Laurence Bilboe

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Laurence Bilboe
Personal information
Full name Laurence Sidney Bilboe [1]
Date of birth (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–2016 Rotherham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 Rotherham United 0 (0)
2016Mickleover Sports (loan)
2017Sheffield (loan)
2017–2018Brighouse Town (loan)
2019Stratford Town (loan) 6 (0)
2019Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021 Oldham Athletic 3 (0)
2021 Hemel Hempstead Town 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:43, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Laurence Sidney Bilboe (born 21 February 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He started his career at Rotherham United, and had loan spells at Mickleover Sports, Sheffield, Brighouse Town, Stratford Town and Havant & Waterlooville, before being released by Rotherham in 2020. He spent the 2020–21 season with Oldham Athletic and has since played for Hemel Hempstead Town.

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Early life

He was born in Walsall. [3]

Career

Rotherham United

Bilboe started his career at Rotherham United, where he signed a one-year professional contract in March 2016, [4] and joined Mickleover Sports on loan on 2 September 2016, [5] before being recalled later that month due to fellow Rotherham goalkeeper Lewis Price attending the birth of his child. [6] He extended his contract with the club by a year in 2017. [7]

In October 2017, he joined Sheffield on a one-month loan, [8] before joining Brighouse Town on a month-long loan in December 2017. [9] He made his debut for the club later that month in a 5–1 victory to South Shields. [10] He signed a new one-year contract with the club at the end of the season. [11]

In February 2019, he joined Stratford Town on loan. [12] He made six appearances for the club before being recalled in March 2019 to join Havant & Waterlooville on loan. [13] [14] He made his debut for the club on 30 March 2019 against Sutton United, and made 5 appearances for the club in total. [3] [15] He signed a new one-year contract with the club at the end of the season. [16] [17]

He was released by Rotherham United at the end of the 2019–20 season. [18]

Oldham Athletic

On 16 October 2020, Bilboe joined Oldham Athletic on a one-year contract. [19] He made 3 appearances for the club, [20] but was released at the end of the season. [21]

Later career

Bilboe made one league appearance for Hemel Hempstead Town in September 2021 before leaving the club later that month. [3] [22]

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References

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