Ben Petty

Ben Petty
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin James Petty
Date of birth	22 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Solihull, England
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Birmingham City (assistant manager)
Youth career
1994–1999	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	Stoke City
2001–2003	Hull City
2002–2003	→ Stafford Rangers (loan)
2003	→ Moor Green (loan)
2003	Burton Albion
2003–2006	Moor Green
2006–2007	Redditch United
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated August 22, 2024

Benjamin James Petty (born 22 March 1977) is an English football coach and former player. He played in the Football League for Hull City and Stoke City.^[1] He was appointed assistant manager of Birmingham City in 2024.

Career

Petty was born in Solihull and started his career off in the youth ranks at Aston Villa. He failed to make the grade at Villa and move on to Brian Little's Stoke City in November 1998.^[1] He provided useful back-up in Stoke defence in 1998–99, making 13 appearances as Stoke missed out on the play-offs. Little left Stoke at the end of the season and in came Gary Megson who brought in his own players meaning that Petty was overlooked.^[1] After making just three appearances under Megson Petty forced his way back into the side once Guðjón Þórðarson took over in November 1999 and ended the 1999–2000 season with 19 appearances.^[1] He did play in five matches of Stoke's Football League Trophy winning run put failed to make the match day 16 in the final however Stoke lost in the play-offs to Gillingham. In 2000–01 Petty played in 34 matches for Stoke and scored his only senior goal in a 4–0 win over Walsall in the League Trophy.^[1] Stoke again reached the end-of-season play-offs where they faced Walsall.^[1] In the first leg both sides were cancelling each other out with Petty being brought on as a substitute.^[1] With the match into added time Walsall broke clear of City's defence and Petty 'sacrificed' himself bringing down the Walsall striker and was sent-off and the match ended 0–0. It was all in vain however as Stoke lost the second leg 4–2.^[1]

It proved to the last act in a Stoke shirt as he left for Hull City in July 2001. After a decent start with Hull, making 34 appearances in 2001–02 he fell out with manager Jan Mølby and Petty drifted into non-league football. He played for Stafford Rangers, Moor Green, Burton Albion and Redditch United before deciding to take up coaching. He worked as a coach for the Aston Villa Academy team until 2016, when he joined Leicester City's under 23's.^[2]

He was appointed as Birmingham City's assistant manager in June 2024.^[3]

Career statistics

Source:^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1998–99 ^[5]	Second Division	11	0	1	0	0	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	13	0
	1999–2000 ^[6]	Second Division	13	0	0	0	1	0	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	19	0
	2000–01 ^[7]	Second Division	22	0	2	0	4	0	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	33	1
	Total		46	0	3	0	5	0	11	1	65	1
Hull City	2001–02 ^[8]	Third Division	27	0	2	0	2	0	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	34	0
	2002–03 ^[9]	Third Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		29	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	36	0
Burton Albion	2002–03 ^[9]	Football Conference	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Career total			82	0	5	0	7	0	14	1	108	1

1 2 3 Appearances in Football League Trophy
↑ Four appearances in Football League Trophy and one in Second Division play-offs

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
↑ "Ben Petty". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
↑ "Blues add Ben Petty to Chris Davies' staff". Birmingham City F.C. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
↑ Ben Petty at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
↑ "Games played by Ben Petty in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
↑ "Games played by Ben Petty in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
↑ "Games played by Ben Petty in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
↑ "Games played by Ben Petty in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
1 2 "Games played by Ben Petty in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.

External links

Ben Petty at Soccerbase

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[FLT-6] 1 2 3 Appearances in Football League Trophy

[9] Four appearances in Football League Trophy and one in Second Division play-offs

[Stoke_City_Modern_Era-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.

[2] "Ben Petty". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

[3] "Blues add Ben Petty to Chris Davies' staff". Birmingham City F.C. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[4] Ben Petty at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[1998/99-5] "Games played by Ben Petty in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.

[1999/00-7] "Games played by Ben Petty in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.

[2000/01-8] "Games played by Ben Petty in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.

[2001/02-10] "Games played by Ben Petty in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.

[2002/03-11] 1 2 "Games played by Ben Petty in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.

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Personal information
Full name	Benjamin James Petty^[1]
Date of birth	(1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 47)^[1]
Place of birth	Solihull, England^[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Birmingham City (assistant manager)
Youth career
1994–1999	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Stoke City	46	(0)
2001–2003	Hull City	29	(0)
2002–2003	→ Stafford Rangers (loan)	11	(0)
2003	→ Moor Green (loan)	9	(0)
2003	Burton Albion	7	(0)
2003–2006	Moor Green	111	(0)
2006–2007	Redditch United
Total		213	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals