Clint Easton

Clint Easton

Personal information
Full name	Clint Jude Easton [1]
Date of birth	(1977-10-01) 1 October 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Barking, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Left back, Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Watford	64	(1)
2001–2004	Norwich City	50	(5)
2004–2006	Wycombe Wanderers	77	(2)
2006–2007	Gillingham	32	(1)
2007–2009	Hereford United	51	(3)
2009–2012	Ebbsfleet United	47	(0)
Total		321	(12)
International career
1997	England U20	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clint Jude Easton (born 1 October 1977 in Barking) is a former English professional footballer.

Career

Club career

Easton started his career at Watford, making nearly 80 appearances in seven years at the club and helping them reach the Premier League in the 1999–2000 season. Easton scored twice for Watford, once in the league against York City ^[2] and once in the League Cup against Wigan Athletic. ^[3] During this time he represented England at under-20 level twice during the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. He moved to Norwich City in June 2001 for a fee that had the potential of being £100,000. Easton played for Norwich in the 2002 Division One play-off final, scoring a penalty in the shoot-out (which Norwich lost 4–2) after the match had ended 1–1. ^[4] He played in just over 50 matches for the Canaries before being released in the summer of 2004. He contributed ten league appearances during Norwich's 2003/04 season after which they were promoted to the Premier League as First Division champions. ^[5]

Easton was signed by Wycombe manager Tony Adams in July 2004 and played regularly in the left midfield position. However, with the arrival of John Gorman as manager in November 2004, he was more regularly used in a left full back position. Despite this, Easton still managed to score three goals in the 2005–06 season, which included both goals in a 2-1 extra time win over Dagenham & Redbridge in the Football League Trophy. ^[6]

On 29 June 2006, it was announced that Easton had signed a one-year contract with Gillingham, with the option of a further year.

He made his debut for Gillingham in a 2–1 League Cup defeat away to Millwall on 22 August and scored his first goal in a 2–1 home win on 12 September, also against Millwall. ^[7] On 8 May, Gillingham announced they had released Easton.

On 19 July 2007 he signed for Hereford United, going on to score in his second game. He added a further two goals as Hereford gained promotion to League One. He did not feature for the Bulls at all in 2009, and was released by mutual consent on 3 April 2009.

Easton signed on with Ebbsfleet United on 23 October 2009. In the 2010–2011 season Easton experienced promotion with Ebbsfleet from the Conference South to the Conference National. However the following season was injury plagued and at the end of the campaign Easton was released. ^[8]

International career

Easton represented England U20 in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia. He earned two caps by featuring in the group games against Ivory Coast and United Arab Emirates. ^{[9] [10]}

Honours

Norwich City

• Football League First Division: 2003–04

Ebbsfleet United

• Football Conference South play-off winners:
• 2010–2011

Career statistics

Club performance

Club	Division	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Watford	Division Two	1996–97	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	1
	Division Two	1997–98	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	0
	Division One	1998–99	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Premier League	1999–00	17	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	19	1
	Division One	2000–01	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Norwich City	Division One	2001–02	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18	1
	Division One	2002–03	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	2
	Division One	2003–04	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	2
Wycombe Wanderers	League Two	2004–05	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	35	1
	League Two	2005–06	44	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	2	0	52	3
Gillingham	League One	2006–07	32	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	36	1
Hereford United	League Two	2007–08	39	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	45	4
	League One	2008–09	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	0
Ebbsfleet United	Conference National	2009–10	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	Conference South	2010–11	32	0	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	Conference National	2011–12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Career totals			323	12	13	0	17	2	10	2	5	0	368	16

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 132. ISBN   978-1-84596-474-0.
2. "Nationwide League Division 2, 12/4/97". bsad.org. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
3. "Watford 2 Wigan 0". Sporting Life. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
4. "Birmingham reach Premiership". BBC. 12 May 2002. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
5. "Games played by Clint Easton in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
6. "Wycombe 2-1 Dag & Red". BBC. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
7. "Gillingham 2–1 Millwall". BBC. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
8. "Ebbsfleet sign four, release two". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
9. "Côte d'Ivoire 1–2 England". FIFA. 18 June 1997. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
10. "United Arab Emirates 0–5 England". FIFA. 20 June 1997. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

External links

• Hereford United profile
• Clint Easton at Soccerbase
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk