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 24)
Place of birth Kings Lynn, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Cheltenham Town
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2016 Peterborough United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Peterborough United 8 (0)
2016–2017Cambridge City (loan) 5 (0)
2017St Albans City (loan) 2 (0)
2017Guiseley (loan) 2 (0)
2018Nuneaton Borough (loan) 8 (0)
2019Bedford Town (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2020– Cheltenham Town 105 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:15, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

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

Contents

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 23 April 2024
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 Division50000050
St Albans City (loan) 2016–17 [15] [16] National League South 20000020
Guiseley (loan) 2017–18 [16] National League 20000020
Nuneaton Borough (loan) 2018–19 [16] National League North 80000080
Bedford Town (loan) 2018–19 [14] SL Premier Division Central30001 [lower-alpha 1] 040
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 2019–20 [17] 1 [lower-alpha 2] 010
Cheltenham Town 2020–21 [18] League Two 14040104 [lower-alpha 2] 0230
2021–22 [19] League One28120303 [lower-alpha 2] 0361
2022–23 [20] League One29010004 [lower-alpha 2] 0340
2023–24 [21] League One340101000360
Total105180501101291
Career total133180501301591
  1. Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Cheltenham Town

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