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Nick Anderton
Anderton playing for Bristol Rovers in 2022.
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Jack Wilmer Anderton[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Preston, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Preston North End 0 (0)
2014 → Chorley (loan)
2014 → Gateshead (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 → Barrow (loan) 9 (0)
2015 → Aldershot Town (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2016 → Barrow (loan) 21 (0)
2016–2017 Barrow 43 (1)
2017–2020 Blackpool 16 (0)
2018–2019 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 22 (0)
2020–2021 Carlisle United 49 (4)
2021– Bristol Rovers 34 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Nicholas Jack Wilmer Anderton (born 22 April 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for League One club Bristol Rovers, as a left back.

Career

Born in Preston,[2] Anderton began his career at Preston North End, moving on loan to Chorley in March 2014 alongside Alex Nicholson.[3] He turned professional in May 2014, at the same time as Jack Ryan.[4] He joined Gateshead on loan in October 2014,[5] and Barrow in December 2014,[6] although the latter loan ended early due to injury.[7] He moved on loan to Aldershot Town in August 2015,[8] before returning to Barrow on loan in November 2015.[6][9] He signed permanently for Barrow in May 2016, signing a two-year contract.[6][10] In January 2017 he was linked with a transfer to Bradford City, amongst purported interest from other Football League clubs.[11] He signed for Blackpool in June 2017.[12] He moved on loan to Accrington Stanley in August 2018.[13]

Anderton signed an eighteen-month contract with Carlisle United on 16 January 2020.[14] Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Anderton was appointed as club captain.[15]

Bristol Rovers

On 26 May 2021, Anderton signed a two-year contract with recently relegated League Two side Bristol Rovers, with effect from 1 July 2021.[16][17] Anderton made his debut for the club on the opening day of the season, starting as a central defender as Rovers' return to League Two started with a late defeat at Mansfield Town.[18] On 30 October 2021, Anderton opened his account for the club when he scored the only goal as Rovers got an impressive away win at high-flying Harrogate Town with his scuffed effort in the 64th minute settling the match.[19] Anderton played an important role as he achieved a first career promotion with Rovers' 7–0 victory over Scunthorpe United on the final day of the season seeing them move into third position on goals scored.[20]

On 28 July 2022, it was announced that Anderton had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer requiring him to undergo an operation on his femur.[21][22] On the opening day of the 2022–23 season as Rovers hosted Forest Green Rovers, both sets of players wore shirts in the warm-up to show their support for Anderton; there was also applause in the sixteenth minute of the match, representing Anderton's shirt number at Rovers. During the match, after Aaron Collins equalised, he dedicated the goal to his teammate, holding up a replica shirt with Anderton's name on the back.[23] After the match, manager Joey Barton said that Anderton's surgery would likely leave him unable to walk for a year, vowing that both he and the club would support the player and his young family with Barton promising to run the London Marathon in order to raise money for him.[24] Anderton underwent a successful treatment in October 2022 to remove the tumour.[25]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Preston North End 2014–15[26] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2015–16[27] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Gateshead (loan) 2014–15[2] Conference Premier 4 0 1 0 — 0 0 5 0
Barrow (loan) 2014–15[2] Conference North 9 0 0 0 — 0 0 9 0
Aldershot Town (loan) 2015–16[2] National League 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
Barrow (loan) 2015–16[2] National League 21 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 23 0
Barrow 2016–17[2] National League 43 1 5 0 — 5[a] 0 53 1
Blackpool 2017–18[28] League One 4 0 1 0 1 0 5[b] 0 11 0
2018–19[29] League One 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
2019–20[30] League One 2 0 0 0 1 0 2[b] 0 5 0
Total 16 0 1 0 3 0 7 0 27 0
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2018–19[29] League One 22 0 0 0 0 0 3[b] 0 25 0
Carlisle United 2019–20[30] League Two 10 2 — — — 10 2
2020–21[31] League Two 39 2 2 0 1 0 1[b] 0 43 2
Total 49 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 53 4
Bristol Rovers 2021–22[32] League Two 34 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 39 3
Career total 109 6 12 1 5 0 19 1 245 8
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Blackpool" (PDF). English Football League. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Nick Anderton at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Duo Join Chorley". Preston North End F.C. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ Joe Cooper (20 May 2014). "Nick Anderton Over The Moon With Professional Contract". Preston North End F.C. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. ^ Steve Brown (31 October 2014). "Gateshead land left-back Nick Anderton on a month loan from Preston". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Profile". Barrow A.F.C. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  7. ^ "PNE ace Anderton back in fine nick!". Lancashire Evening Post. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Nick Anderton: Aldershot sign Preston North End defender". BBC Sport. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  9. ^ Richard Land (11 December 2015). "Barrow AFC manager delighted with hunger of loan ace Nick". North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  10. ^ Richard Land (30 May 2016). "Bluebirds complete deal to sign Wilmer-Anderton from Preston". North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  11. ^ Simon Parker (30 January 2017). "UPDATED: Bantams look elsewhere after Anderton link". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Nick Anderton: Blackpool sign full-back from Barrow ahead of new League One season". BBC Sport. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Nick Anderton: Accrington Stanley sign Blackpool defender on loan". BBC Sport. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  14. ^ "CONTRACT: Left back joins the Blues". Carlisle United F.C. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  15. ^ "CLUB: Captain and vice-captain positions confirmed". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  16. ^ "First Summer Signings Announced!". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 26 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Bristol Rovers seal quadruple signing". BBC Sport.
  18. ^ "Mansfield Town 2–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Harrogate Town 0–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  20. ^ "Bristol Rovers 7–0 Scunthorpe United: Joey Barton's side promoted after seven-goal win". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Club Statement - Nick Anderton". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  22. ^ "Bristol Rovers' Anderton diagnosed with bone cancer" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  23. ^ Jones, Jordan (31 July 2022). "Bristol Rovers goal dedicated to Nick Anderton as they and Forest Green make classy gesture". Bristol World. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  24. ^ Frost, Sam (31 July 2022). "Joey Barton opens up on Nick Anderton's cancer diagnosis and Bristol Rovers' pledge to defender". Bristol Post. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Joey Barton wants Nick Anderton back at Bristol Rovers in any capacity after cancer operation". Bristol Post. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  26. ^ "Games played by Nick Anderton in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  27. ^ "Games played by Nick Anderton in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  28. ^ "Games played by Nick Anderton in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  29. ^ a b "Games played by Nick Anderton in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  30. ^ a b "Games played by Nick Anderton in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  31. ^ "Games played by Nick Anderton in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  32. ^ "Games played by Nick Anderton in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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