Steve Seddon

Steven Jeffrey Seddon (born 25 December 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a left back for Championship club Birmingham City.

Steve Seddon
Seddon with Birmingham City in 2019
Personal information
Full name Steven Jeffrey Seddon[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997[2]
Place of birth Berkshire,[2] England
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
Number 42
Youth career
Twyford Comets
20??–2014 Reading
2014–2016 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Birmingham City 4 (0)
2018–2019 → Stevenage (loan) 23 (3)
2019 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 18 (3)
2020 → Portsmouth (loan) 12 (1)
2020–2021 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 16 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:12, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Seddon was on the books of Reading as a youngster before joining Birmingham City in 2014 when he left school. He spent the first half of the 2018–19 season on loan to League Two club Stevenage, for whom he made his Football League debut, and the second half on loan to AFC Wimbledon of League One. In 2019–20 he was loaned to Portsmouth and he spent the first half of the 2020–21 season back with AFC Wimbledon.

Club career

Early life and career

Seddon was born in Berkshire, where he attended The Piggott School in Wargrave and then The Forest School, Winnersh,[2] the partner school of Reading F.C.'s academy.[3] He joined Reading after being spotted when playing for Twyford Comets. After a trial with Birmingham City in 2014,[2] he took up a scholarship with the club that summer.[1] Interviewed later that year, he assessed his strength as his left foot, and felt he needed to improve his tackling.[2]

He signed his first professional contract, of two years, in April 2016.[4] In the 2017–18 season, he trained with the first team on occasion, and was included in the travelling squad for first-team fixtures, although did not make the bench.[5] In December, with centre-back Harlee Dean suspended, Seddon was suggested by the Birmingham Mail as a possible addition to the squad for the visit to Fulham,[6] and on 27 January 2018, he was given a squad number and included among the substitutes for the FA Cup fourth-round visit to Premier League club Huddersfield Town.[7] He remained unused, and later in the season was an unused substitute for two Championship matches.[8]

In May 2018, Seddon signed a new one-year deal, with the option of a second year.[9] He was a member of the first-team squad for their pre-season training camp in Austria,[10] and was given a squad number for the 2018–19 season.[11] He was an unused substitute for the 2018–19 EFL Cup first-round defeat away to Reading.[8]

Stevenage (loan)

Seddon joined League Two club Stevenage on 30 August 2018 on loan until 15 January 2019.[12] He made his Football League debut two days later in the starting eleven for the match at home to Cambridge United; he was substituted at half-time as his team went on to lose 1–0.[13] Seddon made 25 appearances during his loan spell, of which 23 were in league competition.[14]

AFC Wimbledon (loan)

The day after his loan at Stevenage expired, Seddon joined AFC Wimbledon of League One on loan until the end of the season.[15] He went straight into the starting eleven, playing the whole of a 4–1 defeat at home to Barnsley,[16] but suffered a minor hamstring injury that kept him out of the next match.[17] He returned to the starting eleven for the visit to Sunderland, and stayed in it for the remaining 16 league matches, finishing with a 12-match unbeaten run that secured his team's League One status for the 2019–20 season.[8][18]

First-team football with Birmingham City

Seddon made his first competitive appearance for Birmingham in the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the 2019–20 season, a visit to Brentford in the Championship. He marked his debut with a run and cross to set up Kristian Pedersen's matchwinning header.[19] He started twice more in the league,[8] and provided the assist for Álvaro Giménez' first goal for the club, in a 2–0 win against Barnsley,[20] but played no part in the matchday squad after the end of August.[8]

Portsmouth (loan)

Seddon joined League One club Portsmouth on 2 January 2020 on loan until the end of the season.[21]

Return to AFC Wimbledon

Seddon was a unused substitute for two of Birmingham's first three matches of the 2020–21 season,[8] before returning to AFC Wimbledon on 24 September on loan for the rest of the campaign.[22] He marked his second debut, two days later away to Fleetwood Town, with the only goal of the match after "a determined charge from the back".[23] He had made 19 appearances in all competitions when he was recalled from loan on 31 December 2020.[24]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2017–18[8] Championship000000—00
2018–19[14] Championship000000—00
2019–20[25] Championship400010—50
2020–21[26] Championship00—00—00
Total 400010—50
Stevenage (loan) 2018–19[14] League Two23310—1[lower-alpha 1]0253
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2018–19[14] League One183———183
Portsmouth (loan) 2019–20[25] League One12130—3[lower-alpha 2]0181
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2020–21[26] League One16120—1[lower-alpha 1]0191
Career total 738601050858
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. Two appearances in EFL Trophy, one in EFL League One play-offs

References
  1. "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2014 and 31/07/2014" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 46. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. "Blue kid on the block – Steve Seddon". Birmingham City F.C. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015.
  3. "Academy deal done". Reading F.C. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. "Steve Seddon secures a professional deal". Birmingham City F.C. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. "Seddon taking nothing for granted". Birmingham City F.C. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  6. Dick, Brian (6 December 2017). "How Birmingham City can replace Harlee Dean – these are the options". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. Ireland, Shane (27 January 2018). "Who are Charlie Lakin and Steve Seddon? A quick guide to the Birmingham City kids on the bench at Huddersfield". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. "S. Seddon". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  9. "Steve Seddon pens new Blues deal". Birmingham City F.C. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  10. Kendrick, Mat (7 July 2018). "Birmingham City jet off on tour to Austria – leaving these players behind". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  11. "Blues squad numbers 2018/19". Birmingham City F.C. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  12. Branowsky, Dan (30 August 2018). "Steve Seddon joins on loan". Stevenage F.C. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  13. Yousif, Layth (1 September 2018). "Stevenage 0–1 Cambridge United: Former Liverpool academy striker David Amoo seals derby win for U's". The Comet. Stevenage. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  14. "Games played by Steve Seddon in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  15. Slavin, Chris (16 January 2019). "Dons edge out interest from other clubs to sign left-back". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  16. Slavin, Chris (19 January 2019). "Promotion-chasers Barnsley prove too strong for The Dons". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  17. Cawley, Richard (22 January 2019). "AFC Wimbledon v Fleetwood Town line-ups: Seddon out as Hartigan starts". South London Press. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  18. Sanders, Jake (4 May 2019). "Bradford City 0 AFC Wimbledon 0 – Dons safe after nervy finish to the League One season at Valley Parade". South London Press. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  19. "Brentford 0–1 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  20. "Birmingham City 2–0 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  21. "Steve Seddon: Portsmouth sign defender on loan from Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  22. "Steve Seddon: AFC Wimbledon re-sign Birmingham City left-back on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  23. "Fleetwood 0–1 AFC Wimbledon: Steve Seddon scores winner on return for Dons". Sky Sports. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  24. "Steve Seddon recalled". Birmingham City F.C. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  25. "Games played by Steve Seddon in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  26. "Games played by Steve Seddon in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  • Profile at Birmingham City F.C. website
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