Ben Armour

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Ben Armour
Ben Armour(RIGHT).jpg
Armour (right) in action for Morton Reserves against St Mirren
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Peterhead
Youth career
Queen's Park
Greenock Morton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Greenock Morton 9 (0)
2018 → Annan Athletic (loan) 15 (0)
2019 → Dumbarton (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2021 Peterhead 30 (5)
2021–2022 Alloa Athletic 3 (0)
2022–2023 Forfar Athletic 32 (9)
2023–2024 Stranraer 13 (2)
2024- Peterhead 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:51, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Ben Armour (born 17 April 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish League Two club Peterhead.

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Club career

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Armour started his career with Queen's Park [1]

He then joined Morton's youth academy, before making his debut in April 2017 as a late substitute against Dunfermline Athletic. [2]

Armour and goalkeeper Jamie McGowan signed a contract extension on 11 May 2017, for six months and one year respectively. [3]

The young striker scored his first goal for the club after coming on as a substitute on 1 July 2017; tapping in a rebound from close range in a pre-season friendly with Stenhousemuir. [4]

Armour signed a one-year contract in June 2018. [5] A month later, Armour scored his first competitive goal for the club in a 5-0 home win against Albion Rovers in the Scottish League Cup group stage. [6] He joined Scottish League One side Dumbarton on loan in January 2019, linking up with former manager Jim Duffy. [7]

Armour left Morton in June 2019 and then signed a one-year contract with Peterhead. [8]

He signed for Alloa Athletic in June 2021. [9]

In June 2022, Armour signed with Scottish League Two side Forfar Athletic on a one-year deal. [10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Greenock Morton 2016–17 [11] Scottish Championship 1000000010
2017–18 [12] 7000100080
2018–19 [13] 1010311061
Total90104110151
Annan Athletic (loan) 2017–18 [12] Scottish League Two 150000000150
Dumbarton (loan) 2018–19 [13] Scottish League One 100000000100
Peterhead 2019–20 [14] Scottish League One 181104110242
2020–21 [15] 124104000174
Total305208110416
Alloa Athletic 2021–22 [16] Scottish League One 3000401080
Forfar Athletic 2022–23 [17] Scottish League Two 0000000000
Career Total6753016230897

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References

  1. ↑ "Ben Armour". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 Greenock Morton". BBC Sport. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (11 May 2017). "McGowan and Armour sign contract extensions". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (1 July 2017). "Match Report: Stenhousemuir 0-3 Morton". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (12 June 2018). "Ben Armour signs one-year contract extension". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Jonathan Mitchell (28 July 2018). "Match report: Morton 5-0 Albion Rovers". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Galloway, Andy (11 January 2019). "SIGNING NEWS: ARMOUR CHECKS IN". Dumbarton Football Club.
  8. ↑ Durent, Jamie (10 July 2019). "Peterhead add former Morton striker Ben Armour on one-year deal". Press & Journal. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Squad update ii". 15 June 2021.
  10. ↑ Coutts, Christopher. "Loons boost first team squad". www.forfarathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Ben Armour in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Ben Armour in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Ben Armour in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Ben Armour in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Ben Armour in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Ben Armour in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Ben Armour in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 June 2022.


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