Rob Elvins

Rob Elvins

Elvins playing for York City in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Robert Mark Elvins[1]
Date of birth	17 September 1986
Place of birth	Alvechurch, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker,Midfielder,Defender
Youth career
000?–2005	West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005–2007	West Bromwich Albion	0	(0)
2006	→ Cheltenham Town (loan)	5	(0)
2007	→ York City (loan)	9	(0)
2007–2009	Aldershot Town	52	(8)
2009	→ Woking (loan)	9	(1)
2009–2013	Worcester City	100	(16)
2013–2015	Solihull Moors	72	(3)
2015–2016	Worcester City	12	(0)
2016-	Halesowen Town	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:07, 26 September 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Robert Mark "Rob" Elvins (born 17 September 1986) is a retired English footballer who played most recently for Halesowen Town as a midfielder.^[2]

Career

West Bromwich Albion

Elvins was born in Alvechurch, Worcestershire and progressed through the youth system at West Bromwich Albion. He played a number of times for the reserve team and won the club's Young Player of the Year award for the 2004–05 season.^[3] He failed to make a single appearance for the first team, however; the closest he came to senior action for the club was as an unused substitute in a third round FA Cup replay at Reading in January 2006.^[4] Elvins was loaned out to League One team Cheltenham Town for a month on 8 September 2006.^[5] On 31 January 2007, Elvins joined Conference National team York City on a month's loan.^[6] His loan at York was extended for a second month on 6 March 2007.^[7]

Aldershot Town

Elvins was signed by Aldershot Town on 27 June 2007 after being released by West Brom at the end of the 2006–07 season.^[4][8] He made his debut in a 2–1 victory over Kidderminster Harriers and played in 40 games and scored seven goals for the side as they won the Conference Premier in the 2007–08 season.^[9][10] He was loaned out to Woking for the remainder of the 2008–09 season on 10 February 2009.^[11] He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Kettering Town on 14 February.^[12] He scored the equalising goal for Woking in a 1–1 draw against Wrexham on 14 March.^[13] He returned to Aldershot from his loan spell early on 7 April.^[14] Aldershot manager Gary Waddock confirmed Elvins would be released by Aldershot at the end of the season.^[15]

Worcester City

Following his release by Aldershot, Elvins had trials with Rushden & Diamonds and Kidderminster Harriers,^[16][17] and received offers from two other clubs before deciding to sign for Conference South team Worcester City on 24 July.^[18]

On 16 May 2013, Elvins and teammate Mathew Birley left Worcester for Conference North club Solihull Moors.^[19]

Honours

Aldershot Town

• Conference Premier: 2007–08

Career statistics

As of 25 April 2009.

Club Performance

Club	Season	League^[A]		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[B]		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
West Bromwich Albion	2005–06[20]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2006–07[21]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Subtotal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cheltenham Town (loan)	2006–07[22]	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
York City (loan)	2006–07[23]	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Aldershot Town	2007–08[10]	36	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	40	7
	2008–09[24]	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	18	2
	Subtotal	52	8	3	0	0	0	4	1	58	9
Woking (loan)	2008–09[25]	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
Total		74	9	3	0	0	0	4	1	81	10

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League and Football Conference.

B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Conference League Cup and FA Trophy, Football League Trophy.

References

1. Hugman, Barry J. (ed) (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Mainstream. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.
2. "Saturday's Transfer List". Evo-Stik League. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
3. "Wallwork wins Player-of-the-Year award". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
4. "Elvins joins Aldershot". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
5. "Elvins seals Cheltenham loan move". BBC Sport. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2007.
6. "York bag Baggies striker Elvins". BBC Sport. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
7. "York extend West Brom man's loan". BBC Sport. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
8. "Shots capture Chalmers and Elvins". BBC Sport. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2007.
9. "Kidderminster 1–2 Aldershot". BBC Sport. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
10. "Aldershot 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
11. "Woking sign Shots striker Elvins". BBC Sport. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
12. "Woking 0–1 Kettering". BBC Sport. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
13. "Woking 1–1 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
14. Dyke, Chris (7 April 2009). "Football: Cards recall Williams from loan spell". Surrey Advertiser. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
15. "Aldershot manager to release trio". BBC Sport. 21 April 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
16. "Edinburgh satisfied with opener". BBC Sport. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
17. "Experimental Harriers shine against Bulls". The Shuttle. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
18. Carley, Steve (24 July 2009). "City sign striker Elvins". Worcester News. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
19. Guest, Tom (16 May 2013). "Elvins and Birley quit City to join Solihull". Worcester News. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
20. "West Brom 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
21. "West Brom 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
22. "Cheltenham 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
23. "York 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
24. "Aldershot 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
25. "Woking 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 February 2009.

External links

• Rob Elvins career statistics at Soccerbase