Ben Barclay

Benjamin Philip Barclay (born 7 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for League One side Accrington Stanley. As well as a centre back, Barclay can also play in the defensive midfield role.[3]

Ben Barclay
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Philip Barclay[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-07) 7 October 1996[2]
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley
Number 16
Youth career
2004–2013 Manchester City
2013–2018 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2019 → Notts County (loan) 13 (1)
2019– Accrington Stanley 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Barclay played regularly for Brighton U23's and made a number of appearances for the Sussex club in the Premier League 2 league in the last few seasons. The former Manchester City youth player was included in Chris Hughton's 25-man squad for the 2018–19 Premier League season.[4] He made his debut for Brighton on 28 August 2018, in the EFL Cup at home against Southampton where he played the full match in a 1–0 loss against their south coast rivals.[5]

Notts County (loan)

On 4 January 2019, Barclay joined Notts County on loan until the end of the season.[6] Barclay made his Notts County debut a day after joining the club in a League Two fixture away against Essex side Colchester United where it eventually finished 3–3 in what also happened to be his first ever league match.[7] On 19 April 2019 Barclay scored his first ever professional goal scoring in the 90+4 minute in a 2–1 home defeat to MK Dons.[8] In the next match which was away to Crawley Barclay was sent off for violent conduct. He was sent off at 1–1, the scoreline it finished.[9] As a result of the suspension he would miss the final two games of the season where Notts County were relegated after a 3–1 away defeat to Swindon Town on the last game of the season.[10]

Back to The Albion

He was released from Brighton at the end of the 2018–19 season.[11]

Accrington Stanley

On 16 July 2019 Barclay joined Accrington Stanley.[12] He made his debut for Stanley on 13 August in the EFL Cup starting in midfield where it finished 3–1 to Sunderland at Crown Ground.[13] Barclay made his league debut for Accy on 16 November, starting in the centre of midfield in a 1–0 away defeat to Rotherham United [14] He made 8 league appearances in his first season for the Lancashire based side including a 1–0 away win over local rivals Blackpool on Boxing Day 2019 before the league being suspended in March 2020 due to Coronavirus.[15][16][17][18]

On Barclay's fourth league game of the 2020–21 season he started and played the whole match help keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 home victory over League One leaders Hull City on 26 January 2021.[19]

Career statistics
As of 2 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2018–19 Premier League 00—10—10
Total 0000100010
Notts County (loan) 2018–19 League Two 131———131
Accrington Stanley 2019–20 League One 8000101[lower-alpha 1]0100
2020–21 League One 6000104[lower-alpha 2]0110
Total 140002050210
Career Total 271003050351
  1. 1 appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 appearance in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Accrington Stanley" (PDF). English Football League. p. 1. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. "Ben Barclay". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. "Ben Barclay – Midfielder – First Team – Accrington Stanley". Accrington Stanley. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. "Ben Barclay - Defender - First Team - Brighton & Hove Albion". Brighton & Hove Albion. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019.
  5. Naylor, Andy (29 August 2018). "Albion youngster Barclay didn't bank on Austin spoiling his debut". The Argus. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. "Loan Switch for Albion Defensive Pair". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. "Colchester United 3–3 Notts County". BBC Sport. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. "Notts County v Milton Keynes Dons". BBC Sport. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  9. "Crawley Town v Notts County". BBC Sport. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  10. "Swindon Town 3–1 Notts County: Magpies relegated to National League". BBC Sport. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  11. "2018/19 Premier League clubs' released lists". Premier League. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  12. "Ben signs for Stanley". Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  13. "Accrington Stanley 1–3 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  14. "Rotherham United 1–0 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  15. "Blackpool 0–1 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  16. "Coronavirus: UK government considering banning sporting fixtures". BBC Sport. 29 October 2020.
  17. "EFL statement: Coronavirus update". English Football League. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  18. "EFL statement: Coronavirus update". English Football League. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  19. "Accrington Stanley 2–0 Hull City – BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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