Reece Webb-Foster
Reece Patrick Webb-Foster (born 7 March 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays for Clitheroe as a striker.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Reece Patrick Webb-Foster[1] | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Haworth, England | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Clitheroe | ||
Youth career | |||
Bradford City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Bradford City | 2 | (0) |
2016 | → Bradford Park Avenue (loan) | 7 | (3) |
2016 | → Guiseley (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2016 | → Harrogate Town (loan) | 2 | (1) |
2017 | → Bradford Park Avenue (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2018 | Colne | 6 | (5) |
2018–2019 | Lancaster City | ||
2019 | Colne | ||
2019 | Ossett United | 2 | (0) |
2019 | Droylsden | ||
2019–2020 | Buxton | 0 | (0) |
2020 | Droylsden | ||
2020–2022 | Colne | 34 | (19) |
2022 | Matlock Town | 7 | (0) |
2022– | Clitheroe | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:04, 1 August 2022 (UTC) |
Career
Born in Haworth,[2] Webb-Foster played youth football for Bradford City,[3][4] where he was described as "prolific" and a "natural finisher" by the club's head of academy coaching Steve Thornber.[2]
He made his senior debut for the club on 23 September 2014, appearing as a substitute in a League Cup match.[5] He is one of the club's youngest ever players – his made his debut at the age of 16 years 200 days, which is 59 days older than the club's youngest ever player Robert Cullingford.[6] He made his league debut on 11 April 2015, again appearing as a substitute.[7]
He turned professional in November 2015, signing a contract until 2018.[8]
He joined Bradford Park Avenue on loan in February 2016, alongside Dylan Mottley-Henry.[9] He was recalled by Bradford City in April 2016, to rejoin their first-team squad.[10]
Ahead of the 2016–17 season, he joined the first team pre-season training for the first time.[2]
In September 2016, he moved on loan to Guiseley for one month,[11] after Bradford City manager Stuart McCall stated that he felt a loan move would "benefit his development".[12]
In October 2016, he signed a one-month loan deal with Harrogate Town.[13]
He re-joined Bradford Park Avenue on loan in January 2017.[14][15] In February 2017, he suffered a serious knee injury.[16] He returned to action, for the reserve team, in January 2018.[17]
He was released by Bradford City at the end of the 2017–18 season.[18] He signed for Colne in August 2018,[19] scoring 5 goals in 6 league games before moving to Lancaster City in October 2018.[20][21] He re-joined Colne in March 2019.[22]
After leaving Colne he signed for Ossett United, making his debut on 1 October 2019 in the FA Trophy.[23] He made a further 2 league appearances for the club.[24]
He later played for Droylsden and Buxton, leaving the latter club in January 2020 to re-join Droylsden for a third spell.[25][26] His second spell at Droylsden had been in November 2019.[27]
He returned to Colne in June 2020.[28]
In February 2022 he joined Matlock Town in a swap-deal with Jesurun Uchegbulan going the other way.[29] Webb-Foster joined Clitheroe in July 2022 for an undisclosed fee.[30]
Career statistics
- As of end of 2021–22 season
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bradford City | 2014–15[31] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2015–16[32] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2016–17[33] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
2017–18[34] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Bradford Park Avenue (loan) | 2015–16[14][15] | National League North | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Guiseley (loan) | 2016–17[33] | National League | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Harrogate Town (loan) | 2016–17[14] | National League North | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Bradford Park Avenue (loan) | 2016–17[14] | National League North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Colne | 2019–20[35] | NPL Division One North West | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2020–21[36] | NPL Division One North West | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 12 | 7 | ||
2021–22[37] | NPL Division One West | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 31 | 16 | ||
Total | 34 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 23 | ||
Matlock Town | 2021–22[38] | NPL Premier Division | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Career total | 59 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 77 | 29 |
- Appearances in the FA Trophy
References
- "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- Simon Parker (18 June 2016). "Prolific Webb-Foster is a natural, says Bradford City youth coach". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- "Webb-Foster books Bradford City youth team's place in grand final". Telegraph & Argus. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- Simon Parker (23 June 2015). "Likely lads prove Bantams production line is cranking into life". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- "MK Dons 2–0 Bradford". BBC Sport. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- "ONE OF CITY'S YOUNGEST". Bradford City A.F.C. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- "Gllingham 1–0 Bradford". BBC Sport. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- "Reece Webb-Foster commits to Bradford City in deal until 2018". Telegraph & Argus. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- "City duo join on loan". Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- Simon Parker (23 April 2016). "Bradford City have faith in rookie striker Webb-Foster". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- Alan Birkinshaw (8 September 2016). "Guiseley sign Bantam Reece Webb-Foster on one-month loan deal". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- Simon Parker (8 September 2016). "Bantams looking to loan out Webb-Foster". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- "Now Webb-Foster is Loaned to Harrogate". National League. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- Reece Webb-Foster at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- "Webb-Foster Rejoins on Loan". Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- Simon Parker (14 February 2017). "Knee injury sidelines Bradford City youngster Webb-Foster for 'at least six months'". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- Simon Parker (9 January 2018). "Reece Webb-Foster back in Bantams action". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "Bradford City: Club announce retained list". Telegraph & Argus. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- "Colne bring in five players | Non League Daily".
- "Lancaster swoop for Webb-Foster - The BetVictor Northern Premier". www.betvictornorthernpremier.co.uk.
- "Lancaster City have swooped for a former teenage protege". www.lep.co.uk.
- "Colne chairman Ryan Haigh not giving up just yet on automatic promotion as champions". www.pendletoday.co.uk.
- Ltd, Go Media. "Latest News | Official Website | Ossett United FC". Ossett United.
- "Ossett United | Appearances | Reece Webb-Foster | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
- McBain, Jennifer (13 January 2019). "Webb-Foster Departs". Buxton FC.
- @Droylsden_FC (11 January 2019). "Pleased to announce the signing of striker Reece Webb-Foster who joins us from @Buxton_FC Reece is available for ou…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Droylsden welcome back striker - The Northern Premier League". www.thenpl.co.uk.
- "Webb-Foster signs up for new era at Colne | Non League Daily".
- Gordon, James (9 February 2022). "Gladiators Make A Swap Deal With Colne FC". Northern Premier League. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- Clitheroe F.C. [@ClitheroeFC] (30 July 2022). "No idea where the tweet announcing the signing of Reece Webb-Foster from Matlock disappeared to! Well known to @Colne_FC fans, he showed today that he is a real goal threat and the real deal. Welcome on board Reece!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 August 2022 – via Twitter.
- "Games played by Reece Webb-Foster in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- "Games played by Reece Webb-Foster in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- "Games played by Reece Webb-Foster in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- "Games played by Reece Webb-Foster in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- "Colne – Appearances – Reece Webb-Foster – 2019-2020".
- "Colne – Appearances – Reece Webb-Foster – 2020-2021".
- "Colne – Appearances – Reece Webb-Foster – 2021-2022".
- "Matlock Town – Appearances – Reece Webb Foster – 2021-2022".