Sam Muggleton

Sam Muggleton
Muggleton playing for York City in 2017
Personal information
Full name Samuel Alexander Muggleton[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-17) 17 November 1995[1]
Place of birth Melton Mowbray, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chesterfield
Number 22
Youth career
Leicester City
20??–2012 Holwell Sports
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Holwell Sports
2012–2014 Gillingham 2 (0)
2014 → Barnet (loan) 6 (0)
2014–2017 Barnet 52 (1)
2017 Eastleigh 5 (0)
2017–2018 York City 16 (0)
2017 → Boston United (loan) 6 (0)
2018 → Scarborough Athletic (loan)
2018– Chesterfield 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:29, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Samuel Alexander Muggleton (born 17 November 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for National League club Chesterfield.

Career

Muggleton was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire[1] and is the son of former footballer Carl Muggleton.[3] He played for his local team Syston before joining Leicester City.[3] He played for Leicester for several seasons at various youth levels before being released, being told he was too short.[3] After this, he joined Holwell Sports, where he played for the first team in the East Midlands Counties League.[3] Aged 16, he signed a two-year scholarship with Gillingham in November 2012.[3][4] He made his first-team debut for Gillingham on the final day of the 2012–13 season, starting in a 3–2 away defeat to Burton Albion,[5] as they were crowned champions of League Two.[6]

Muggleton joined Conference Premier club Barnet on 27 March 2014 on loan until the end of 2013–14.[7] After making six appearances, he returned to Gillingham.[8] He was released by Gillingham at the end of 2013–14,[9] signing for Barnet permanently on 16 May 2014.[10]

On 17 January 2017, Muggleton signed for National League club Eastleigh for an undisclosed fee.[11]

On 20 March 2017, Muggleton signed for Eastleigh's National League rivals York City on a contract until the end of 2016–17.[12] He joined York's National League North rivals Boston United on 21 October 2017 on a one-month loan.[13] He made his debut the same day, starting in Boston's 2–1 away defeat to Curzon Ashton.[14] Muggleton returned to York after the loan expired,[15] having made six appearances for Boston.[16] On 9 February 2018, he joined Northern Premier League Division One North club Scarborough Athletic on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[17] He made eight appearances[18] as York finished 2017–18 in 11th place in the table.[19] He was released at the end of the season.[20]

Muggleton signed for newly relegated National League club Chesterfield on 31 July 2018 on a one-year contract with the option of a further year.[21]

Style of play

Muggleton plays as a left back or a left midfielder and possesses a long throw-in.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 September 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gillingham 2012–13[5] League Two 1000000010
2013–14[23] League One 1000000010
Total 2000000020
Barnet (loan) 2013–14[18] Conference Premier 60———60
Barnet 2014–15[18] Conference Premier 16100—2[lower-alpha 1]0181
2015–16[24] League Two 23020101[lower-alpha 2]0270
2016–17[25] League Two 13010003[lower-alpha 3]0170
Total 581301060681
Eastleigh 2016–17[18] National League 50———50
York City 2016–17[18] National League 80———80
2017–18[18][26] National League North 8000—0080
Total 16000—00160
Boston United (loan) 2017–18[16] National League North 60———60
Chesterfield 2018–19[18] National League 9000—0090
Career total 9613010601061
  1. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Barnet

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sam Muggleton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sam Muggleton". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Queniborough footballer Sam Muggleton awarded scholarship with League Two Gillingham". Melton Times. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Academy team profiles". Gillingham F.C. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Games played by Sam Muggleton in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Burton 3–2 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Barnet sign Muggleton on loan". Barnet F.C. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Martin Allen announces player departures". Barnet F.C. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Gillingham FC announce retained list". Gillingham F.C. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Bees sign Bradley & Muggleton as duo become player/coaches". Barnet F.C. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Barnet: Eastleigh's Luke Coulson signs as Sam Muggleton leaves". BBC Sport. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Minstermen sign Muggleton". York City F.C. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Muggleton moves to Boston United". York City F.C. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  14. ↑ Singleton, Craig. "Curzon Ashton 2–1 Boston United". Boston United F.C. Retrieved 22 October 2017 – via Pitchero.
  15. ↑ Appleyard, Ian (23 November 2017). "Gaffer targets FA Trophy progress". York City F.C. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  16. 1 2 "The team: Sam Muggleton: Season: 2017/2018". Boston United F.C. Retrieved 23 November 2017 – via Pitchero.
  17. ↑ Appleyard, Ian (9 February 2018). "Muggleton on loan to Scarborough". York City F.C. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "S. Muggleton: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  19. ↑ "Conference North: 2017/18: Latest table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  20. ↑ Flett, Dave (30 April 2018). "Louis Almond and Alex Kempster offered new deals at York City, but Aidan Connolly one of nine released". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  21. ↑ "New signing announced". Chesterfield F.C. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  22. ↑ Gee, Wendy (19 January 2017). "New Eastleigh signing Sam Muggleton throws further than ex-Saint Rory Delap". Southern Daily Echo. Southampton. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Sam Muggleton in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Sam Muggleton in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Sam Muggleton in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  26. ↑ Flett, Dave (17 September 2017). "York City dig deep to progress in FA Cup amid the Salford rubble". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
    Flett, Dave (1 October 2017). "Poor Shaftesbury Avenue show sees curtain come down on Gary Mills' second spell as York City manager". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
    Flett, Dave (26 November 2017). "York City have last laugh following Coalville taunts in 3–1 Trophy triumph". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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