Ben Stanway

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Ben Stanway
Personal information
Full name Ben Robert Gordon Stanway
Date of birth (2004-09-20) 20 September 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder, Central Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Partick Thistle
Number 26
Youth career
Partick Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Partick Thistle 35 (1)
2023 → Airdrieonians (loan) 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Ben Stanway (born 20 September 2004) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle

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Career

Partick Thistle

Aged 17, Stanway graduated as a modern apprentice from the Thistle Weir Youth academy and joined the clubs first team in January 2022. [1] Stanway made his professional debut, coming on a substitute in a 2–0 away win over Stranraer in the Scottish Challenge Cup. [2]

After making a handful of appearances for Thistle's first team, Stanway joined Scottish League One side Airdrieonians on loan in January 2023, until the end of the season. [3] [4] Stanway made his debut for Airdrie, in which he won a penalty, in a 3–0 away win against Peterhead. [5] Stanway scored his first professional goal, opening the scoring for Airdrie in a 1–1 draw away to league leaders Dunfermline. [6] [7]

After returning to Thistle following his loan spell, Stanway made his first start for Thistle, playing the full 90 minutes in a cup tie away to Peterhead. [8] Stanway scored his first goal for Partick Thistle, with a header in a challenge cup game against Queen of the South. [9] [10]

Following breaking into the Partick Thistle first team at the beginning of the 2023–24 season, [11] Stanway signed a new three year professional contract with Partick Thistle until the end of the 2025–26 season. [12]

Stanway scored his first league goal for Thistle away to champions Dundee United, on the final day of the regular season in May 2024. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ben Stanway graduates from the Thistle Weir Youth Academy". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Scottish Challenge Cup (Sky Sports)".
  3. ↑ "Ben Stanway joins Airdrieonians on loan". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ↑ https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/partick-thistle-midfielder-joins-airdrie-28852622
  5. ↑ "Peterhead v Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  6. ↑ "Dunfermline Athletic v Airdrieonians". BBC Sport.
  7. ↑ "Dunfermline 1 Airdrie 1: Sub keeper Hutton saves 10-man Diamonds late on". 18 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Peterhead v Partick Thistle". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66764041
  10. ↑ https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ben-stanway-reveals-partick-thistle-30943360
  11. ↑ https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23721508.doolan-outlines-intentions-partick-thistle-youngsters/
  12. ↑ https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/ben-stanway-signs-contract-extension-with-the-jags/
  13. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cz96gm6rplgt
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