson joined AFC Wimbledon on an emergency one-month loan deal that was extended. Wilson was signed as a short-term replacement for the injured James Shea. He made his Wimbledon debut on the same day he was signed in a 3–4 League Two away win against Accrington Stanley.[12][13] After conceding a goal from a free-kick taken by Jerome Okimo from inside his own half during a 2–1 defeat to Stevenage,[14] Wilson became embroiled in a row with Wimbledon supporters after he received criticism of his performance on social media website Twitter. Wilson responded to the messages by posting you're still paying to watch me every week and helping towards my wage, I'm laughing and you're losing out.[15][16] His loan spell was cut short ahead of schedule two days later on 14 December 2015.[17]

His league debut came on 27 August 2016, where he played in a 1–0 loss to Reading, after signing a two-year contract extension.[18][19] Having not made an appearance for Cardiff since September 2016, Wilson joined League One side Rochdale on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[20]

At the start of the following season, Wilson joined Oldham Athletic on loan until 1 January 2018.[21] On 31 January 2018, he joined Telford United on loan.[22]

He signed for Bradford City in July 2018.[23]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 September 2017 [24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2011–12 Premier League 0000000000
2012–13 Premier League 0000000000
2013–14 Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Harrogate Town (loan) 2011–12 Conference North 3000000030
Total 3000000030
Gateshead (loan) 2011–12 Conference Premier 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Chesterfield (loan) 2012–13 League Two 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Cambridge United 2013–14 Conference Premier 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Accrington Stanley 2013–14 League Two 0000001010
Total 0000001010
Cardiff City 2014–15 Championship 0000000000
2015–16 Championship 0000100010
2016–17 Championship 3000000030
2017–18 Championship 0000000000
Total 3000100040
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2015–16 League Two 8010000090
Total 8010000090
Rochdale (loan) 2016–17 League One 8000000080
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2017–18 League One 5000101070
Career total 270102020320

    References

    1. ↑ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 13. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
    2. 1 2 "Ben Wilson". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
    3. ↑ "Harrogate Town sign goalkeeper Ben Wilson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
    4. ↑ "Gateshead sign Sunderland goalkeeper Ben Wilson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
    5. ↑ "Chesterfield sign Chris Atkinson & Ben Wilson on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
    6. ↑ "Ben Wilson: Cambridge United sign ex-Sunderland keeper". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
    7. ↑ "Accrington Stanley sign keeper Ben Wilson on short-term deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
    8. ↑ "Crewe 1–0 Accrington". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
    9. ↑ "Ben Wilson Leaves Club". Accrington Stanley. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
    10. ↑ "Cardiff City: McNaughton, Maynard and Gabbidon to leave". BBC Sport. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
    11. ↑ "COC1 Report: Cardiff 1–0 AFC Wimbledon". Cardiff City FC. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
    12. ↑ "Neal swoops for keeper". AFC Wimbledon. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
    13. ↑ "Dons earn thrilling win". AFC Wimbledon. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
    14. ↑ "AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
    15. ↑ "AFC Wimbledon star Ben Wilson calls fans c***s before leaving club". Metro. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
    16. ↑ "Cardiff goalkeeper Ben Wilson calls AFC Wimbledon fans 'c****' before ending loan spell at Kingsmeadow". Mirror. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
    17. ↑ "Ben Goes Back to Cardiff". AFC Wimbledon. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
    18. ↑ "Cardiff City 0–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
    19. ↑ "Murphy sings, Amos Interview, Wilson new contract". Cardiff City Official Site. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
    20. ↑ "Ben Wilson: Rochdale sign Cardiff City goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
    21. ↑ "Ben Wilson joins Oldham on loan". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
    22. ↑ Joe Edwards (31 January 2017). "AFC Telford sign Amari Morgan-Smith and Ben Wilson". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
    23. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44992798
    24. ↑ "Ben Wilson on Soccerway". Soccerway. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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