Reece Gray

Reece Anthony Gray (born 1 September 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a forward. He played for Rochdale in the Football League. In a loan spell with Hyde in the 2011–12 season he won a Conference North winners medal.

Reece Gray
Gray with the Conference North trophy in 2012
Personal information
Full name Reece Anthony Gray[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-01) 1 September 1992
Place of birth Oldham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Rochdale 13 (2)
2011–2012 → Hyde (loan) 17 (4)
2013 → Hyde (loan) 9 (1)
2013–2014 → Halifax Town (loan) 7 (1)
2014–2016 Hyde United 14 (1)
2016 Ashton United
2016–? Northwich Victoria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:23, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Career

Rochdale

Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester,[2] Gray made his debut for Rochdale on 1 May 2010 in the Football League Two defeat against Burton Albion at Spotland Stadium.[2][3] He played his second game a week later, coming off the bench in a 1–0 away defeat to Barnet.[4] He scored his first goal for the club almost a year later, on 7 May 2011, scoring the winner as his side beat AFC Bournemouth.[5]

On 16 December 2011, he joined Conference North side Hyde on a one-month loan deal.[6][7] He made his debut for the club on 17 December, in a 4–2 win over Vauxhall Motors.[8] He was set to miss his second game for Hyde on 26 December, due to a suspension that had to be served from his sending off for Rochdale's reserve team,[9] but after Hyde had been in negotiations with the Football Association, it was over-turned in time for him to play in Hyde's derby fixture with Stalybridge Celtic on Boxing Day.[10] Gray would serve the suspension upon his return to Rochdale.[10] On 1 January 2012, in the return fixture at Stalybridge, he scored his first goal for the club, scoring the opener as Hyde came out as 3–1 winners.[11] He played five games scoring the one goal in his time with Hyde,[12] before returning to Rochdale on 16 January 2012, after his month's loan deal had expired.[13]

After returning to Rochdale, Gray made two appearances towards the back end of the 2011–12 season. His first coming in a 2–1 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons on 28 April 2012.[14] He scored his first Rochdale goal of the season in a 2–1 defeat to Leyton Orient on 5 May.[15] He was given the number 10 shirt by Rochdale during pre-season building up to the 2012–13 season, but in August 2012 he suffered a dislocated ankle, a fractured tibula and a snapped medial ligament in behind-closed-doors fixture with Liverpool, forcing the game to be abandoned and ruling Gray out for about 6 months.[16] He made his comeback from the injury on 20 April 2013, in a 3–0 defeat to Oxford United.[17]

On 3 October 2013, he re-joined Hyde on a one-month loan deal.[18] He made his second debut for the club two days later starting in a 3–0 defeat to Braintree Town at Ewen Fields.[19] He scored his first and only goal on the loan spell on 16 November, scoring in a 3–2 defeat away to Woking.[20] On 28 November 2013, Gray signed for Conference Premier side Halifax Town on a loan deal until January 2014.[21] He made his debut for the club on 7 December, receiving a red card in a 4–3 defeat to Woking at The Shay.[22] He scored his first goal for Halifax on 28 December in a 5–1 win over Lincoln City.[23]

On 7 May 2014, Gray was released by Rochdale after their promotion to League One.[24]

Hyde

On 29 August 2014, he signed for Conference North side Hyde United on a permanent deal.[25] He made his debut coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with Tamworth.[26]

Ashton United

In March 2016 he joined Ashton United[27]

Northwich Victoria

He then joined Northwich Victoria.

Career statistics
As of 4 May 2012
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rochdale 2009–10[28] League Two 2000000020
2010–11[29] League One 2100000021
2011–12[30] League One 4100000041
Total 8200000082
Hyde United (loan) 2011–12[12] Conference North 17400—00174
Career total 256000000256
  1. Includes FA Trophy and Football League Trophy.

References
  1. "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/10/2013 and 31/10/2013". The FA. 2 January 2014. p. 11. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. "Reece Gray". Rochdale A.F.C. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  3. "Rochdale 1 – 2 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  4. "Barnet 1 – 0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  5. "Bournemouth 1 – 2 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  6. "Reece Gray joins Hyde on loan". Hyde F.C. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  7. "Gray Loaned to Hyde". Football Conference. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  8. "Hyde 4 – 2 Vauxhall Motors". Hyde F.C. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  9. "Reece goes out on loan". Rochdale A.F.C. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  10. "Reece Gray joins Hyde". Hyde F.C. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  11. "Stalybridge Celtic 1 – 3 Hyde". Hyde F.C. 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  12. "List of all games featuring Reece Gray". Hyde Football Club: Database. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  13. "Reece ruturns from loan". Rochdale A.F.C. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  14. "Rochdale 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  15. "Leyton Orient 2-1 Rochdale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  16. "Leg break blow for Gray". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  17. "Oxford 3-0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  18. "Reece Gray: Hyde sign Rochdale striker on loan for a month". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  19. "Hyde vs. Braintree Town 0 - 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  20. "Woking 3 - 2 Hyde". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  21. "FC Halifax bring in Reece Gray and Tom Anderson on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  22. "Halifax 3 - 4 Woking". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  23. "Halifax 5 - 1 Lincoln". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  24. "Rochdale captain Peter Cavanagh released by promoted club". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  25. "Hyde Bring in 4 Players". Hyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  26. "Hyde v Tamworth Match Report". Hyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  27. "Ashton United sign three players as two others leave Hurst Cross". Quays News. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  28. "Games played by Reece Gray in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  29. "Games played by Reece Gray in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  30. "Games played by Reece Gray in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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