Sam Muggleton

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Sam Muggleton
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Muggleton playing for York City in 2017
Personal information
Full name Samuel Alexander Muggleton [1]
Date of birth (1995-11-17) 17 November 1995 (age 29) [2]
Place of birth Melton Mowbray, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [3]
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Grantham Town
Youth career
Leicester City
20??–2012 Holwell Sports
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Holwell Sports 5 (0)
2012–2014 Gillingham 2 (0)
2014 → Barnet (loan) 6 (0)
2014–2017 Barnet 52 (1)
2017 Eastleigh 5 (0)
2017–2018 York City 16 (0)
2017 → Boston United (loan) 6 (0)
2018 → Scarborough Athletic (loan)
2018–2019 Chesterfield 18 (0)
2019 → Darlington (loan) 2 (0)
2020–2021 Stratford Town 4 (0)
2021 Melton Town 7 (0)
2021–2022 Bedworth United 16 (0)
2022 Belper Town 8 (0)
2022 Quorn 3 (1)
2022–2023 Melton Town 21 (3)
2023 Farsley Celtic 7 (0)
2023 → Leicester St Andrews (loan) 4 (0)
2023– Grantham Town 49 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:19, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Samuel Alexander Muggleton (born 17 November 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Grantham Town.

Contents

Career

Early career

Muggleton was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] and is the son of former footballer Carl Muggleton. [4] He played for his local team Syston before joining Leicester City. [4] He played for Leicester for several seasons at various youth levels before being released, being told he was too short. [4] After this, he joined Holwell Sports, where he played for the first team in the East Midlands Counties League. [4]

Aged 16, he signed a two-year scholarship with Gillingham in November 2012. [4] [5] He made his first-team debut for Gillingham on the final day of the 2012–13 season, starting in a 3–2 away defeat to Burton Albion, [6] as they were crowned champions of League Two. [7]

Muggleton joined Conference Premier club Barnet on 27 March 2014 on loan until the end of 2013–14. [8] After making six appearances, he returned to Gillingham. [9] He was released by Gillingham at the end of 2013–14, [10] signing for Barnet permanently on 16 May 2014. [11]

Non-league

On 17 January 2017, Muggleton signed for National League club Eastleigh for an undisclosed fee. [12]

On 20 March 2017, Muggleton signed for Eastleigh's National League rivals York City on a contract until the end of 2016–17. [13] He joined York's National League North rivals Boston United on 21 October 2017 on a one-month loan. [14] He made his debut the same day, starting in Boston's 2–1 away defeat to Curzon Ashton. [15] Muggleton returned to York after the loan expired, [16] having made six appearances for Boston. [17] On 9 February 2018, he joined Northern Premier League Division One North club Scarborough Athletic on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season. [18] He made eight appearances [19] as York finished 2017–18 in 11th place in the table. [20] He was released at the end of the season. [21]

Muggleton signed for newly relegated National League club Chesterfield on 31 July 2018 on a one-year contract with the option of a further year. [22] He joined National League North club Darlington on 8 February 2019 on a one-month loan. [23] During his second appearance, he collided with an opponent and suffered a broken femur and three ruptured ligaments and a torn tendon in his left knee. [24] Muggleton was released by Chesterfield at the end of the season. [25]

He played on trial for Kettering Town in September 2020 as he sought to regain full fitness. [26] Later that month he signed for Southern Football League club Stratford Town. [27] The 2020–21 season was again curtailed due to Covid-19 and in the summer of 2021 he dropped down a level to sign for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands side Bedworth United, after a brief spell with Melton Town. [28] He transferred to division rivals in February 2022 when he signed for Belper Town and was a part of the side that beat Chasetown 1–0 in the play-off final to earn promotion to the Premier Division. [29]

In the 2022-23 season, Muggleton played in the United Counties League for Quorn, Melton Town and Leicester St Andrews, [30] as well as Farsley Celtic in the National League North. [31]

He joined Grantham Town for the 2023-24 season. [32]

Style of play

Muggleton plays as a left back or a left midfielder and possesses a long throw-in. [33]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Holwell Sports 2012–13 East Midlands Counties League 5000000050
Gillingham 2012–13 [6] League Two 1000000010
2013–14 [34] League One 1000000010
Total2000000020
Barnet (loan)2013–14 [19] Conference Premier 60———60
Barnet 2014–15 [19] Conference Premier16100—2 [a] 0181
2015–16 [35] League Two23020101 [b] 0270
2016–17 [36] League Two13010003 [c] 0170
Total581301060681
Eastleigh 2016–17 [19] National League 50———50
York City 2016–17 [19] National League80———80
2017–18 [19] [37] National League North 8000—0080
Total16000—00160
Boston United (loan) 2017–18 [17] National League North60———60
Scarborough Athletic (loan) 2017–18 NPL Division One NorthNo data currently available
Chesterfield 2018–19 [19] National League18020—00200
Darlington (loan) 2018–19 [19] National League North20———20
Stratford Town 2020–21 [38] SFL Premier Division Central4020——60
Melton Town 2021–22 [39] UCL Premier Division North7010—0080
Bedworth United 2021–22 [40] NPL Division One Midlands16000—1 [a] 0170
Belper Town 2021–22 [29] NPL Division One Midlands80——2 [d] 0100
Quorn 2022–23 [30] UCL Premier Division North3120—1 [e] 061
Melton Town 2022–23 [30] UCL Premier Division North21300—1 [f] 0223
Farsley Celtic 2022–23 [19] National League North70———70
Leicester St Andrews (loan) 2022–23 [30] UCL Division One4000—0040
Grantham Town 2023–24 [41] NPL Division One East7220—2 [a] 0112
Career total1897120101302157
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearances in Northern Premier League Division One Midlands play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Vase
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in United Counties League Cup

Honours

Barnet

References

  1. 1 2 "Sam Muggleton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sam Muggleton". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Sam Muggleton". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Queniborough footballer Sam Muggleton awarded scholarship with League Two Gillingham". Melton Times. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Academy team profiles". Gillingham F.C. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Sam Muggleton in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Burton 3–2 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Barnet sign Muggleton on loan". Barnet F.C. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Martin Allen announces player departures". Barnet F.C. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Gillingham FC announce retained list". Gillingham F.C. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Bees sign Bradley & Muggleton as duo become player/coaches". Barnet F.C. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Barnet: Eastleigh's Luke Coulson signs as Sam Muggleton leaves". BBC Sport. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Minstermen sign Muggleton". York City F.C. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Muggleton moves to Boston United". York City F.C. 21 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  15. ↑ Singleton, Craig. "Curzon Ashton 2–1 Boston United". Boston United F.C. Retrieved 22 October 2017– via Pitchero.
  16. ↑ Appleyard, Ian (23 November 2017). "Gaffer targets FA Trophy progress". York City F.C. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  17. 1 2 "The team: Sam Muggleton: Season: 2017/2018". Boston United F.C. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2017– via Pitchero.
  18. ↑ Appleyard, Ian (9 February 2018). "Muggleton on loan to Scarborough". York City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "S. Muggleton: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  20. ↑ "Conference North: 2017/18: Latest table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  21. ↑ Flett, Dave (30 April 2018). "Louis Almond and Alex Kempster offered new deals at York City, but Aidan Connolly one of nine released". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  22. ↑ "New signing announced". Chesterfield F.C. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  23. ↑ Stoddart, Craig (8 February 2019). "Darlington bring in former York City defender". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  24. ↑ Smyth, Graham (19 February 2019). "Darlington reveal full extent of injuries sustained by Chesterfield player Sam Muggleton". Derbyshire Times. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  25. ↑ "A dozen players set to leave". Chesterfield F.C. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  26. ↑ "Sheriff is on board as Cox targets more additions at Poppies". 10 September 2020 – via www.northantstelegraph.co.uk.
  27. ↑ "Sam Muggleton signs for Stratford!". www.stratfordtownfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024.
  28. ↑ "Sam Muggleton". Bedworth United F.C. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  29. 1 2 "Belper Town – Appearances – Sam Muggleton – 2021-2022". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  30. 1 2 3 4 "Samuel Alexander Muggleton player stats | GCE Hire Fleet United Counties Football League". fulltime.thefa.com.
  31. ↑ "Sam Muggleton – Farsley Celtic FC". farsleyceltic.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  32. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  33. ↑ Gee, Wendy (19 January 2017). "New Eastleigh signing Sam Muggleton throws further than ex-Saint Rory Delap". Southern Daily Echo. Southampton. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Sam Muggleton in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Sam Muggleton in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Sam Muggleton in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  37. ↑ Flett, Dave (17 September 2017). "York City dig deep to progress in FA Cup amid the Salford rubble". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
    Flett, Dave (1 October 2017). "Poor Shaftesbury Avenue show sees curtain come down on Gary Mills' second spell as York City manager". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
    Flett, Dave (26 November 2017). "York City have last laugh following Coalville taunts in 3–1 Trophy triumph". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  38. ↑ "Sam Muggleton Profile | Aylesbury United FC".
  39. ↑ "Samuel Alexander Muggleton player stats | GCE Hire Fleet United Counties Football League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  40. ↑ "Bedworth United – Appearances – Sam Muggleton". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  41. ↑ "Grantham Town – Appearances – Sam Muggleton". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  42. ↑ Anderson, John, ed. (2015). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2015–2016. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 632–633. ISBN   978-1-4722-2416-3.
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