Robbie Threlfall

Robbie Threlfall

Personal information
Full name	Robert Richard Threlfall
Date of birth	(1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2010	Liverpool	0	(0)
2007–2008	→ Hereford United (loan)	9	(0)
2008–2009	→ Hereford United (loan)	3	(0)
2009	→ Stockport County (loan)	2	(0)
2009	→ Northampton Town (loan)	4	(0)
2010	→ Bradford City (loan)	17	(2)
2010–2012	Bradford City	37	(0)
2012–2014	Morecambe	54	(2)
2016–2017	Marine	10	(0)
International career
2007	England U19	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Richard Threlfall (born 28 November 1988) is an English former footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career

Liverpool

Born in Liverpool, Threlfall began his career moving through the Liverpool youth ranks, training at the club's academy and eventually graduating to Melwood in the 2006–07 season. ^[1] Threlfall twice won the FA Youth Cup at Liverpool; first in 2006, then again in the following season's competition. ^[2]

He made his first senior appearance for the club against Wrexham in a pre-season friendly. ^[3] Subsequently, he became a regular in the Liverpool Reserves, also making his England Under-19 debut against Poland in Bournemouth on 6 February 2007. ^[4] Threlfall played a major role in the 2007 FA Youth Cup final, firstly scoring a first-leg own-goal which put rivals Manchester United ahead. He scored in the second-leg to level the score and finished a crucial penalty kick helping the Merseyside club retain the title. ^[5]

Whilst with Liverpool he was capped once by England at Under 19 level.^{[ citation needed ]}

Lower division loans

He spent much of the 2007–08 season on loan at Hereford United but was only able to play 12 games as a result of an injury sustained in the FA Cup against Hartlepool. Threlfall re-signed for the Bulls on loan for six months, at the start of the 2008–09 season. ^[6] He started the first three league games of the season, as well as a League Cup match, before breaking his foot in early September. ^[7]

He later joined Stockport County on loan for a month on 6 February 2009, consequently making two league appearances. A further loan followed at League Two side Northampton Town from 21 August 2009, ^[8] with his club debut coming the next day coming on as an injury time substitute for Ryan Gilligan in the Cobblers 2–0 win over AFC Bournemouth. His first start came in 2–2 draw against Wycombe Wanderers in the Football League Trophy, Northampton won 3–0 on penalties.

In October 2009, he was set to make another loan move this time to Darlington but had a change of heart the following day. ^{[9] [10]}

In February 2010, he joined Bradford City on loan to become new manager Peter Taylor's first signing, ^[11] and scored on his debut on 23 February in a 3–1 win against Rochdale. ^[12] His second career goal came against Port Vale three games later. ^[13] On 22 March, it was announced that his loan deal had been extended until the end of the season. ^[14]

On 26 May, Liverpool announced they would be releasing Threlfall, along with goalkeeper Chris Oldfield. ^[15]

Morecambe

He signed for League 2 side, Morecambe on a two-year contract, on 17 May 2012. ^[16] He scored his first goal for Morecambe against Rotherham United on 6 April 2013. ^[17] Threlfall was released by the League 2 club on 6 May 2014.

Marine

In the 2016/17 season he returned to playing semi-professionally, making sixteen appearances and scoring twice for Marine F.C. before leaving the club in January 2017. ^[18]

Honours

• FA Youth Cup: 2006, 2007

Career statistics

As of 24 March 2014. ^[19]

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hereford United (loan)	2007–08	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	2008–09	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Stockport County (loan)	2008–09	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Northampton Town (loan)	2009–10	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Bradford City (loan)	2009–10	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	2
Bradford City	2010–11	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
	2011–12	17	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	21	0
Morecambe	2012–13	25	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	1
	2013–14	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	31	1
Career total		126	4	6	0	4	0	4	0	139	4

References

1. "1st Team squad profiles – Robbie Threlfall". Liverpoolfc.tv. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
2. Barrett, Tony (20 November 2007). "Robbie Threlfall relishing FA Cup challenge". The Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 19 July 2008.
3. "Wrexham 0 – Liverpool 2: match report". Liverpoolfc.tv. 15 July 2006. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
4. "Vaughan leads Pole-axeing". TheFA.com. 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
5. "Robbie's revenge for Reds". Daily Mirror . 27 April 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
6. "Hereford bring in two new faces". BBC Sport. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
7. "Threlfall could face long lay off". BBC Sport. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
8. "Threlfall joins Cobblers on loan". BBC Sport. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
9. "Staunton makes his first signings". Northern Echo. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
10. "Quakers move for Barnett after Threlfall snub". football.co.uk. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
11. Parker, Simon (22 February 2010). "Taylor makes first signing". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
12. "Rochdale 1 – 3 Bradford". BBC Sport. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
13. "Port Vale 2 – 1 Bradford". BBC Sport. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
14. "Liverpool defender Threlfall extends loan at Bradford". BBC Sport. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
15. "Reds release young duo". liverpoolfc.tv. 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
16. "Morecambe sign Robbie Threlfall on two-year contract". BBC Sport. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
17. "Morecambe 2–1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
18. "Robert Threlfall – Marine Football Club Marine".
19. Robbie Threlfall at Soccerbase

External links

• Robbie Threlfall at Soccerbase