Ben Gill

Benjamin David Gill (born 4 October 1987) is an English footballer. He plays either as a central midfielder or central defender and most recently played for Chalfont St Peter.

Ben Gill
Personal information
Full name Benjamin David Gill
Date of birth (1987-10-04) 4 October 1987
Place of birth Harrow, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Central defender/Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Chalfont St Peter
Youth career
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Watford 4 (0)
2006 → Cambridge United (loan) 4 (0)
2007–2009 Cheltenham Town 15 (2)
2009 Crawley Town 4 (0)
2009 Weymouth 9 (0)
2009–2010 Interblock 34 (0)
2010 Forest Green Rovers 4 (0)
2010 Rayners Lane 8 (?)
2010–2011 Wealdstone 12 (?)
2021–2022 Chalfont St Peter 9 (1)
2021 → Ascot United (loan) 1 (0)
Managerial career
2022 Chalfont St Peter (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2022

Career

Born in Harrow,[1] Gill started his career as a youth player at Arsenal but was released in July 2005 and joined the academy of Championship side Watford. Whilst still an academy scholar he made his first team debut in a League Cup victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 20 September 2005, coming on as a substitute.[2] He went on to make two further substitute appearances in the League Cup and FA Cup respectively, against Premier League sides Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers.[2]

Watford were promoted to the Premiership at the end of 2005–06 season and Gill was awarded a professional contract. In October 2006, he joined then Conference side Cambridge United on a month's loan, to cover injuries sustained by the Yellows.[3] He was involved in 4 matches, starting 3 times.[2] After his return, he was unable to break into the first-team. At the end of the season he was released and subsequently signed a two-year contract with League One side Cheltenham Town, on 15 May 2007.[4] He played fifteen times for the club before being he was released early from his contract in January 2009.[5] He signed for Crawley Town in February 2009, signing until the end of the 2009. Signed on non-contract terms for Weymouth, in March 2009 until the end of the season.[6] In July 2009 he signed with Interblock from Slovenia.

His spell in Slovenia was ended in September 2010 however, when he returned to England and signed for Forest Green Rovers.[7]

After only a few games for Forest Green, Gill departed The New Lawn[8] and spent a small amount of time at Rayners Lane before moving on to Isthmian Premier Division side Wealdstone in November 2010. After making 12 league appearances he left Wealdstone. He then spent time training with Lincoln City.[9]

In October 2021, Gill signed for Chalfont St Peter and was then loaned to Ascot United for their Combined Counties League match at home to North Greenford United. He made his debut for The Saints on 23 November 2021 in their home Isthmian League match against Bedfont Sports.

Gill took over as caretaker manager of Chalfont St Peter on 7 February 2022 after the resignation of Aaron Steadman.[10]

References
  1. Gill joins Cambridge on loan
  2. Soccerbase: Ben Gill
  3. Cambridge sign Gill in loan deal
  4. Gill number two set for Robins
  5. Ben Gill departs Archived 19 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "CRAWLEY DEAL FOR GILL". NonLeagueDaily.com. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  7. "Rovers gain international clearance for late Gill coup". Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  8. "Midfielder Gill departs Rovers". thisisgloucestershire. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  9. "Former Northampton Town midfielder training with Kettering". Uxbridge Gazette. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  10. "Northwood beat Chalfont St Peter for sixth league game unbeaten". Watford Observer. 9 February 2022.
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