Ollie Shenton

Oliver Gregory Shenton (born 6 November 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chorley.

Ollie Shenton
Personal information
Full name Oliver Gregory Shenton[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997
Place of birth Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chorley
Youth career
2004–2014 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 Stoke City 1 (0)
2017 → Wrexham (loan) 17 (1)
2019–2020 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 21 (3)
2020– Chorley 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:11, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Career

Stoke City

Shenton was born in Blythe Bridge and joined the Stoke City Academy in 2004.[2] At 15 Shenton began playing regularly with the under-18s side and he signed a long-term contract with the club in September 2013.[2] In April 2014 he won the Generation Adidas Cup with Stoke City U17s.[3] He signed on scholarship forms in July 2014.[4] In 2014–15 pre-season Shenton began training with the first-team and played 30 minutes in a 0–0 draw with Burton Albion.[5] He began the 2014–15 season playing with the under-21s and scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw with Aston Villa.[6]

He made his professional debut on 27 August 2014, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Peter Odemwingie in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth in the Football League Cup second round.[7] After making his senior debut Shenton earned praise from assistant manager Mark Bowen for his performance.[8] On 25 November 2014 Shenton signed a professional contract with Stoke.[9] Shenton made his Premier League debut on 11 February 2015, coming on as an added-time substitute for Steven Nzonzi in a 4–1 home defeat against Manchester City.[10] The match came two days after the funeral of his mother; following the game Shenton swapped shirts with Frank Lampard.[11][12] Shenton signed a new four-and-a-half year in January 2016 keeping him contracted at Stoke until the summer of 2020.[13]

On 20 January 2017 Shenton joined Wrexham on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[14] Shenton played 17 times for the Dragons, scoring once against Braintree Town on 4 March 2017.[15]

On 30 August 2019, Shenton joined Kidderminster Harriers on a six-month loan.[16] This was extended for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.[17] Shenton scored three goals in 24 matches for Kidderminster until the season was ended early on 22 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[18]

Chorley

Shenton joined Chorley in June 2020.[19]

Personal life

Shenton attended Blythe Bridge High School and grew up supporting Stoke City.[4] His mother, Mandy, died of cancer in January 2015.[20]

Career statistics
As of 22 February 2020[21][22]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 2014–15[23] Premier League 100010—20
2015–16[24] Premier League 000000—00
2016–17[25] Premier League 000000—00
2017–18[26] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19[27] EFL Championship 000000—00
2019–20[28] EFL Championship 000000—00
Total 100010—20
Stoke City U23 2016–17[25] ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
2017–18[25] ————3[lower-alpha 1]030
2018–19[27] ————4[lower-alpha 1]141
Total ———9191
Wrexham (loan) 2016–17[25] National League 1710000—171
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2019–20[22] National League North 213200010243
Career total 3942010101525
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "List of players under written contract registered between 01/06/2017 and 30/06/2017" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 9. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. "Stoke swoop to tie-up young talent Shenton". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. "Generation adidas Cup 2014: Stoke City take title with shootout win over Real Salt Lake after 1-1 tie". MLS. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Shenton Buzzing With Scholarship". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. "Potters Held To Goalless Draw". Stoke City F.C. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  6. "Potters U21s Open With A Draw". Stoke City F.C. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  7. "Stoke 3-0 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. "The Future Is Bright". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  9. "Shenton Signs Pro Contract". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  10. "Stoke 1-4 Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  11. "Touch of class from Frank Lampard as he swaps shirts with Olly Shenton". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  12. "Frank Lampard gesture to grieving Stoke debutant hailed as 'class' by Mark Hughes". Independent. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  13. "EXCLUSIVE: New Deal For Shenton". Stoke City. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  14. "Wrexham AFC sign Stoke City midfielder". Daily Post. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  15. "Braintree 1-2 Wrexham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  16. "Reds make double addition". Kidderminster Harriers. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  17. "Ollie extends Harriers loan". Kidderminster Harriers. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  18. "Stoke City youngster thanks club as he heads for career crossroads". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  19. "SHENTON JOINS THE RANKS". Chorley FC. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  20. "Former beauty queen Mandy Shenton dies after 15-year cancer fight". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  21. "Oliver Shenton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  22. Ollie Shenton at Soccerway
  23. "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  24. "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  25. "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  26. "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  27. "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  28. "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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