Lewis Freestone

Lewis Freestone

Personal information
Full name	Lewis Freestone [1]
Date of birth	(1999-10-26) 26 October 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Kings Lynn, England
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Stevenage
Number	16
Youth career
0000–2016	Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Peterborough United	8	(0)
2016–2017	→ Cambridge City (loan)	5	(0)
2017	→ St Albans City (loan)	2	(0)
2017	→ Guiseley (loan)	2	(0)
2018	→ Nuneaton Borough (loan)	8	(0)
2019	→ Bedford Town (loan)	3	(0)
2019–2020	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	(0)
2020–2024	Cheltenham Town	105	(1)
2024–	Stevenage	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:47, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Lewis Freestone (born 26 October 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Stevenage. ^[2]

Career

Peterborough United

He started his football career with Peterborough United and made his league debut on 14 April 2017 in a 2–1 defeat against Fleetwood Town in League One. ^[3]

On 4 January 2019 Freestone was loaned out to Bedford Town for a month. ^[4]

He was released by Peterborough United at the end of the 2018–19 season. ^[5]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 29 July 2019 Freestone signed a one-year contract with the Under-23 development squad at Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion. ^[6] At the end of the season, Freestone announced on his personal Twitter page that he was leaving at the expiration of his contract.

Cheltenham Town

On 1 August 2020, it was announced that Freestone had joined League Two side Cheltenham Town. ^[7] He made his debut for Cheltenham in a EFL Cup first round away win over his former club, Peterborough United on 5 September 2020. ^[8]

On 28 July 2022, Freestone signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until 2025. ^[9]

Freestone made his one hundredth league appearance for Cheltenham in a 2–0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers on the 27 February 2024. ^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 November 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Peterborough United	2016–17 [11]	League One	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2017–18 [12]	League One	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2018–19 [13]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Cambridge City (loan)	2016–17 [14]	SL Premier Division	5	0	0	0	—		0	0	5	0
St Albans City (loan)	2016–17 [15] [16]	National League South	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
Guiseley (loan)	2017–18 [16]	National League	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
Nuneaton Borough (loan)	2018–19 [16]	National League North	8	0	0	0	—		0	0	8	0
Bedford Town (loan)	2018–19 [14]	SL Premier Division Central	3	0	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	4	0
Brighton & Hove Albion U23	2019–20 [17]	—			—		—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	1	0
Cheltenham Town	2020–21 [18]	League Two	14	0	4	0	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	0	23	0
	2021–22 [19]	League One	28	1	2	0	3	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	36	1
	2022–23 [20]	League One	29	0	1	0	0	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	0	34	0
	2023–24 [21]	League One	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	36	0
	Total		105	1	8	0	5	0	11	0	129	1
Stevenage	2024–25 [22]	League One	8	0	1	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	12	0
Career total			141	1	9	0	6	0	15	0	171	1

1. Appearance in FA Trophy
2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Cheltenham Town

• EFL League Two: 2020–21 ^[23]

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Cheltenham Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 20. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
2. Phil Adlam (30 July 2016). "Freestone Pens Professional Contract". Peterborough United Football Club. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
3. "Peterborough United 1–2 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
4. Three Peterborough United players leave the club on loan, peterboroughtoday.co.uk, 4 January 2019
5. "Peterborough United: Aaron Chapman among five transfer-listed as four released". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
6. "Albion sign defender Lewis Freestone". The Argus. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
7. "Lewis Freestone & West Brom's Finn Azaz join Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
8. "Peterborough United 0–1 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 5 September 2020.
9. "Lewis Freestone agrees contract extension until 2025". www.ctfc.com. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
10. "Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 27 February 2024.
11. "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
12. "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
13. "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
14. "Lewis Freestone Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
15. "Lewis Freestone". St Albans F.C. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
16. "L. Freestone: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
17. "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
18. "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
19. "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
20. "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
21. "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
22. "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
23. "Cheltenham 4–1 Harrogate: Michael Duff's Robins clinch League Two title in style".