Will Longbottom

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Personal information
Full name William Radley Longbottom [1]
Date of birth (1998-12-12) 12 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Leeds, England [2]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)

[[missionary

(association football)|Forward]]
Team information
Current team
Bradford (Park Avenue)
Youth career
0000 2016 Doncaster Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 Doncaster Rovers 4 (0)
2017Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 4 (1)
2019Gainsborough Trinity (loan) 6 (0)
2020 Waterford 10 (0)
2020–2021 Bradford (Park Avenue) 4 (1)
2021–2022 Farsley Celtic 6 (0)
2022– Bradford (Park Avenue) 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:26, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

William Radley Longbottom (born 12 December 1998) [3] is an English footballer who plays as a forward for National League North club Bradford (Park Avenue).

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Career

Longbottom made his first team debut for Doncaster Rovers on 8 May 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for Richard Chaplow in a home League One match against Burton Albion at the Keepmoat Stadium. [4] He scored his first goal for Doncaster in an EFL Trophy tie against Derby County Under-23s on 4 October 2016. [5]

On 27 January 2018 it was reported that Longbottom had been given a new contract with Rovers up to the summer of 2020. [6]

On 1 September 2018, Longbottom went out on a month's loan to National League North club Kidderminster Harriers. [7] He made 5 appearances, scoring one goal and made one assist [8] before an ankle injury forced his return. [9]

He was loaned out to Halesowen Town of the Northern Premier League on 9 February. [9]

Longbottom went out on an initial one-month loan to Gainsborough Trinity on 25 January 2019. [10]

He was transfer-listed by Doncaster at the end of the 2018–19 season [11] though remained with the club until being released on 31 January 2020. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 January 2021.Missing loan spells [2]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Doncaster Rovers 2015–16 [13] League One 1000000010
2016–17 [14] League Two 3000004 [lower-alpha 1] 171
2017–18 [15] League One 0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2018–19 [16] 0000002 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2019–20 [17] 0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Doncaster Rovers total4000008!1121
Waterford 2020 [18] League of Ireland Premier Division 10010110
Bradford (Park Avenue) 2020–21 [18] National League North 4041
Career total16010008!1251
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Football League Trophy

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  5. "Derby County beaten on penalties after draw with Doncaster in Checkatrade Trophy". derbytelegraph.co.uk. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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  7. "Longbottom joins Harriers". Doncaster Rovers Official Site. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. "Will Longbottom". Kidderminster Harriers Official Site. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Longbottom loaned to Halesowen". Doncaster Rovers Official Site. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "Where there's a Will, there's a way!". Gainsborough Trinity F.C. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  11. "Doncaster Rovers: Tommy Rowe, Andy Butler & Danny Andrew offered new deals". BBC Sport. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  12. "Three players leave Rovers". Doncaster Rovers F.C. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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  14. "Games played by Will Longbottom in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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