Will Puddy
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willem John Stanley Puddy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Warminster, England[2] | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Bristol Rovers | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bristol City | |||
| Bath City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | Cheltenham Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Mangotsfield United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Yate Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Stafford Rangers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Tamworth (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Bath City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | Salisbury City | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Swindon Supermarine | 12 | (0) |
| 2011 | Chippenham Town | 33 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Salisbury City | 104 | (0) |
| 2014– | Bristol Rovers | 19 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 11 May 2016 (UTC) | |||
Willem John Stanley "Will" Puddy (born 4 October 1987 in Warminster, England) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bristol Rovers.
His father is English and mother Dutch making him eligible to play internationally for both countries though Will has already represented England at Schoolboy level.
Contents
Career
Youth career
Puddy began his career as a youth player with Bristol City, spending seven years with the side before being released.
Cheltenham Town
In 2006 he joined Cheltenham Town, spending time on loan at Mangotsfield United, Yate Town, Stafford Rangers and Tamworth to gain experience,[3] before being handed his professional debut for Cheltenham on 2 May 2009 in a 2–0 defeat to Southend United.[4]
At the start of the 2009–10 season, Puddy joined Conference South side Bath City on a three-month loan deal,[5] making four appearances before returning to Cheltenham after sustaining an injury.
He was released by the club along with 7 other players in May 2010,[6] and began training with Wolverhampton Wanderers as he recovered from an ankle operation.
Salisbury City
On 25 October 2010, he played a game on his return from his ankle operation Salisbury City.[7] Start in the Red Insure Cup against Wimborne Town.
On 5 November 2010, he joined Swindon Supermarine to be able to play in the 2nd round F.A. Cup game against Colchester United.
Chippenham Town
On 13 August 2011, Will joined Chippenham Town. He made his first appearance for the club later that day in a Southern Football League Premier Division game against Stourbridge. He left in January 2012 to play for Salisbury City.
Salisbury City
After leaving Chippenham, he returned to Salisbury City. He spent the rest of the 2011–12 season with The Whites, only losing one game in a Salisbury City Shirt helping secure a strong finish to the season.
He then committed to the club again signing for the 2012–13 season during the pre–season period. Will went on to play over 40 games in the 2012-13 season ending in The Whites winning promotion by the way of the playoffs.
During the pre–season period before the 2013–14 season, Mikey Harris signed Will on for the upcoming season stating that he had full faith in Will, and believed that he would continue to do well. Will played an integral role in pre-season, playing pretty much every minute. Will went on to play much of the 2013–14 season, again appearing over 40 times in the league with 14 clean sheets, ending in being awarded the player's player of the season award by his fellow professionals.
Bristol Rovers
On 11 August 2014, he joined Bristol Rovers on non-contract terms.[8] He started for Bristol Rovers in the 2015 Conference Premier play-off Final against Grimsby Town on 17 May 2015, and was substituted for Steve Mildenhall during the stoppage time of extra with the score at 1–1.[9] Rovers went on to win the penalty shoot-out 5–3.[9]
Honours
Bristol Rovers
- Conference Premier play-offs: 2014–15[9]
- League Two Automatic Promotion:2015-16
References
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External links
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Warminster
- English footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Bath City F.C. players
- Cheltenham Town F.C. players
- Mangotsfield United F.C. players
- Yate Town F.C. players
- Stafford Rangers F.C. players
- Tamworth F.C. players
- Swindon Supermarine F.C. players
- Chippenham Town F.C. players
- Salisbury City F.C. players
- National League (English football) players
- The Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- English people of Dutch descent
