Eden Bailey

Eden Bailey

Personal information
Full name	Eden Mark Bailey [1]
Date of birth	(2004-02-04) 4 February 2004 (age 20) [2]
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England [3]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Hednesford Town
Youth career
2012–2020	Port Vale
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Port Vale	1	(0)
2022	→ Newcastle Town (loan)	9	(1)
2022–2023	Altrincham	0	(0)
2022–2023	→ Hanley Town (loan)	7	(2)
2023	→ Mossley (loan)	9	(5)
2023–2024	Mossley	17	(1)
2024	Clitheroe	3	(0)
2024–	Hednesford Town	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:02, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Eden Mark Bailey (born 4 February 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Division One West club Hednesford Town.

Bailey made his competitive debut at Port Vale in August 2021, though was released at the end of the 2021–22 season following a short loan spell with Newcastle Town. He signed with Altrincham in November 2022 and was loaned out to Hanley Town and Mossley in the 2022–23 season. He joined Mossley permanently and then moved on to Hednesford Town via Clitheroe in 2024.

Career

Port Vale

Bailey began his career at Port Vale at the age of eight, and was named as Youth Player of the Year for the 2020–21 season. ^{[4] [5]} He made his first-team debut on 10 August 2021, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for James Wilson in a 2–1 defeat to Sunderland in an EFL Cup first round fixture at Vale Park. ^[6] He made his League Two debut as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat at Newport County on 11 December. ^[7] On 12 March 2022, he joined Newcastle Town of the Northern Premier League Division One West on an initial one-month loan deal; he made his debut for Castle later that day in a 2–0 home defeat to Bootle. ^[8] Port Vale youth team manager Billy Paynter said that "he played on the left of a three and was a threat, he had a very good game" and had recovered well from an ankle injury that had kept him out of action for two months earlier in the season. ^[9] On 19 March, he scored his first career goal with a header 12 minutes into a 2–2 draw at Mossley. ^[10] He played a total of nine games for Newcastle. ^[11] He was not offered a professional contract when his youth team contract expired in June 2022. ^[12]

Non-League

On 17 November 2022, Bailey signed for National League club Altrincham, immediately joining Hanley Town of the Northern Premier League Division One West on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. ^[4] Altrincham manager Phil Parkinson said that he had "a real diamond on our hands". ^[4] He was recalled in March. ^[13] On 17 March, he joined Mossley on loan for the rest of the season, having scored against Mossley on his debut for Hanley. ^{[14] [15]} He was released at the end of the 2022–23 season. ^[16] He signed with Mossley on 10 June 2023. ^[17] On 15 February 2024, he signed with Clitheroe. ^[18] Less than one month later, he joined Hednesford Town. ^[19] He played 12 games in the remainder of the 2023–24 season, scoring two goals, including one in the Walsall Senior Cup semi-final defeat to Chasetown. ^[20]

Style of play

Bailey has been described by Altrincham manager Phil Parkinson as "a modern-day centre-forward" who can "hold the ball up, run the channels and, most importantly, score goals". ^[4]

Personal life

His grandfather, Terry Bailey, played professionally for Port Vale in the 1970s and his father, Mark Bailey, played professionally for Rochdale, Lincoln City and Macclesfield Town. ^[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 April 2024

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	2020–21 [22]	EFL League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2021–22 [23]	EFL League Two	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Newcastle Town (loan)	2021–22 [11]	Northern Premier League Division One West	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
Altrincham	2022–23 [2]	National League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hanley Town (loan)	2022–23 [24]	Northern Premier League Division One West	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Mossley (loan)	2022–23 [25]	Northern Premier League Division One West	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5
Mossley	2023–24 [26]	Northern Premier League Division One West	17	1	3	1	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	22	2
	Total		26	6	3	1	0	0	2	0	31	7
Clitheroe	2023–24 [27]	Northern Premier League Division One West	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Hednesford Town	2023–24 [20]	Northern Premier League Division One West	10	1	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	1	12	2
Career total			56	10	3	1	1	0	4	1	64	12

1. one appearance in FA Trophy and one appearance in Manchester Premier Cup
2. one appearance in Birmingham Senior Cup and one appearance and one goal in Walsall Senior Cup

References

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2. Eden Bailey at Soccerway
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