Ben House

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Ben House
Personal information
Full name Benjamin House [1]
Date of birth (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Guildford, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Lincoln City
Number 18
Youth career
–2016 Aldershot Town
2016–2017 Reading
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Reading 0 (0)
2019 → Swindon Town (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 3 (2)
2020 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2022 Eastleigh 54 (13)
2022– Lincoln City 124 (24)
International career‡
2018 Scotland U20 1 (0)
2019 Scotland U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:15, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:13, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Benjamin House (born 5 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Lincoln City.

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Born in England, he represented Scotland at youth international level.

Club career

Reading

Born in Guildford, [3] House started his career in the youth team of Aldershot Town before signing for the youth team of Reading in 2016. [4] In July 2017, House signed his first professional contract with Reading. [5] On 15 March 2018, House signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2020. [6]

On 4 January 2019, House joined Swindon Town on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. [7]

On 12 November 2019, House joined Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until 1 January 2020. [8] On 30 January 2020, House returned to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan for the remainder of the season. [9]

On 2 July 2020, Reading announced House had left the club after his contract had expired. [10]

Eastleigh

In August 2020 he signed for Eastleigh. [11] House made his Eastleigh debut on 3 October 2020, an opening day 5–1 victory at Barnet where House also scored his first goal for the club, to make it 3–1 in the 56th minute of the game. [12] On 9 November, House was awarded National League Player of the Month award for October, scoring five league goals in his first month at the club. [13]

Lincoln City

On 24 January 2022, House signed for Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee. [14] [15] He made his debut on 29 January 2022, coming off the bench against Burton Albion. [16] He scored his first goal for the club against Portsmouth on 15 April 2022. [17] During the 2022–23 season, he won the Player's Player of the Season award, as well as finishing as the club's top scorer. [18] On 2 August 2023, House signed a new contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2025. [19] Following the end of the 2024–25 season an option was taken up in his contract. [20]

In October 2025, he signed a new contract until the summer of 2028, following good form at the start to the 2025–26 campaign. [21]

International career

House has represented Scotland at under-20 international youth level. [22] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019. [23]

Career statistics

As of 14 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading U23 2017–18 [24] ———2 [a] 121
Reading 2018–19 [25] Championship 000000—00
2019–20 [26] Championship001000—10
Total001000—10
Swindon Town (loan) 2018–19 [25] League Two 60———60
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2019–20 [2] National League 92——2 [b] 0112
Eastleigh 2020–21 [2] National League37921—1 [b] 04010
2021–22 [2] National League17431—00204
Total541352—106015
Lincoln City 2021–22 [27] League One 61———61
2022–23 [28] League One381200313 [a] 04413
2023–24 [29] League One202002000222
2024–25 [30] League One41600102 [a] 0446
2025–26 [31] League One19310211 [a] 1235
Total1242410826113927
Career total19238728211221844
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Intermediary/Football Agent Transactions 1 February 2023 to 1 February 2024" (PDF). Football Association. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ben House at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Ben House at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "ACADEMY RETURNS BIGGER & BETTER IN 2017–18". Aldershot Town F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Fresh Academy talent sign professional contracts". Reading F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "House and Driscoll sign up until 2020". Reading F.C. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Ben House & Canice Carroll: Swindon Town sign Reading and Brentford youngsters on loan". BBC Sport. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "House and Medford-Smith make National League loan moves". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "House heads back to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "🖋️ Contract update – New U23s contracts offered, two professional deals expire and all loanees agree to extensions until the end of July". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Eastleigh sign striker House and defender Bird | Non League Daily". Archived from the original on 12 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Barnet 1–5 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. 1 2 "October's National League Monthly Award Winners Confirmed!". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Ben House Signs For The Imps". Lincoln City F.C. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "Lincoln sign Eastleigh striker House". BBC Sport. 24 January 2022.
  16. ↑ "Lincoln City boss issues transfer window verdict and makes long-term prediction". LincolnshireLive. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  17. ↑ "Lincoln City boss Michael Appleton makes Ben House admission after Portsmouth impact". LincolnshireLive. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  18. ↑ "Imps celebrate at End Of Season Awards". Lincoln City FC. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "Imps seal House extension". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "2025–26 squad update". Lincoln City. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  21. ↑ "City strengthen with house extension". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  22. ↑ Ben House at the Scottish Football Association
  23. ↑ "Scotland U21s 0 Mexico U22s 0 as Mikey Johnston misses last-gasp penalty – 3 talking points". Daily Record. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Ben House in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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