Will Longbottom

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Will Longbottom
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) Forward
Team information
Current team
Guiseley
Youth career
0000 2016 Doncaster Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 Doncaster Rovers 4 (0)
2017Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 4 (1)
2019Halesowen Town (loan)
2019Gainsborough Trinity (loan) 6 (0)
2020 Waterford 10 (0)
2020–2021 Bradford (Park Avenue) 4 (1)
2021–2022 Farsley Celtic 6 (0)
2022–2024 Bradford (Park Avenue) 58 (18)
2024– Guiseley 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:44, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

William Radley Longbottom (born 12 December 1998) [3] is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Guiseley.

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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]

On 30 May 2024, Longbottom returned to the Northern Premier League Premier Division with Guiseley. [13]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2023–24 season [2]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Doncaster Rovers 2015–16 [14] League One 1000000010
2016–17 [15] League Two 3000004 [lower-alpha 1] 171
2017–18 [16] League One 0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2018–19 [17] 0000002 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2019–20 [18] 0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Doncaster Rovers total4000008!1121
Waterford 2020 [19] League of Ireland Premier Division 10010110
Bradford (Park Avenue) 2020–21 [19] National League North 4141
Farsley Celtic 2021–22 [19] National League North60100070
Bradford (Park Avenue) 2022–23 [19] National League North4211111 [lower-alpha 2] 04412
2023–24 [20] NPL Premier Division 1672000187
Total58183100106219
Career total801951009!19421
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

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