Chris Arthur

Christopher Anton Arthur (born 25 January 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder or left–back for Sittingbourne.

Chris Arthur
Arthur playing for Havant & Waterlooville in 2013
Personal information
Full name Christopher Anton Arthur[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-25) 25 January 1990[1]
Place of birth Enfield, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder / left-back
Team information
Current team
 Sittingbourne
Youth career
0000–2007 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 4 (0)
2008–2009 → Kettering Town (loan) 4 (0)
2009 → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) 2 (0)
2010 Cambridge City 2 (0)
2010 Bishop's Stortford 7 (1)
2010–2011 Rotherham United 0 (0)
2011 Havant & Waterlooville 4 (0)
2011–2012 Northampton Town 7 (0)
2012–2013 Havant & Waterlooville 56 (2)
2013–2015 AFC Wimbledon 26 (1)
2014–2015 → Woking (loan) 26 (0)
2015–2016 Woking 54 (0)
2016–2017 Crawley Town 6 (0)
2017 → Woking (loan) 7 (0)
2017 Aldershot Town 13 (0)
2017 → Whitehawk (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2018 Leatherhead 10 (1)
2018 Kingstonian 13 (0)
2018–2019 New Salamis 11 (1)
2020 Gosport Borough 1 (0)
2020–2023 Ware 64 (2)
2023 Enfield 3 (0)
2023– Sittingbourne 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:23, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Arthur was born in Enfield, London.[1] started his career in the youth team of Queens Park Rangers (QPR), and was sent on work experience to Conference South side Hayes & Yeading United in December 2007.[2] In July 2008 he signed his first professional contract for QPR.[3] He was sent out on loan in 2008 to Conference Premier side Kettering Town, where he made four league appearances. He went out on loan again to another Conference outfit in Rushden & Diamonds on a one-month loan deal in March 2009.[4] He made two appearances during his spell at Nene Park.[5] In the summer of 2009, Arthur was released from QPR.

After a short spell playing in Turkey, he returned to the Conference South when he signed for Bishop's Stortford in September 2010.[6] In December 2010, he signed for League Two club Rotherham United on a two-month deal after a successful trial with the club.[7] He failed to make a first-team appearance for the club and was released when his contract expired. In September 2011, he signed for Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville.[8] After making four appearances for the Hawks, he left in October to sign for League Two club Northampton Town on a deal until January 2012.[9]

He made his professional debut for the Cobblers on 8 October 2011, in a 1–0 home defeat to Crawley Town, replacing Ashley Corker in the second half.[10] His first start for the club came a week later in a 3–0 defeat to Port Vale at Vale Park.[11] On Aidy Boothroyd's arrival as Northampton manager, Athur was released having made only seven appearances for the club.[12]

Arthur returned to Havant & Waterlooville in December 2011 before signing a two–year contract in January 2012.[13] During his second spell with the club he made a total of 56 league appearances, scoring two league goals.

On 28 May 2013, Arthur joined AFC Wimbledon on a one-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[14] On 3 August 2013, Arthur made his AFC Wimbledon debut in a 1–1 draw against Torquay United, replacing George Francomb in the 68th minute.[15] He scored his first goal for the Dons when he scored the winner in a 3–2 win over Scunthorpe United.[16]

On 21 August 2014, Arthur joined Conference Premier side Woking on a one-month loan deal after struggling to make an impression in the Wimbledon side.[17] Two days later, Arthur made his Woking debut in a 1–1 draw against Welling United, playing the full 90 minutes.[18]

On 6 January 2015, after numerous loan extensions to his Woking contract, Arthur joined the Cards permanently after his contract was mutually terminated by AFC Wimbledon.[19] Arthur went on to make 17 more appearances before signing on for the 2015/16 campaign.[20]

On 8 June 2016, Arthur joined League Two club Crawley Town on a one-year deal.[21] On 9 August 2016, Arthur made his Crawley Town debut in a 2–1 defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers in an EFL Cup tie.[22] On 3 September 2016, Arthur made his league debut for Crawley Town in a 3–0 away defeat against Portsmouth, replacing Andre Blackman in the 52nd minute.[23]

On 31 January 2017, Arthur returned to his former side Woking of the National League on loan on a one-month deal.[24] On the same day, Arthur made his Woking return in a 3–0 home defeat against Tranmere Rovers, replacing Macauley Bonne in the 76th minute.[25] On 3 March 2017, Arthur's loan at Woking was extended for a further month.[26]

On 4 August 2017, Arthur signed a deal with National League side Aldershot Town following his release from Crawley.[27] Just over a week later, Arthur made his Aldershot debut during their impressive 6–0 home victory over Guiseley, featuring for the full 90 minutes.[28] He joined Brighton-based National League South side Whitehawk on a month's loan on 7 November 2017.[29] Four days later, Arthur featured for the entire 90 minutes during Whitehawk's 3–1 away defeat against Gloucester City.[30]

On 22 December 2017, following a termination in his Aldershot contract, Arthur joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Leatherhead.[31] He went onto appear ten times, scoring once before making the move to fellow Isthmian League side Kingstonian in March 2018.[32]

Following his release from Kingstonian, Arthur had spells at New Salamis[33] and Gosport Borough.[34] He signed for Ware in the Isthmian League South Central division for the 2020–21 season before it was curtailed in October 2020. Ware transferred to the Southern League Division One Central for the following campaign and Arthur signed on for another season.[35]

On 13 June 2023, Arthur agreed to join Enfield following a three-year spell at Ware.[36] He joined Sittingbourne in September 2023.[37]

Career statistics
As of match played 14 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queens Park Rangers 2007–08[38] Championship 000000—00
2008–09[38] Championship 00—00—00
Total 000000—00
Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 2007–08[39] Conference South 40———40
Kettering Town (loan) 2008–09[39] Conference Premier 4020—0060
Rushden & Diamonds (loan) 2008–09[39] Conference Premier 20———20
Cambridge City 2009–10[39] Southern League Premier Division 20——1[lower-alpha 1]030
Bishop's Stortford 2010–11[38][39] Conference South 7120—1[lower-alpha 2]1102
Rotherham United 2010–11[38] League Two 00———00
Havant & Waterlooville 2011–12[38][39] Conference South 40———40
Northampton Town 2011–12[38][39] League Two 7010——80
Havant & Waterlooville 2011–12[38][39] Conference South 230———230
2012–13[38][39] Conference South 33210—2[lower-alpha 2]0362
Total 56210—20592
AFC Wimbledon 2013–14[38] League Two 26100101[lower-alpha 3]0281
2014–15[38] League Two 00—10—10
Total 261002010291
Woking (loan) 2014–15[38] Conference Premier 26020—1[lower-alpha 2]0290
Woking 2014–15[38] Conference Premier 170——4[lower-alpha 2]1211
2015–16[38] National League 37010—2[lower-alpha 2]1401
Total 54010—62612
Crawley Town 2016–17[38] League Two 6010104[lower-alpha 4]0120
Woking (loan) 2016–17[38] National League 70———70
Aldershot Town 2017–18[38] National League 13000—00130
Whitehawk (loan) 2017–18[38][39] National League South 30———30
Leatherhead 2017–18[39] Isthmian League Premier Division 101———101
Kingstonian 2017–18[39] Isthmian League Premier Division 130———130
New Salamis 2018–19[40] Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division 111——3[lower-alpha 5]1142
Gosport Borough 2019–20[39] Southern League Premier Division South 10———10
Ware 2020–21[41] Isthmian League South Central Division 32——1[lower-alpha 2]042
2021–22[39] Southern League Division One Central 32060—3[lower-alpha 6]0410
2022–23[39] Southern League Division One Central 29010—4[lower-alpha 7]0340
Total 64270—80792
Enfield 2023–24[42] Isthmian League North Division 3010—0040
Sittingbourne 2023–24[43] Isthmian League South East Division 40——0040
Career total 32781803027437512
  1. Appearance in the Southern League Cup
  2. Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  4. Appearance in the EFL Trophy
  5. One appearance in the Aubrey Cup, two appearances and one goal in the Anagram Records Trophy
  6. One appearance in the FA Trophy, one in the Southern League Cup, one in the Southern League Division One Central play-offs
  7. Two appearances in the FA Trophy, two in the Southern League Division One Central play-offs

References
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  2. "Duo on Work Experience". 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. "Youngsters Turn Pro". 8 July 2008. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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  8. "Now Arthur Signs for Hawks". 2 September 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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  10. "Northampton 0 – 1 Crawley Town". BBC News. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  11. "Port Vale 3–0 Northampton". BBC News. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  12. "Arthur, Westwood and Savage depart Northampton Town". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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  14. "Dons complete first swoop". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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  16. "AFC Wimbledon 3-2 Scunthorpe". BBC. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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  18. "Welling United vs. Woking". Soccerway. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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  33. "Chris Arthur". New Salamis F.C. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  34. "Club Announce - Double Player Signing". Gosport Borough F.C. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  35. Whitney, Steve (15 July 2021). "League Newcomers Add Three New Signings". Southern League. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  36. "Enfield FC on Twitter". Enfield F.C. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  37. Sittingbourne F.C. [@SittingbourneFC] (28 September 2023). "𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙎𝙄𝙂𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂 - 𝘾𝙃𝙍𝙄𝙎 𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙃𝙐𝙍 We have a new addition with Chris Arthur joining the Brickies from Enfield. Chris started his career at QPR, before enjoying spells at Rotherham, Northampton, AFC Wimbledon & Crawley Town. Welcome to the club Chris👍" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Twitter.
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  43. "Sittingbourne – Appearances – Chris Arthur". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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