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Lewis Freestone
Personal information
Full name Lewis Freestone[1]
Date of birth (1999-10-26) 26 October 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Kings Lynn, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Cheltenham Town
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2016 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Peterborough United 8 (0)
2016–2017Cambridge City (loan) 5 (0)
2017St Albans City (loan) 2 (0)
2017Guiseley (loan) 2 (0)
2018Nuneaton Borough (loan) 8 (0)
2019Bedford Town (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2020– Cheltenham Town 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:04, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Lewis Freestone (born 26 October 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Cheltenham Town as a defender.[2]

Career

Peterborough United

He started his football career with Peterborough United and made his league debut on 14 April 2017 in a 2–1 defeat against Fleetwood Town in League One.[3]

Bedford Town (loan)

On 4 January 2019 Freestone was loaned out to Bedford Town for a month.[4]

Back to Peterborough

He was released by Peterborough United at the end of the 2018–19 season.[5]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 29 July 2019 Freestone signed a one-year contract with the Under-23 development squad at Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.[6] At the end of the season, Freestone announced on his personal Twitter page that he was leaving at the expiration of his contact.

Cheltenham Town

On 1 August 2020, it was announced that Freestone had joined League Two side Cheltenham Town.[7] He made his debut for Cheltenham in a EFL Cup first round away win over his former club, Peterborough United on 5 September 2020.[8] His League debut for Cheltenham was in a 3-0 away victory over Tranmere Rovers in September 2020.[9] In January 2021, he played the full 90 minutes in an FA Cup fourth round 3-1 loss to Manchester City.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Peterborough United 2016–17[11] League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2017–18[12] League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2018–19[13] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Cambridge City (loan) 2016–17[14] SL Premier Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
St Albans City (loan) 2016–17[15][16] National League South 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Guiseley (loan) 2017–18[16] National League 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Nuneaton Borough (loan) 2018–19[16] National League North 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Bedford Town (loan) 2018–19[14] SL Premier Division Central 3 0 0 0 1[a] 0 4 0
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 2019–20[17] 1[b] 0 1 0
Cheltenham Town 2020–21[18] League Two 5 0 4 0 1 0 4[b] 0 4 0
Career total 33 0 4 0 1 0 6 0 44 0
  1. ^ Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Cheltenham Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 20. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ Phil Adlam (30 July 2016). "Freestone Pens Professional Contract". Peterborough United Football Club. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Peterborough United 1–2 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ Three Peterborough United players leave the club on loan, peterboroughtoday.co.uk, 4 January 2019
  5. ^ "Peterborough United: Aaron Chapman among five transfer-listed as four released". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Albion sign defender Lewis Freestone". The Argus. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Lewis Freestone & West Brom's Finn Azaz join Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Peterborough United 0-1 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 5 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Tranmere Rovers 0-3 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 19 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Cheltenham Town 1-3 Man City". BBC Sport. 23 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Lewis Freestone Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Lewis Freestone". St Albans F.C. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  16. ^ a b c "L. Freestone: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.