Ben Stanway

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Ben Stanway
Personal information
Full name Ben Robert Gordon Stanway
Date of birth (2004-09-20) 20 September 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder, Central Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Partick Thistle
Number 26
Youth career
Partick Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Partick Thistle 26 (0)
2023Airdrieonians (loan) 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:55, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Ben Stanway (born 20 September 2004) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle

Career[edit]

Partick Thistle[edit]

Aged 17, Stanway graduated as a modern apprentice from the Thistle Weir Youth academy and joined the clubs first team in January 2022.[1] Stanway made his professional debut, coming on a substitute in a 2–0 away win over Stranraer in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[2]

After making a handful of appearances for Thistle's first team, Stanway joined Scottish League One side Airdrieonians on loan in January 2023, until the end of the season.[3] Stanway made his debut for Airdrie, in which he won a penalty, in a 3–0 away win against Peterhead.[4] Stanway scored his first professional goal, opening the scoring for Airdrie in a 1–1 draw away to league leaders Dunfermline.[5][6]

After returning to Thistle following his loan spell, Stanway made his first start for Thistle, playing the full 90 minutes in a cup tie away to Peterhead.[7] Stanway scored his first goal for Partick Thistle, with a header in a challenge cup game against Queen of the South.[8]

Following breaking into the Partick Thistle first team at the beginning of the 2023–24 season, Stanway signed a new three year professional contract with Partick Thistle until the end of the 2025–26 season.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ben Stanway graduates from the Thistle Weir Youth Academy". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Scottish Challenge Cup (Sky Sports)".
  3. ^ "Ben Stanway joins Airdrieonians on loan". Partick Thistle FC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Peterhead v Airdrieonians". BBC Sport. 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  5. ^ "Dunfermline Athletic v Airdrieonians". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ "Dunfermline 1 Airdrie 1: Sub keeper Hutton saves 10-man Diamonds late on". 18 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Peterhead v Partick Thistle". BBC Sport.
  8. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66764041
  9. ^ https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/ben-stanway-signs-contract-extension-with-the-jags/