Sam Tickle

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Sam Tickle
Personal information
Full name Samuel Lloyd Tickle [1]
Date of birth (2002-03-31) 31 March 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Warrington, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Wigan Athletic
Number 1
Youth career
2012–2018 Wigan Athletic
2019–2021 Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Pilkington 21 (0)
2021– Wigan Athletic 26 (0)
2022 → Nantwich Town (loan) 7 (0)
2022 → Warrington Rylands (loan) 6 (0)
International career‡
2024- England U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:15, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:01, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Samuel Lloyd Tickle (born 31 March 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wigan Athletic.

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Club career

Tickle is a youth product of Wigan Athletic, having joined their youth academy in 2012. He was released at the end of the 2018 season. He then signed for Pilkington, making 21 league appearances [2] and was named player of the season as they won Cheshire Football League. [3] During the 2018–19 season he was also selected as the number one for England Schoolboys FA & represented his country making five appearances, conceding only once. In 2019, he rejoined Wigan Athletic, joining as a scholar. [4]

He made his professional debut with Wigan in a 2–0 EFL Trophy loss to Crewe Alexandra on 5 October 2021. [5]

On 19 March 2022, Tickle joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Nantwich Town on a youth loan until 14 April 2022. [6]

In July 2022, he joined Northern Premier League side Warrington Rylands on loan until January 2023. [7] He made two appearances for the club, [8] but was recalled by Wigan following an injury to first-choice goalkeeper Ben Amos. He was named on the bench against Birmingham City on 20 August 2022. He returned to Warrington Rylands on loan until January, but after four appearances was recalled again due to injuries to Jones and then Amos. He was named on the bench against Hull City and for the consecutive 10 games. [9] Tickle was selected by Wigan manager Shaun Maloney as his first-choice goalkeeper over Ben Amos for the 2023–24 season.

International career

In September 2023, Tickle was called up to the England under-21 squad for the first time. [10] He made his U21 debut on 26 March 2024, playing the duration of a 7–0 win 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification win over Luxembourg at the Toughsheet Community Stadium. [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wigan Athletic 2020–21 League One 0000000000
2021–22 League One0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2022–23 Championship 100000–10
2023–24 League One25030102 [lower-alpha 1] 0310
Total260301030330
Nantwich Town (loan) 2021–22 Northern Premier Division70——0070
Warrington Rylands (loan) 2022–23 Northern Premier Division60——0060
Career total390301030460
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "EFL Professional retain list 2019-20" (PDF). EFL.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Samuel Lloyd Tickle Player Stats". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ↑ @Pilkingtonfc (18 May 2019). "PLAYER OF THE YEAR & PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Congratulations to @SamTickle3 on winning the double!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 September 2023– via Twitter.
  4. ↑ @youthhawk (7 August 2019). "Wigan Athletic first year scholars 2019-20" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 September 2023– via Twitter.
  5. ↑ FC, Wigan Athletic. "Wigan Athletic FC - Sam Tickle | "It is a dream come true."". Wigan Athletic FC.
  6. ↑ "Sam Tickle joins Nantwich Town on loan". Wigan Athletic FC. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Academy | Sam Tickle Joins Warrington Rylands On Loan Until January". Wigan Athletic. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Warrington Rylands – Appearances – Sam Tickle". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Report: Blues 0-1 Wigan Athletic". Birmingham City Football Club. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "England MU21s squad named for Luxembourg". englandfootball.com. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Report: England MU21s 7-0 Luxembourg". englandfootball.com. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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