Max Porter (footballer)

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Max Porter
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Porter playing for Newport County in 2014
Personal information
Full name Max Porter
Date of birth (1987-06-29) 29 June 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Hornchurch, England [1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal (Professional Development Phase under-21 assistant coach)
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Southend United
Gillingham
Brighton & Hove Albion
0000–2005 Southend United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Cambridge United 8 (0)
2006–2007 Bishop's Stortford 42 (8)
2007–2009 Barnet 56 (1)
2009–2011 Rushden & Diamonds 87 (7)
2011–2012 AFC Wimbledon 15 (1)
2012 → Newport County (loan) 13 (0)
2012–2015 Newport County 75 (4)
2015–2016 Bromley 22 (1)
2016–2019 Chelmsford City 55 (1)
2018 → Maldon & Tiptree (loan) 5 (0)
Total378(23)
International career
2009–2010 England C 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Max Porter (born 29 June 1987) is an English former professional footballer who is currently employed as a youth team coach at Arsenal.

Contents

A midfielder, Porter represented nine clubs in the English football pyramid, notably being part of the Newport County side which won promotion from the Football Conference to the Football League in 2013.

Career

Porter was part of the Tottenham Hotspur and Southend United set-ups in his youth before signing a professional contract with Cambridge United in 2005. however, he stayed for only eight games before moving to Bishop's Stortford, where he saw more game time. His good form for the Blues attracted the attention of Barnet boss Paul Fairclough, who signed Porter in May 2007. [2] He spent two seasons with Barnet. Still, in April 2009 he was told he would be released at the end of the season. [3] [4] In May 2009, Porter signed a one-year contract with Conference National side Rushden & Diamonds, [5] and played in almost every league game as the Diamonds reached the play-offs. Porter's good club form also earned him a call up to the England C team, for whom he played three games, scoring twice. [6] Porter agreed to a one-year extension to his Rushden contract at the beginning of June 2010. [7]

In June 2011, following Rushden's dissolution, Porter signed for League Two club AFC Wimbledon. [8] On 10 September, he scored his first goal for the club in an away game against Aldershot Town.

In February 2012 Porter signed for Newport County on loan. On 12 May 2012 he played for Newport in the FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium which Newport lost 2–0 to York City. [9] In May 2012, Porter was released from AFC Wimbledon at the end of his contract. [10] In June 2012 Porter signed a permanent contract with Newport County.

In the 2012–13 season he was part of the Newport team that finished third in the league, reaching the Conference National play-offs. Newport County won the play-off final 2–0 versus Wrexham at Wembley to return to the Football League after a 25-year absence with promotion to League Two. [11]

He was released by Newport in May 2015 at the end of his contract, [12] and on 27 May 2015 he joined Conference Premier club Bromley. [13]

On 3 October 2016, it was announced that Porter's contract with Bromley had been terminated by mutual consent. [14]

The day after he left Bromley, Porter joined National League South side Chelmsford City. [15] On 16 May 2018, following a short loan move to Maldon & Tiptree, Porter extended his stay at Chelmsford, taking up a player-coach role in the process. [16]

Retirement and coaching career

On 17 August 2019, Chelmsford announced the retirement of Porter, who took up a full time coaching role at Arsenal's under-13 team. Since then Porter has been U14 Head Coach and Lead Phase before being promoted to Professional Development Phase U18 assistant coach & U17 Head Coach.In July 2022 Porter was promoted to U21 Assistant Coach. [17] In the 2024-25 season, Porter was appointed as head coach of the Arsenal under-19 team playing in the UEFA Youth League. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambridge United 2005–06 [19] Conference National 8000—1 [a] 090
Bishops Stortford 2006–07 [20] Conference South 428—428
Barnet 2007–08 [21] League Two 30140101 [a] 0361
2008–09 [22] League Two26020101 [a] 0300
Total561602020661
Rushden & Diamonds 2009–10 [20] Conference Premier 43330—4 [b] 0503
2010–11 [23] Conference Premier43420—1 [c] 0464
Total867500050967
AFC Wimbledon 2011–12 [24] League Two15120102 [a] 0201
Newport County (loan) 2011–12 [23] Conference Premier130——3 [c] 0160
Newport County 2012–13 [23] Conference Premier26220—1 [c] 0292
2013–14 [25] League Two221000000221
2014–15 [26] League Two271000000271
Total754200010784
Bromley 2015–16 [27] National League 10000—00100
2016–17 [28] National League12100—00121
Total221000000221
Chelmsford City 2016–17 [20] National League South 20000—11 [d] 2312
2017–18 [23] National League South4110—0051
Total2411000112363
Career total341231603025238525
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy and two in Conference Premier play-offs
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Four appearances and two goals in Essex Senior Cup, four appearances in FA Trophy and three in National League South play-offs

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  2. ↑ "Porter leaves Stortford for Bees". BBC Sport. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ James Dall (5 May 2007). "Hendon embarks on overhaul". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. ↑ Dennis Signy (24 April 2007). "Max Porter released". Barnet F.C. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "Diamonds sign Downer and Porter". BBC Sport. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Player Profiles: Max Porter". Rushden & Diamonds F.C. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Max Porter agrees new one-year Rushden & Diamonds deal". BBC Sport. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "AFC Wimbledon sign Rushden & Diamonds midfielder Porter". BBC Sport. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  9. ↑ 2012 FA Trophy final
  10. ↑ "AFC Wimbledon release nine players". London 24. London. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  11. ↑ Hughes, Dewi (5 May 2013). "Wrexham 0–2 Newport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  12. ↑ Newport players released
  13. ↑ Porter joins Bromley
  14. ↑ http://www.bromleyfc.tv/site/club-statement-max-porter/, Bromley F.C.
  15. ↑ "Porter Makes Switch from Bromley". Chelmsford City F.C.
  16. ↑ "City add Porter to retained list". Chelmsford City F.C. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "Porter to move on". Chelmsford City F.C. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  18. ↑ https://www.arsenal.com/news/porter-reacts-youth-league-defeat
  19. ↑ "Games played by Max Porter in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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  22. ↑ "Games played by Max Porter in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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  25. ↑ "Games played by Max Porter in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Max Porter in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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