Ben Hedley

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Ben Hedley
Personal information
Full name Ben Hedley[1]
Date of birth (1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Darlington
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2017 Morecambe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Morecambe 2 (0)
2017 → Witton Albion (loan) 17 (1)
2019 Bradford (Park Avenue) 7 (0)
2019– Darlington 132 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Ben Hedley (born 18 October 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League North club Darlington. He previously played in the Football League for Morecambe, as well as in non-league football for Witton Albion and Bradford (Park Avenue).

Playing career

Hedley came through the Morecambe Academy to make his first-team debut on 6 May 2017, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for Aaron Wildig in a 3–1 defeat at Luton Town.[2] He signed his first professional contract with the club the following month.[3]

On 15 August 2017, he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Witton Albion on an initial one-month loan; "Shrimps" manager Jim Bentley said that "he'll be in good hands at Witton with the management (Carl MacCauley and Gary Martindale) who are both good football people that I trust to do right by Ben".[4] His loan spell was extended into a second month after he impressed in his first eight starts for the club,[5] and was extended a second time. He scored his first senior goal on 14 October in a 5–2 victory over Coalville Town at Wincham Park, and finished the loan spell with 19 appearances in all competitions.[6][7]

Hedley was named Morecambe's Reserve Team Player of the Year for 2017–18.[8] In 2018–19, he featured twice in the EFL Trophy,[9] and made his first Football League start on 23 October 2018 in a 1–0 defeat at home to Mansfield Town; the Lancashire Post described it as a "solid debut".[10] Despite being named as a substitute on 38 occasions, he made no more league appearances and was released at the end of the season.[9][11]

On 7 June 2019, Hedley joined National League North club Bradford (Park Avenue), managed by Garry Thompson with whom he had played at Morecambe.[12] Thompson was dismissed just two matches into the season,[13] and Hedley played in seven before leaving for another National League North club, Darlington, in early September.[9][14]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Morecambe 2016–17[15] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2017–18[16] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19[17] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 3 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
Witton Albion (loan) 2017–18[6] NPL Premier Division 17 1 0 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 19 1
Bradford (Park Avenue) 2019–20[9] National League North 7 0 — — — 7 0
Darlington 2019–20[9][18] National League North 22 0 5 0 — 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 31 0
2020–21[9][19] National League North 5 0 3 0 — 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 10 0
2021–22[9][20] National League North 34 0 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 36 0
2022–23[9][21] National League North 40 0 2 0 — 3[lower-alpha 3] 1 45 1
2023–24[9][22] National League North 31 0 2 0 — 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 34 0
Total 132 0 13 0 — 11 1 156 1
Career total 158 1 13 0 1 0 14 1 186 2
  1. ↑ Includes EFL Cup, Northern League Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References

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