Ed Upson

Edward James Upson (born 21 November 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Bristol Rovers.

Ed Upson
Upson in 2014
Personal information
Full name Edward James Upson[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989[2]
Place of birth Bury St Edmunds, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers
Number 6
Youth career
Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Ipswich Town 0 (0)
2008 → Stevenage Borough (loan) 1 (0)
2010 → Barnet (loan) 9 (1)
2010–2014 Yeovil Town 129 (9)
2014–2016 Millwall 68 (2)
2016–2018 Milton Keynes Dons 79 (6)
2018– Bristol Rovers 76 (3)
National team
2005–2006 England U17 2 (0)
2007–2008 England U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:13, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Upson has previously been capped for England at U17 and U19 level.

Club career

Ipswich Town

He scored the winning goal for Ipswich Town against Southampton in the FA Youth Cup final in 2005 when he was 15,[2] and signed a professional contract at the age of 17.[2] In 2008, he was loaned to Stevenage Borough, where he made one substitute appearance on 2 September against Kettering Town. He made his Ipswich debut as a substitute in a Football League Cup match at Shrewsbury Town on 11 August 2009. The match went to penalties after a 3–3 draw and Upson scored one of the penalties to help Ipswich through to the next round.[4] After being scouted on many occasions by Barnet manager Ian Hendon, Upson joined the Bees on loan from 12 March 2010 for one month,[5] and made his debut coming on as a second half sub for Albert Jarrett in the 1–1 home draw with Burton Albion. Upson was released by Ipswich at the end of the 2009–10 season.[6]

Yeovil Town

He joined Yeovil Town on a two-year contract at the start of the 2010–11 season.[7] He scored his first goal for Yeovil in the FA Cup match with Hartlepool United in 2010. On 13 August 2011, he scored his first league goal from outside the area in a 3–1 win over Oldham Athletic, and went one better with a strike from 30 yards to seal a 1–0 win against Wycombe Wanderers on 13 September 2011, this goal was later nominated for Mitre Goal of the Year. He also scored twice in the FA Cup, with goals in the 3–0 win over Hereford United, and the 2–2 draw with Fleetwood Town.

On 6 May 2013, Upson scored an 85th-minute goal in the 2013 Football League play-offs, to help Yeovil beat Sheffield United 2–1 on aggregate, to taking Yeovil to Wembley for the playoff final.[8] A play-off final which they won 2–1 earning promotion to the Football League Championship for the first time in the club's history.[9]

On 3 August 2013, Upson scored the winning goal as Yeovil won their first ever game in the Championship, to secure a 1–0 victory at Millwall.

Millwall

On 31 January 2014, Upson signed for Championship club, Millwall, for an undisclosed fee signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[10]

Milton Keynes Dons

On 3 June 2016, Milton Keynes Dons announced that Upson had signed a two-year deal with the club and would join the squad on 1 July 2016 following his release from fellow League One club Millwall.[11]

On 16 August 2016, Upson scored his first goal for the club, scoring in the 94th minute in a 1–2 home defeat to Bradford City.[12] On 26 November 2016, Upson scored twice in a 1–2 away win over Coventry City.[13]

Bristol Rovers

On 22 May 2018, it was announced that Upson would leave recently relegated MK Dons and join Bristol Rovers effective from 1 July 2018 upon his contract ending at Milton Keynes.[14] Upson made his debut for the club on the opening day of the season in a 2-1 defeat at Peterborough United[15] and scored his first goal for the club on 28 August 2018, a consolation goal in the 87 minute of a 3-1 EFL Cup defeat to Queens Park Rangers.[16] Upson went on to score one more goal in the 2018–19 season, bundling in a corner in a 2-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon.[17]

International career

Upson came on as a substitute for the England national under-19 team against Belarus in September 2007.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 5 December 2020[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ipswich Town 2007–08[20] Championship 000000—00
2008–09[21] Championship 000000—00
2009–10[22] Championship 000020—20
Total 000020—20
Stevenage Borough (loan) 2008–09[21] Conference Premier 1000—0010
Barnet (loan) 2009–10[22] League Two 9100000091
Yeovil Town 2010–11[23] League One 230110000241
2011–12[24] League One 413321000455
2012–13[25] League One 41210207[lower-alpha 1]4516
2013–14[26] Championship 2442021—285
Total 1291073517414718
Millwall 2013–14[26] Championship 1000000—100
2014–15[27] Championship 2622000—282
2015–16[28] League One 32010105[lower-alpha 2]0390
Total 682301050772
Milton Keynes Dons 2016–17[29] League One 42340101[lower-alpha 3]0483
2017–18[30] League One 37341202[lower-alpha 3]0454
Total 796813030937
Bristol Rovers 2018–19[31] League One 35110216[lower-alpha 3]0442
2019–20[32] League One 33250105[lower-alpha 3]0442
2020–21[33] League One 8010102[lower-alpha 3]0120
Total 76370411301004
Career total 3622225415228442932
  1. 3 appearances and 1 goal in League One play-offs, 4 appearances and 3 goals in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Ipswich Town

Yeovil Town

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Bristol Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 11. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. Ed Upson Archived 12 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Ipswich Town retrieved 23 April 2008
  3. "Ed Upson player profile". Bristol Rovers F.C. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  4. "Shrewsbury 3-3 Town AET (2-4 on Pens)". twtd.co.uk. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  5. "Tractor Boy Joins Bees on Loan". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010.
  6. Roy On Letting Players Go Archived 3 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Ipswich Town retrieved 8 May 2010
  7. "Yeovil Town sign ex-Ipswich midfielder Ed Upson". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  8. "Yeovil 2–0 Sheffield United". BBC Sport. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  9. "Brentford 1–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  10. "Transfer Deadline Day: Ed Upson joins Millwall from Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  11. "Dons begin summer business". Milton Keynes Dons Official Site. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  12. "Report: Dons 1-2 Bradford City". Milton Keynes Dons Official Site. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  13. "Report: Coventry City 1-2 MK Dons". Milton Keynes Dons Official Site. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  14. "Ed Upson:Bristol Rovers sign ex-MK Dons and Yeovil midfielder on free transfer". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  15. "Peterborough United 2-1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  16. "Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  17. "Bristol Rovers 2-0 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  18. Ed Capped Archived 29 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine at Ipswich Town retrieved 23 April 2008
  19. "Ed Upson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  20. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  21. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
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  27. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  28. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  29. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  30. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  31. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  32. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  33. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  34. "Town Win Youth Cup!". TWTD. 23 April 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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