Morgan Penfold

Morgan Kendall Penfold (born 3 December 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker who recently played for Wisbech Town.

Morgan Penfold
Personal information
Full name Morgan Kendall Penfold[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-03) 3 December 1998
Place of birth Whittlesey, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2008–2016 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Peterborough United 0 (0)
2016–2017 → St Ives Town (loan) 12 (0)
2017–2018 → Biggleswade Town (loan) 14 (1)
2017–2018 → Boston United (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Grantham Town (loan) 2 (0)
2019 → Bedford Town (loan) 3 (0)
2019 → Hitchin Town (loan) 5 (0)
2019 → St Ives Town (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2021 Barrow 3 (0)
2020–2021 → F.C United of Manchester (loan) 4 (0)
2022 Spalding United 2 (0)
2022 → Wisbech Town (dual-registration) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:27, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

After an eight-year spell in the Peterborough United academy, Penfold made his first-team debut during a 6–1 EFL Trophy defeat against Norwich City U23s, replacing Marcus Maddison in the 72nd minute.[3]

In October 2016, Penfold joined Southern League Premier Division side St Ives Town on a youth loan.[2] On 22 October 2016, Penfold made his St Ives debut in their 4–1 away defeat against Hitchin Town, replacing Jordan Jarrold.[4] Penfold went onto make eleven more league appearances for St Ives before returning to Peterborough in January 2017.

After several further loan spells, including a return to St Ives Town in 2019,[5] he was released by Peterborough United at the end of the 2018–19 season.[6]

Penfold then joined National League side Barrow, signing an initial two-year deal on 15 May 2019, forming part of their promotion winning side in 2020.[7] In October 2020, he joined F.C. United of Manchester on a three month loan deal.[8] Penfold retired from professional football in 2021 and works for Mick George Group in Peterborough.[9]

Penfold came out of retirement and signed for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands club Spalding United in September 2022.[10]

Penfold signed for United Counties League Premier Division North club Wisbech Town on dual-registration in November 2022.[11]

On December 20, 2022, it was announced that Penfold had left the club.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 December 2020
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 2016–17[13] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2017–18[13] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19[13] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0000001010
St Ives Town (loan) 2016–17[14] Southern League Premier Division 12000—3[lower-alpha 2]0150
Biggleswade Town (loan) 2017–18[14] Southern League Premier Division 14100—1[lower-alpha 3]0151
Boston United (loan) 2017–18[13] National League North 1000—0010
Grantham Town (loan) 2018–19[15] Northern Premier League 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Bedford Town (loan) 2018–19[14] Southern League Division One Central 3 0 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 4 0
Hitchin Town (loan) 2018–19[14] Southern League Premier Division 5 0 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 5] 1 6 1
St Ives Town (loan) 2018–19[14] Southern League Premier Division 4 0 0 0 — 0 0 4 0
Barrow 2019–20[13] National League 3 0 0 0 — 2[lower-alpha 4] 1 5 1
2020–21[13] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
Total 3000003161
F.C. United of Manchester (loan) 2020–21[16] Northern Premier League 3 0 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 5 0
Career total 4711000112592
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in Southern League Cup
  3. Appearance in Southern League Cup
  4. Appearance in FA Trophy
  5. Appearance in Herts Charity Cup

References
  1. "EFL: Club List Of Registered Players" (PDF). English Football League. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. "Ogbonna and Penfold will give St Ives Town a big lift – Marheineke". Cambridge News. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. "Peterborough United vs. Norwich City U23". Soccerway. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. "Hitchin Town 4 St Ives Town 1". Hitchin Town Official Site. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  5. "Penfold returns to Westwood Road". 28 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  6. "Peterborough United: Aaron Chapman among five transfer-listed as four released". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. "Barrow AFC make first summer signing as striker Morgan Penfold joins on two-year contract". nwemail.co.uk. 15 May 2019.
  8. "Player news: Morgan Penfold signs three month loan deal". www.fc-utd.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. "WAMITAB qualified - Recruitment". 17 May 2022.
  10. "Spalding United defeat Dereham Town in the FA Trophy with late winner from Elliot Sandy". Spalding Today. 26 September 2022.
  11. "Late drama as sub Onyon nets added on time winner for 10-men Wisbech Town against Sherwood Colliery". Fenland Citizen. 12 November 2022.
  12. "Wisbech Town sign Rob Conyard from March Town ahead of Christmas games, with Parson Drove also gearing up for Boxing Day fixture". Fenland Citizen. 20 December 2022.
  13. "M. Penfold". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  14. "Morgan Penfold". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  15. "StackPath". www.granthamtownfc.com. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  16. "Fixtures and Results - First Team | FC United of Manchester". www.fc-utd.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2020.


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