Lewis Freestone

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Lewis Freestone
Personal information
Full name Lewis Freestone [1]
Date of birth (1999-10-26) 26 October 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Kings Lynn, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
Stevenage
Number 16
Youth career
–2016 Peterborough United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 41 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:33, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

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

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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 1 January 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 2016–17 [11] League One 4000000040
2017–18 [12] League One4000000040
2018–19 [13] League One0000000000
Total8000000080
Cambridge City (loan) 2016–17 [14] SL Premier Division5000—0050
St Albans City (loan) 2016–17 [15] [16] National League South 2000—0020
Guiseley (loan) 2017–18 [16] National League 2000—0020
Nuneaton Borough (loan) 2018–19 [16] National League North 8000—0080
Bedford Town (loan) 2018–19 [14] SL Premier Division Central3000—1 [a] 040
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 2019–20 [17] ———1 [b] 010
Cheltenham Town 2020–21 [18] League Two 14040104 [b] 0230
2021–22 [19] League One28120303 [b] 0361
2022–23 [20] League One29010004 [b] 0340
2023–24 [21] League One340101000360
Total105180501101291
Stevenage 2024–25 [22] League One26010106 [b] 1341
2025–26 [23] League One15100112 [b] 0182
Total411102181523
Career total174290712112114
  1. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Cheltenham Town

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Freestone in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  24. ↑ "Cheltenham 4–1 Harrogate: Michael Duff's Robins clinch League Two title in style". Sky Sports.