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Reece Webb-Foster
Personal information
Full name Reece Patrick Webb-Foster[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Haworth, England
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Clitheroe
Youth career
Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Bradford City 2 (0)
2016 → Bradford Park Avenue (loan) 7 (3)
2016 → Guiseley (loan) 5 (1)
2016 → Harrogate Town (loan) 2 (1)
2017 → Bradford Park Avenue (loan) 2 (0)
2018 Colne 6 (5)
2018–2019 Lancaster City
2019 Colne
2019 Ossett United 2 (0)
2019 Droylsden
2019–2020 Buxton 0 (0)
2020 Droylsden
2020–2022 Colne 34 (19)
2022 Matlock Town 7 (0)
2022– Clitheroe 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:04, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Reece Patrick Webb-Foster (born 7 March 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays for Clitheroe as a striker.

Career

Born in Haworth,[2] Webb-Foster played youth football for Bradford City,[3][4] where he was described as "prolific" and a "natural finisher" by the club's head of academy coaching Steve Thornber.[2]

He made his senior debut for the club on 23 September 2014, appearing as a substitute in a League Cup match.[5] He is one of the club's youngest ever players – his made his debut at the age of 16 years 200 days, which is 59 days older than the club's youngest ever player Robert Cullingford.[6] He made his league debut on 11 April 2015, again appearing as a substitute.[7]

He turned professional in November 2015, signing a contract until 2018.[8]

He joined Bradford Park Avenue on loan in February 2016, alongside Dylan Mottley-Henry.[9] He was recalled by Bradford City in April 2016, to rejoin their first-team squad.[10]

Ahead of the 2016–17 season, he joined the first team pre-season training for the first time.[2]

In September 2016, he moved on loan to Guiseley for one month,[11] after Bradford City manager Stuart McCall stated that he felt a loan move would "benefit his development".[12]

In October 2016, he signed a one-month loan deal with Harrogate Town.[13]

He re-joined Bradford Park Avenue on loan in January 2017.[14][15] In February 2017, he suffered a serious knee injury.[16] He returned to action, for the reserve team, in January 2018.[17]

He was released by Bradford City at the end of the 2017–18 season.[18] He signed for Colne in August 2018,[19] scoring 5 goals in 6 league games before moving to Lancaster City in October 2018.[20][21] He re-joined Colne in March 2019.[22]

After leaving Colne he signed for Ossett United, making his debut on 1 October 2019 in the FA Trophy.[23] He made a further 2 league appearances for the club.[24]

He later played for Droylsden and Buxton, leaving the latter club in January 2020 to re-join Droylsden for a third spell.[25][26] His second spell at Droylsden had been in November 2019.[27]

He returned to Colne in June 2020.[28]

In February 2022 he joined Matlock Town in a swap-deal with Jesurun Uchegbulan going the other way.[29] Webb-Foster joined Clitheroe in July 2022 for an undisclosed fee.[30]

Career statistics

As of end of 2021–22 season
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
Bradford City 2014–15[31] League One 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2015–16[32] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17[33] 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
2017–18[34] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
Bradford Park Avenue (loan) 2015–16[14][15] National League North 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 4
Guiseley (loan) 2016–17[33] National League 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Harrogate Town (loan) 2016–17[14] National League North 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Bradford Park Avenue (loan) 2016–17[14] National League North 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Colne 2019–20[35] NPL Division One North West 2 0 2 0 — — 4 0
2020–21[36] NPL Division One North West 8 7 2 0 — 2[a] 0 12 7
2021–22[37] NPL Division One West 24 12 4 4 — 3[a] 0 31 16
Total 34 19 8 4 0 0 5 0 47 23
Matlock Town 2021–22[38] NPL Premier Division 7 0 — — — 7 0
Career total 59 24 9 4 2 0 7 1 77 29
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the FA Trophy

References

  1. ^ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Simon Parker (18 June 2016). "Prolific Webb-Foster is a natural, says Bradford City youth coach". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Webb-Foster books Bradford City youth team's place in grand final". Telegraph & Argus. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. ^ Simon Parker (23 June 2015). "Likely lads prove Bantams production line is cranking into life". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ^ "MK Dons 2–0 Bradford". BBC Sport. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  6. ^ "ONE OF CITY'S YOUNGEST". Bradford City A.F.C. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Gllingham 1–0 Bradford". BBC Sport. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Reece Webb-Foster commits to Bradford City in deal until 2018". Telegraph & Argus. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  9. ^ "City duo join on loan". Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  10. ^ Simon Parker (23 April 2016). "Bradford City have faith in rookie striker Webb-Foster". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  11. ^ Alan Birkinshaw (8 September 2016). "Guiseley sign Bantam Reece Webb-Foster on one-month loan deal". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  12. ^ Simon Parker (8 September 2016). "Bantams looking to loan out Webb-Foster". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Now Webb-Foster is Loaned to Harrogate". National League. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  14. ^ a b c d Reece Webb-Foster at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  15. ^ a b "Webb-Foster Rejoins on Loan". Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  16. ^ Simon Parker (14 February 2017). "Knee injury sidelines Bradford City youngster Webb-Foster for 'at least six months'". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  17. ^ Simon Parker (9 January 2018). "Reece Webb-Foster back in Bantams action". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Bradford City: Club announce retained list". Telegraph & Argus. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Colne bring in five players | Non League Daily".
  20. ^ "Lancaster swoop for Webb-Foster - The BetVictor Northern Premier". www.betvictornorthernpremier.co.uk.
  21. ^ "Lancaster City have swooped for a former teenage protege". www.lep.co.uk.
  22. ^ "Colne chairman Ryan Haigh not giving up just yet on automatic promotion as champions". www.pendletoday.co.uk.
  23. ^ Ltd, Go Media. "Latest News | Official Website | Ossett United FC". Ossett United.
  24. ^ "Ossett United | Appearances | Reece Webb-Foster | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  25. ^ McBain, Jennifer (13 January 2019). "Webb-Foster Departs". Buxton FC.
  26. ^ @Droylsden_FC (11 January 2019). "Pleased to announce the signing of striker Reece Webb-Foster who joins us from @Buxton_FC Reece is available for ou…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "Droylsden welcome back striker - The Northern Premier League". www.thenpl.co.uk.
  28. ^ "Webb-Foster signs up for new era at Colne | Non League Daily".
  29. ^ Gordon, James (9 February 2022). "Gladiators Make A Swap Deal With Colne FC". Northern Premier League. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  30. ^ @ClitheroeFC (30 July 2022). "No idea where the tweet announcing the signing of Reece Webb-Foster from Matlock disappeared to! Well known to @Colne_FC fans, he showed today that he is a real goal threat and the real deal. Welcome on board Reece!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 August 2022 – via Twitter.
  31. ^ "Games played by Reece Webb-Foster in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  32. ^ "Games played by Reece Webb-Foster in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  33. ^ a b "Games played by Reece Webb-Foster in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  34. ^ "Games played by Reece Webb-Foster in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  35. ^ "Colne – Appearances – Reece Webb-Foster – 2019-2020".
  36. ^ "Colne – Appearances – Reece Webb-Foster – 2020-2021".
  37. ^ "Colne – Appearances – Reece Webb-Foster – 2021-2022".
  38. ^ "Matlock Town – Appearances – Reece Webb Foster – 2021-2022".
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