Conal Platt

Conal Platt

Personal information
Full name	Conal James Platt
Date of birth	14 October 1986 (1986-10-14)
Place of birth	Preston, England
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Club information
Current club	Lincoln City
Number	12
Youth career
	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Liverpool	0	(0)
2006–2007	Bournemouth	0	(0)
2006	→ Morecambe (loan)	3	(0)
2007	→ Weymouth (loan)	11	(0)
2007–2008	Weymouth	20	(2)
2008	→ Rushden & Diamonds (loan)	10	(0)
2008–2010	Forest Green Rovers	80	(10)
2010–2012	Cambridge United	33	(2)
2011	→ AFC Telford United (loan)	3	(0)
2011	→ Lincoln City (loan)	8	(2)
2012-	Lincoln City	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:21, 2 March 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Conal James Platt (born 14 October 1986) is a professional footballer who plays for Lincoln City. He is noted as an attacking footballer and his best position is centre forward or left forward.

Early life

Platt has one older brother and two younger sisters. He is eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland due to his Irish descent from his grandfather, Timothy Bryan. He was discovered by a Liverpool scout whilst playing for Fulwood and Cadley boys football club.

Early career

He played for Preston Schoolboys aged 14–15, one of the most successful schoolboy teams Preston ever had, and Platt was noted as the best player in the team. Aged 16 he went on to play for Lancashire Schools, Northwest Counties Schools and was finally selected for the English Schools squad (teams are selected on where you go school not on nationality). He was also an Irish Youth international.

After finishing his high school studies at Our Lady's High School he continued his studies on a scholarship at Liverpool Football Academy. After regular appearances with both the youth team and Liverpool reserves although he was released by Liverpool at the end of the 2005 season.

Career after 2005

He joined Bournemouth in May 2006 and made his debut after coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute in a 3–1 defeat to Southend United in the League Cup. He joined Morecambe on loan, initially for a period of one month, in November 2006. Limited to a few appearances at Morecambe, Platt picked up an injury in a match against Southport, and returned to Bournemouth when his loan ended in January 2007, before being loaned again to Weymouth. He was released by Bournemouth in May 2007 and joined Weymouth permanently.

Platt joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan in February 2008 where he made a total of 10 appearances.

On 20 May 2008 it was announced that Platt had joined Forest Green Rovers. Platt impressed in his first season with Forest Green and earnt himself a one year contract for the 2009-10 season. Platt played a key first team role in what proved to be a season Forest Green were relegated.

Platt joined Cambridge United in June 2010 after featuring in 80 league games for Forest Green, whilst scoring 10 goals in a two season spell. A compensation fee was agreed by both clubs for the transfer. Platt begun the season well, although an early injury hindered him and he never really regained full form for the rest of the 2010/2011 campaign.

Platt joined fellow Conference Premier side AFC Telford United on loan in September 2011 for a month. He returned to Cambridge United in October 2011.

Platt was then sent out on loan again to Lincoln City and when he returned to Cambridge in January 2012 he had his contract terminated and subsequently signed an 18-month permanent contract at Sincil Bank with Lincoln.

External links

• Conal Platt career stats at Soccerbase
• Ex-academy striker joins Bournemouth, retrieved 31 May 2006.