Dan Preston
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Sean Preston[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 26 September 1991||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
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Current team
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Tamworth | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2009 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2011 | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
2010 | → Hereford United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2011 | → Hereford United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2011–2014 | AFC Telford United | 70 | (2) |
2013 | → Barrow (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2013 | → Stourbridge (loan) | ||
2014– | Tamworth | 24 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:31, 15 April 2015 (UTC) |
Daniel Sean "Dan" Preston (born 26 September 1991) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Tamworth as a defender. He made his debut for Birmingham City in the League Cup in September 2009, and his first appearance in the Football League while on loan to Hereford United in February 2010. After he was released by Birmingham at the end of the 2010–11 season, he joined AFC Telford United. He was released at the end of the 2013–14 season.
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Career
Birmingham City
Preston joined Birmingham City's youth academy in 2002.[2] He played in the club's under-18 team which reached the semi-final of the 2008–09 FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 6–1 on aggregate to their Liverpool counterparts.[3][4]
Included in the squads for first-team pre-season friendlies,[5] Preston injured a medial knee ligament playing for a reserve XI against Tamworth.[6] Following an injury crisis, Preston, still in the second year of his academy scholarship, was given a squad number and made his first-team debut on 22 September 2009 as a second-half substitute in the League Cup third-round match at Sunderland, replacing the injured Stuart Parnaby in the 79th minute; he received a yellow card in stoppage time.[7]
Hereford United (loan)
To gain first-team experience, Preston joined League Two club Hereford United on a one-month loan on 26 February 2010.[8] He went straight into the starting eleven for the following day's visit to Notts County, which ended in a 5–0 defeat as goalkeeper Chris Adamson and defender Paul Downing were sent off and Preston himself was booked.[9] After three more League Two appearances, the loan was extended for a second month.[10] Preston returned to Birmingham at the end of his second month without making any more first-team appearances for Hereford.[11]
He rejoined Hereford on a Football League youth loan – an arrangement which allows the player to train with and play non-first-team matches for his parent club when not required by the loaning club – in January 2011 until the end of the 2010–11 season.[12] He failed to make a first-team appearance and the loan was ended on 12 April.[13] He was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2010–11 season.[14]
AFC Telford United
Preston joined Conference Premier club AFC Telford United on 20 July 2011.[15] After a successful first season with the club he was given a new one-year deal.[citation needed] It was announced on 3 May 2013 at the club's end of season awards that Preston would extend his contract with AFC Telford, despite the club being relegated to the Conference North.[citation needed]
Preston joined Conference North rivals Barrow on a one-month loan on 18 October 2013,[16] with whom he made five appearances.[17] He was soon loaned out again, joining Stourbridge of the Southern League Premier Division on 28 November.[18] Preston made his debut for Stourbridge on 30 November 2013, in a 7–0 home victory over Weymouth.[19][20] On 26 April 2014, he won promotion back to the Conference Premier with AFC Telford United at the first time of asking, after they clinched the Conference North title on the final day of the 2013–14 season, beating Gainsborough Trinity 3–0 at the New Bucks Head.[21] Following their promotion AFC Telford released Preston after three seasons with the club.[22]
Tamworth
Preston signed for newly relegated Conference North team Tamworth on a one-year contract on 9 June 2014.[23]
Personal life
Preston was born in Birmingham, West Midlands[1] and was brought up in the Kings Norton district of the city[2] where he attended St Thomas Aquinas School. In his final year he helped the school football team to victory in the final of the 2008 Birmingham City Cup.[24] His stepbrothers James and Mitchell McPike are both footballers: James had a professional contract with Birmingham City before moving into non-League football, and, as of the 2009–10 season, Mitchell was a first-year professional with the club and had played for England at under-17 level.[25][26]
Career statistics
- As of match played 20 December 2014.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Birmingham City | 2009–10[27] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Hereford United (loan) | 2009–10[27] | League Two | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2010–11[28] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
AFC Telford United | 2011–12[29] | Conference Premier | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
2012–13[17] | Conference Premier | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
2013–14[17] | Conference North | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
Total | 70 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 77 | 2 | |||
Barrow (loan) | 2013–14[17] | Conference North | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Tamworth | 2014–15[17] | Conference North | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
Career total | 95 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 107 | 3 |
Honours
AFC Telford United
References
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