Ben Radcliffe (footballer)

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Ben Radcliffe
Personal information
Full name William Benjamin Callister Radcliffe [1]
Date of birth (2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 19) [2]
Place of birth Derby, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Derby County
Number 36
Youth career
–2016 Derby County
2016–2021 Burton Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Burton Albion 1 (0)
2021–2022 → Mickleover (loan) 19 (5)
2022–2023 → Banbury United (loan) 43 (2)
2023– Derby County 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:54, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

William Benjamin Callister Radcliffe (born 11 July 2004) is a professional footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Derby County.

Contents

Career

Burton Albion

Radcliffe joined the Burton Albion academy setup in 2016, after a period at Derby County's youth system. [3] His first experience of senior first team football coming at Southern League Premier Division Central side Mickleover, initially on 28-day work experience loan in December 2021, [4] his stay at Mickleover was extended until the end of 2021–22 season. [5] He received high praise for his performances by Mickleover's manager John McGrath, he was used in a wide variety of positions at Mickleover in centre-back, right-back, right wing and attacking midfielder, Burton academy manager Danny Robinson, stating this was a great to his development as a player. [6] At Mickleover, Radcliffe scored five goals during his six month stay and his versitilty, strength and intelligence as a player made him popular with teammates and coaches at Mickleover. [6] At Burton, he won the clubs Scholar of the season award. [3] [6]

In June 2022, Radcliffe signed his first professional contract with Burton. [3] [7] In August 2022 he joined National League North outfit Banbury United on a short team loan. [8] [9] This was later extended to the end of the Banbury's season, as he played 43 National League North games, scoring twice. [2] Radcliffe made his Burton Albion and English Football League debut in Burton's 1–0 League One win at home to Cambridge United on 3 May 2023, a game which Radcliffe came on as an 18th minute substitute, playing in the remainder of the match, [10] he played the game at right-back and his performance in the match was described as "assured". [11] Radcliffe was released by Burton in at the end of the 2022–23 season. [12] His release was seen as a surprise by Burton reporters as he had just started to break into the first team. [13]

Derby County

On 7 July 2023 Radcliffe joined Derby County as a part of their under-21 side. [14] A day later, Radcliffe scored for Derby's first team, in a 2–0 pre-season friendly win at Matlock Town. [15] During his first season at Derby, Radcliffe along with his role in the under-21s, did feature in several first team matchday squads, [16] [17] with his first team debut coming on 19 September 2023 in a EFL Trophy tie against Lincoln City as 79th-minute substitute, [18] he played in defence and won several defensive headers. [19] This would be his only first team appearance during the season as an injury from October 2023 to March 2024 would restrict his appearances to 7 Premier League 2 games for the under-21s during the season. [2] He would as feature in the first team matchday squad as unused substitute at Northampton Town on 23 March 2024. [20]

Personal life

Radcliffe earned a BTEC Extended Diploma and an A-level qualification in business studies during his scholarship at Burton. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burton Albion 2021–22 [21] League One 0000000000
2022–23 [22] League One1000000010
Total1000000010
Mickleover (loan) 2021–22 [23] [24] Northern Premier League Premier Division19500—00195
Banbury United (loan) 2022–23 [2] National League North 43200—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0452
Derby County 2023–24 [25] League One0000001 [lower-alpha 2] 010
Career total637000030667
  1. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "Squad List 2023/24 & U21 Registered Contract Players - September 2023" (PDF). English Football League. p. 69. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ben Radcliffe at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 3 "Contract News - Radcliffe and Niemczyk sign first professional deals". Burton Albion F.C. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "New Work Experience Loanee at Sports". Mickleover F.C. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Mickleover Play Their Part". Mickleover F.C. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Why Ben and Kuba made Brewers' cut for deals". Staffordshire Live. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "No deal for Niasse as retained list is released". Staffordshire Live. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Ben Radcliffe joins Banbury United on short-term loan". Burton Albion F.C. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Burton Albion teenager Ben Radcliffe joins Banbury United on loan". Oxford Mail. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Burton Albion 1–0 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Why Amissah earned his chance with Brewers". Staffordshire Live. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Burton Albion 2022-23 Retained/Relased List". Burton Albion F.C. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Certainties and uncertainties of Brewers' retained list". Staffordshire Live. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "Academy Update: Under-21s add duo Quintet sign deals". Derby County F.C. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  15. ↑ "Joe Ward impresses as Derby County make steady start to pre-season with victory at Matlock Town". Derbyshire Live. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  16. ↑ "Peterborugh United 2–4 Derby County". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "EFL Trophy Match Report: Derby County 2-0 Lincoln City". Derby County. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Derby County player ratings v Lincoln City as duo shine in victory". Derbyshire Live. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  20. ↑ "Northampton Town 1–0 Derby County". BBC Sport. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Ben Radcliffe in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Ben Radcliffe in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  23. ↑ "Mickleover | Appearances | Ben Radcliffe | 2021–2022". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  24. ↑ "Mickleover | Appearances | William Radcliffe | 2021–2022". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
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