Elliott Frear

Elliott Frear

Personal information
Full name	Elliott Thomas Frear [1]
Date of birth	(1990-09-11) 11 September 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Exeter, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Bath City
Number	11
Youth career
2002–2005	Exeter City
2007–2009	Exeter City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Exeter City	12	(0)
2009–2010	→ Tiverton Town (loan)	29	(0)
2012–2013	→ Salisbury City (loan)	24	(3)
2013–2014	Salisbury City	43	(5)
2014–2017	Forest Green Rovers	107	(12)
2017–2019	Motherwell	60	(3)
2019–2020	Forest Green Rovers	14	(1)
2020–2021	Heart of Midlothian	8	(2)
2021–	Bath City	95	(8)
International career‡
2013–2015	England C	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:08, 23 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:43, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Elliott Thomas Frear (born 11 September 1990) is an English professional footballer, who plays for National League South side Bath City, as a winger.

Career

Frear signed for Exeter City at the age of 11 and progressed through the club's Centre of Excellence sides, ^[2] but after three seasons he was released from the club's youth system. Having spent two seasons playing local club football Frear was invited to a trial with Exeter in partnership with Exeter College and was offered a two-year placement on the College Football Academy programme. ^[3] Following Frear's impressive 2008–09 season for the youth team scoring 15 goals from the left side of midfield Frear was offered a professional contract in March 2009. ^[3]

In October 2009, Frear was sent out on loan to Southern League Premier Division side Tiverton Town initially on a month's loan later extended until the end of the season. ^{[4] [5]}

Frear made his professional début for Exeter in the FA Cup against Walsall as an 83rd-minute substitute for Daniel Nardiello in a 1–1 draw. ^[6] The following week Frear made his Football League début against Yeovil Town playing the final 26 minutes in a 2–2 draw. ^[7] On 23 November 2011, Frear scored his first professional goal in an FA Cup replay against Walsall having come on as a second-half substitute. ^[8] Frear made his first professional start the following weekend against Tranmere Rovers in a 3–0 victory. ^[9] Frear signed a new contract with Exeter City in May 2012. In late October 2012 he joined Conference South side Salisbury City on a one-month loan deal and made an immediate impact. He linked up well with the team and in late November it was announced he would remain at Salisbury for another month.

On 18 May 2013, Frear was released by Exeter City after he was not offered a new contract. He later signed at Salisbury City on a permanent basis.

On 25 June 2014, he joined Forest Green Rovers on a two-year deal. ^[10] He made his debut for the club on 9 August 2014 in a 1–0 away win over Southport. ^[11] He scored his first goal in a 2–2 away draw against Macclesfield Town on 4 October 2014. ^[12] On 18 November 2014, he played the full 90 minutes for England C in an International Challenge Trophy fixture against the Estonia under 23s squad. ^[13]

On 7 February 2015, he scored his second goal for Forest Green in a 2–1 home win over Grimsby Town. ^[14] He helped the club to the Conference National play-offs for the first time in May 2015, although he could not prevent Bristol Rovers from earning a semi-final win. ^[15]

On 7 November 2015, he scored Forest Green's winning goal in a stoppage time giant killing 2–1 win over Football League Two side AFC Wimbledon. ^[16] He was then a part of the Forest Green side that made it through to the National League 2015–16 play-off final at Wembley Stadium on 15 May 2016, which ended in a 3–1 defeat against Grimsby Town. ^[17]

On 26 January 2017, Frear signed for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell on a 2+1⁄2-year contract. ^[18] He made his debut for Motherwell on 28 January 2017, as a substitute, against Rangers. ^[19] He left the club in July 2019, having turned down the offer of a new contract. ^[20]

On 18 October 2019, Frear signed for Forest Green Rovers for a second time, agreeing a short-term contract until January 2020. ^[21]

On 27 August 2020, Frear signed a one-year deal with Scottish club Heart of Midlothian. ^[22]

On 23 July 2021, Frear returned to England to join National League South side Bath City. ^[23]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 February 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup [lower-alpha 1]		League Cup [lower-alpha 2]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Exeter City	2009–10 [24]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2010–11 [25]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2011–12 [26]	League One	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	1
	2012–13 [27]	League Two	2	0	0	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	4	0
	Total		12	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	16	1
Tiverton Town (loan)	2019–20 [28]	Southern League Premier Division	29	0	0	0	—		0	0	29	0
Salisbury City (loan)	2012–13 [29]	Conference South	24	3	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	25	3
Salisbury City	2013–14 [29]	Conference Premier	43	5	3	1	—		1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	47	6
Forest Green Rovers	2014–15 [29]	Conference Premier	42	6	2	0	—		5 [lower-alpha 5]	0	52	6
	2015–16 [29]	National League	46	5	3	1	—		3 [lower-alpha 6]	0	52	6
	2016–17 [29]	National League	19	1	1	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	22	1
	Total		107	12	6	1	—		10	0	123	13
Motherwell	2016–17 [30]	Scottish Premiership	15	1	0	0	0	0	—		15	1
	2017–18 [31]	Scottish Premiership	23	1	2	0	5	2	—		30	3
	2018–19 [32]	Scottish Premiership	22	1	1	0	6	3	—		29	4
	Total		60	3	3	0	11	5	—		74	8
Forest Green Rovers	2019–20 [33]	League Two	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
Heart of Midlothian	2020–21 [34]	Scottish Championship	8	2	1 [lower-alpha 7]	0	3	0	—		12	2
Bath City	2021–22 [29]	National League South	38	4	3	1	—		6 [lower-alpha 8]	0	47	5
	2022–23 [29]	National League South	37	1	2	0	—		6 [lower-alpha 9]	2	45	3
	2023–24 [29]	National League South	20	3	3	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 10]	0	26	3
	Total		95	8	8	1	—		15	2	118	11
Career total			392	34	24	4	15	5	28	2	459	45

1. Appearances in FA Cup, Scottish Cup
2. Appearances in EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup
3. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
4. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
5. Three appearances in FA Trophy, two appearances in Conference Premier play-offs
6. Appearances in National League play-offs
7. The later stages of the 2019–20 Scottish Cup were played in October and December 2020
8. One appearance in FA Trophy, five appearances in Somerset Premier Cup
9. Two appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, four appearances and one goal in Somerset Premier Cup
10. One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in Somerset Premier Cup

References

1. "Elliott Frear". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
2. "Elliot Frear". Exeter City F.C. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
3. "City Offer Professional Contract To Promising Prospect". Exeter City F.C. 20 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019.
4. "Frear may be handed immediate chance to make impact at Tivvy". ThisisExeter. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
5. "Rogers moves to extend Frear's stay at Tiverton". ThisisExeter. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
6. "Exeter 1–1 Walsall". BBC Sport. 12 November 2011.
7. "Yeovil 2–2 Exeter". BBC Sport. 19 November 2011.
8. "Walsall 3–2 Exeter". BBC Sport. 23 November 2011.
9. "Exeter 3–0 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 26 November 2011.
10. "Elliott Frear joins Forest Green Rovers from Salisbury City". BBC Sport. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
11. "Southport 0–1 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
12. "Macclesfield 2–2 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
13. "Forest Green winger Frear shines for England". Stroud News & Journal. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
14. "Forest Green 2–1 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
15. "Bristol Rovers 2–0 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
16. "AFC Wimbledon 1–2 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
17. "Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 15 May 2016.
18. "Elliott Frear signs for the Steelmen". Motherwell F.C. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
19. "Motherwell 0–2 Rangers". Motherwell F.C. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
20. "THE BIG INTERVIEW: Former Forest winger Elliott Frear on his time at Rovers, Motherwell and lifting the lid on Cheltenham Town switch". Stroud News and Journal. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
21. "Elliott Frear: Forest Green Rovers re-sign ex-Motherwell winger". BBC Sport. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
22. "Elliott eager to get started | Heart of Midlothian Football Club".
23. "Player News – Elliott Frear". bathcityfc.com. 23 July 2021.
24. "Games played by Elliott Frear in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
25. "Games played by Elliott Frear in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
26. "Games played by Elliott Frear in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
27. "Games played by Elliott Frear in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
28. "Elliott Frear Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
29. "E. Frear: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
30. "Games played by Elliott Frear in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
31. "Games played by Elliott Frear in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
32. "Games played by Elliott Frear in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
33. "Games played by Elliott Frear in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
34. "Games played by Elliott Frear in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

External links

• Elliott Frear at Soccerbase
• Elliott Frear at Soccerway