Ben Petty

Ben Petty
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin James Petty
Date of birth	22 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Solihull, England
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1994–1999	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	Stoke City
2001–2003	Hull City
2002–2003	→ Stafford Rangers (loan)
2003	→ Moor Green (loan)
2003	Burton Albion
2003–2006	Moor Green
2006–2007	Redditch United
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin James "Ben" Petty (22 March 1977) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Hull City and Stoke City.^[1]

Career

Petty was born in Solihull and started his career off in the youth ranks at Aston Villa. He failed to make the grade at Villa and move on to Brian Little's Stoke City in November 1998.^[1] He provided useful back-up in Stoke defence in 1998–99, making 13 appearances as Stoke missed out on the play-offs. Little left Stoke at the end of the season and in came Gary Megson who brought in his own players meaning that Petty was overlooked.^[1] After making just three appearances under Megson Petty forced his way back into the side once Guðjón Þórðarson took over in November 1999 and ended the 1999–2000 season with 19 appearances.^[1] He did play in five matches of Stoke's Football League Trophy winning run put failed to make the match day 16 in the final however Stoke lost in the play-offs to Gillingham. In 2000–01 Petty played in 34 matches for Stoke and scored his only senior goal in a 4–0 win over Walsall in the League Trophy.^[1] Stoke again reached the end-of-season play-offs where they faced Walsall.^[1] In the first leg both sides were cancelling each other out with Petty being brought on as a substitute.^[1] With the match into added time Walsall broke clear of City's defence and Petty 'sacrificed' himself bringing down the Walsall striker and was sent-off and the match ended 0–0. It was all in vain however as Stoke lost the second leg 4–2.^[1]

It proved to the last act in a Stoke shirt as he left for Hull City in July 2001. After a decent start with Hull, making 34 appearances in 2001–02 he fell out with manager Jan Mølby and Petty drifted into non-league football. He played for Stafford Rangers, Moor Green, Burton Albion and Redditch United before deciding to take up coaching. He worked as a coach for the Aston Villa Academy team until 2016, when he joined Leicester City's under 23's.^[2]

Career statistics

Sourced from Ben Petty at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1998–99	Second Division	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
	1999–2000	Second Division	13	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	19	0
	2000–01	Second Division	22	0	2	0	4	0	5	1	34	1
	Total		46	0	3	0	5	0	11	1	66	1
Hull City	2001–02	Third Division	27	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	34	0
	2002–03	Third Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		29	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	36	0
Burton Albion	2002–03	Football Conference	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Career total			82	0	5	0	7	0	14	1	109	1

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, and Football League Trophy.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
^ "Ben Petty". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

External links

Ben Petty at Soccerbase

[Stoke_City_Modern_Era-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.

[2] "Ben Petty". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

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