Dan Preston

Dan Preston

Preston in 2014
Personal information
Full name Daniel Sean Preston[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991[1]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Tamworth
Youth career
2002–2009 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2011 Birmingham City 0 (0)
2010 → Hereford United (loan) 4 (0)
2011 → Hereford United (loan) 0 (0)
2011–2014 AFC Telford United 70 (2)
2013 → Barrow (loan) 3 (0)
2013 → Stourbridge (loan)
2014– Tamworth 24 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:31, 15 April 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Daniel Sean "Dan" Preston (born 26 September 1991) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Tamworth as a defender. He made his debut for Birmingham City in the League Cup in September 2009, and his first appearance in the Football League while on loan to Hereford United in February 2010. After he was released by Birmingham at the end of the 2010–11 season, he joined AFC Telford United. He was released at the end of the 2013–14 season.

Career

Birmingham City

Preston joined Birmingham City's youth academy in 2002.[2] He played in the club's under-18 team which reached the semi-final of the 2008–09 FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 6–1 on aggregate to their Liverpool counterparts.[3][4]

Included in the squads for first-team pre-season friendlies,[5] Preston injured a medial knee ligament playing for a reserve XI against Tamworth.[6] Following an injury crisis, Preston, still in the second year of his academy scholarship, was given a squad number and made his first-team debut on 22 September 2009 as a second-half substitute in the League Cup third-round match at Sunderland, replacing the injured Stuart Parnaby in the 79th minute; he received a yellow card in stoppage time.[7]

Hereford United (loan)

To gain first-team experience, Preston joined League Two club Hereford United on a one-month loan on 26 February 2010.[8] He went straight into the starting eleven for the following day's visit to Notts County, which ended in a 5–0 defeat as goalkeeper Chris Adamson and defender Paul Downing were sent off and Preston himself was booked.[9] After three more League Two appearances, the loan was extended for a second month.[10] Preston returned to Birmingham at the end of his second month without making any more first-team appearances for Hereford.[11]

He rejoined Hereford on a Football League youth loan – an arrangement which allows the player to train with and play non-first-team matches for his parent club when not required by the loaning club – in January 2011 until the end of the 2010–11 season.[12] He failed to make a first-team appearance and the loan was ended on 12 April.[13] He was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2010–11 season.[14]

AFC Telford United

Preston playing for AFC Telford United in 2011

Preston joined Conference Premier club AFC Telford United on 20 July 2011.[15] After a successful first season with the club he was given a new one-year deal. It was announced on 3 May 2013 at the club's end of season awards that Preston would extend his contract with AFC Telford, despite the club being relegated to the Conference North.

Preston joined Conference North rivals Barrow on a one-month loan on 18 October 2013,[16] with whom he made five appearances.[17] He was soon loaned out again, joining Stourbridge of the Southern League Premier Division on 28 November.[18] Preston made his debut for Stourbridge on 30 November 2013, in a 7–0 home victory over Weymouth.[19][20] On 26 April 2014, he won promotion back to the Conference Premier with AFC Telford United at the first time of asking, after they clinched the Conference North title on the final day of the 2013–14 season, beating Gainsborough Trinity 3–0 at the New Bucks Head.[21] Following their promotion AFC Telford released Preston after three seasons with the club.[22]

Tamworth

Preston signed for newly relegated Conference North team Tamworth on a one-year contract on 9 June 2014.[23]

Personal life

Preston was born in Birmingham, West Midlands[1] and was brought up in the Kings Norton district of the city[2] where he attended St Thomas Aquinas School. In his final year he helped the school football team to victory in the final of the 2008 Birmingham City Cup.[24] His stepbrothers James and Mitchell McPike are both footballers: James had a professional contract with Birmingham City before moving into non-League football, and, as of the 2009–10 season, Mitchell was a first-year professional with the club and had played for England at under-17 level.[25][26]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 December 2014.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2009–10[27] Premier League 000010—10
Hereford United (loan) 2009–10[27] League Two 40———40
2010–11[28] League Two 0000——00
Total 4000——40
AFC Telford United 2011–12[29] Conference Premier 28120—2[lower-alpha 1]0321
2012–13[17] Conference Premier 24010—2[lower-alpha 1]0270
2013–14[17] Conference North 18100—00181
Total 70230—40772
Barrow (loan) 2013–14[17] Conference North 3020—0050
Tamworth 2014–15[17] Conference North 18120—00201
Career total 9537010401073
  1. 1 2 Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

AFC Telford United

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. 1 2 "Preston Joins First Team Squad". Birmingham City F.C. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  3. ↑ Walker, Andrew (16 March 2009). "Birmingham City beat Watford in FA Youth Cup to set up Liverpool tie". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  4. ↑ Tattum, Colin (25 April 2009). "Blues show heart in FA Youth Cup defeat". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Cheltenham Town 0 Birmingham City 4". Gloucestershire Echo. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Tamworth 3 Blues XI 1". Birmingham City F.C. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Sunderland 0–0 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Bulls sign Blues youngster". Sky Sports. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "Notts County 0–0 Hereford". BBC Sport. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "Preston Extends Hereford Loan". Birmingham City F.C. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "Loan Players Return To Parent Clubs". Hereford United F.C. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  12. ↑ "Preston Returns To Hereford". Birmingham City F.C. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "Preston Returns To Birmingham". Hereford United F.C. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  14. ↑ "Doyle Pens Extension". Birmingham City F.C. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  15. ↑ "AFC Telford United sign ex-Wolves man Nathan Rooney". BBC Sport. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  16. ↑ "Barrow AFC sign centre-back Preston". North-West Evening Mail (Barrow-in-Furness). 18 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "D. Preston". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "Telford's Dan Preston loaned to Stourbridge". Shropshire Star. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  19. ↑ "Stourbridge 7 v 0 Weymouth". Weymouth F.C. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "Fixtures & Results". Stourbridge F.C. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "AFC Telford United promoted to Conference Premier". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  22. ↑ "AFC Telford United: Ryan Young heads exit list at Bucks Head Premier". BBC Sport. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  23. ↑ Panter, Matt (9 June 2014). "Former Birmingham City defender heads to Tamworth". TamworthHerald. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  24. ↑ "Friday letter" (PDF). St Thomas Aquinas School. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  25. ↑ Tattum, Colin (11 April 2009). "Birmingham City v Liverpool Youth Cup clash: I'm hungry for action says Mitch McPike". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  26. ↑ Tattum, Colin (22 September 2009). "Young Ashley Sammons' Carling Cup starting place is merited, says Blues boss". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Dan Preston in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  28. ↑ "Squad stats: 2010/11". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  29. ↑ Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2012). Non-League Club Directory 2013. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0.

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