Sam Hornby

Sam Hornby
Personal information
Full name Samuel Connor Hornby[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995
Place of birth Birmingham, England[2]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Port Vale
Number 12
Youth career
2011–2013 Hednesford Town
2013–2015 Redditch United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Burton Albion 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Brackley Town (loan) 29 (0)
2016–2017 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 34 (0)
2017– Port Vale 11 (0)
2017–2018 → Chester (loan) 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Samuel Connor Hornby (born 2 February 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two side Port Vale.

He spent his youth with Hednesford Town and Redditch United, before turning professional at Burton Albion in June 2015. He spent the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons on loan at Brackley Town and Kidderminster Harriers respectively, before he was transferred to Port Vale in June 2017. He was loaned out to Chester in December 2017.

Playing career

Burton Albion

Hornby played for the youth teams at Hednesford Town and Redditch United, before turning professional after signing a one-year contract with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's Burton Albion in June 2015.[3] He joined National League North side Brackley Town on an initial one-month loan in October 2015, and went on to remain an ever-present for the rest of the 2015–16 season as the "Saints" successfully avoided relegation. Brackley manager Kevin Wilkin named him as his player of the season, and Hornby also picked up the club's player's player of the season award.[4]

Speaking in May 2016, Nigel Clough said that "he's impressed us very much since we've come in", and "the plan with him is to get him out on loan, if we can do, to League Two or the National League".[5] He returned on loan to the National League North in June 2016 with newly relegated club Kidderminster Harriers.[6] Harriers ended the 2016–17 season in second place, and lost out to Chorley in the play-off semi-finals; manager John Eustace praised Hornby's performance in the play-offs.[7]

Port Vale

Hornby signed a two-year contract with EFL League Two club Port Vale in June 2017.[8] He faced competition for the first team spot from Rob Lainton, Ryan Boot, and Joe Slinn.[9] He made his debut for the "Valiants" in the first round of the EFL Cup on 9 August, coming on for Lainton – who had suffered a serious thigh injury – at half-time during a 4–1 defeat to Leeds United at Elland Road.[10] He made his debut in the English Football League three days later, in a 3–2 loss to Wycombe Wanderers at Vale Park, and with Hornby conceding six goals within the space of 135 minutes, manager Michael Brown said that he was considering signing a new goalkeeper as Hornby was thrown "in the deep end" despite being "a young boy" with "a good future."[11] Hornby picked up an injury in October and was ruled out of action for six weeks.[12] On 7 December, he joined National League club Chester on an initial one-month loan.[13] "Blues" manager Marcus Bignot signed Hornby to provide competition for Alex Lynch, following the departure of back-up goalkeeper Nathan Vaughan.[14] Having established himself in the "Seals" first-team, the loan deal was initially extended by a further month, and then until the end of the 2017–18 season.[15][16] However he was recalled by Port Vale manager Neil Aspin on 26 February after Lainton picked up an injury.[17] He got his chance to stake a first-team place under Aspin after Boot picked up an injury at the start of April.[18] He played well in the end of season run-in to help the club to avoid relegation, leading Aspin to say that "now he has proved a point and now he puts himself in a really good position to compete for the number one jersey next season."[19]

Despite playing well in pre-season friendlies he began the 2018–19 season as back-up to experienced new signing Scott Brown, and was limited to appearances in the EFL Trophy.[20]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burton Albion 2015–16[21] League One 0000000000
2016–17[22] Championship 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Brackley Town (loan) 2015–16[23] National League North 290300000320
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2016–17[24] National League North 34040004[lower-alpha 1]0420
Port Vale 2017–18[25] League Two 110001000120
2018–19[26]EFL League Two0000001[lower-alpha 2]010
Total 110001010130
Chester (loan) 2017–18[23] National League 13000002[lower-alpha 3]0150
Career total 8707010701020
  1. ↑ Two appearances in the FA Trophy and two in the National League North play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance/s in the FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Sam Hornby|Fifteen Eleven Management". 1511management.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Footballer thanks his former Sutton Coldfield college after signing Burton Albion contract". Sutton Coldfield Observer. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Willis, Ash (18 April 2016). "Sam Hornby Named Brackley Town's Player of the Season". burtonalbionfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Wilkinson, Ashley (29 May 2016). "Burton Albion look for League Two loan move for keeper Sam Hornby". Burton Mail. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Young but experienced shot-stopper Sam Hornby signs for Harriers". harriers.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Spinks, Martin (5 May 2017). "Old Stoke City favourite goes into play-off battle as boss". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (21 June 2017). "Port Vale sign goalkeeper Sam Hornby from Burton Albion". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  9. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (22 June 2017). "Sam Hornby relishing battle for first-team spot at Port Vale". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Leeds United 4-1 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  11. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (14 August 2017). "Port Vale boss Michael Brown weighs up move for keeper". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  12. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (17 October 2017). "Port Vale reveal Sam Hornby injury news". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (7 December 2017). "Port Vale keeper Sam Hornby joins Chester on loan". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  14. ↑ Powell, Dave (7 December 2017). "Chester FC seal loan signing of Port Vale goalkeeper". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  15. ↑ Wheelock, Paul (9 January 2018). "Chester FC confirm the signing of Gary Roberts". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  16. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (31 January 2018). "Port Vale keeper Sam Hornby extends loan at Chester FC". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  17. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (26 February 2018). "Port Vale recall Sam Hornby as Rob Lainton injury adds to club's keeper troubles". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  18. ↑ Smith, Peter (5 April 2018). "Sam Hornby told to stake his claim as Port Vale number one". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  19. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (17 April 2018). "Sam Hornby has played his way into Neil Aspin's Port Vale plans for next season". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  20. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (12 October 2018). "Port Vale's Neil Aspin happy with keeper options as Sam Hornby stakes claim". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Sam Hornby in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Sam Hornby in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  23. 1 2 Sam Hornby at Soccerway
  24. ↑ "Stats". kidderminsterharriers.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Sam Hornby in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Sam Hornby in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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