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Alex Ramsden
Born: Alexander William Ramsden 28 October 1993 (age 19) Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire

Born in the Legsby Avenue area of Grimsby, Ramsden was a good student at his school (Welholme School), doing well in sport and English in particular. Upon leaving Welholme and moving to #REDIRECT Havelock Academy in 2005 he regularly played for the school football and cross country teams. As a junior player with Waltham Juniors between 2006 and 2010 he broke several long-standing Sunday league records.

After leaving school he attended both #REDIRECT Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education studying mechanics and also Franklin College where he did A levels in Film Studies, English Language and English Literature.

Career Statistics: Welholme School: Under 9- 26 games 22 goals Under 10- 33 games 16 goals Under 11- 29 games 25 goals Total- 88 games 63 goals

Havelock Academy: Under 12- 13 games 4 goals Under 13- 25 games 25 goals Under 14- 22 games 16 goals Under 15- 33 games 48 goals Under 16- 39 games 41 goals Total- 132 games 134 goals

Waltham Juniors 2006-2007- 31 games 10 goals 2007-2008- 29 games 36 goals 2008-2009- 28 games 55 goals 2009-2010- 26 games 26 goals Total- 114 games 127 goals Grimsby and Cleethorpes District Team: 2008-2009 6 games 2009-2010 1 game Total- 7 games

Overall Total- 341 games 324 goals

Honours: Player of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 Golden Boot: 2008, 2009, 2010 Team of the Season: 2008, 2009, 2010

Filmography: The Tour of Great Grimsby (2011)[#REDIRECT director, actor] The Boys from the South Bank (2013) [#REDIRECT actor, screenwriter] Dole, Dope and Despair (2013)[actor, #REDIRECT screenwriter] GY Massive (2013) [actor] The Irritating Tale of Bunny Barnes (2013) [actor, screenwriter]

Writing: Play to the Whistle: Life in the #REDIRECT Sunday League (2010) Northern Lad (2012) A Casual Life (2012) The Chant Magazine (2012-2013) Flash of Fear (2013) The Boys from the South Bank (2013)
 * 1) REDIRECT Punk, Post punk and #REDIRECT New Wave- The Music Scene 1976-1986 (2011)

Alex is also the singer/songwriter for #REDIRECT Grimsby band The Hawks. They formed along with his schoolmates Josh Scott (bass) Matt Harrison (guitar) and Tom Ashford (drums) on July 17 2010. The band played the Cleethorpes Rocks festival in the same summer and then played gigs at Parkway Cinema in Cleethorpes and at various venues in #REDIRECT Lincoln, #REDIRECT Hull, #REDIRECT Derby, #REDIRECT Manchester, #REDIRECT Liverpool and #REDIRECT Durham. Their first studio album 'Tell The Story' was released on the Solid Entertainments label and the song 'Somesay' was played on local radio Compass FM in December 2011. They performed a mini tour with Generations Apart doing 1960s covers which saw their live album 'A Collection' released on the same label on 23 March 2012. Their latest effort with Generations Apart was released for the local 'Wish Upon A Star' charity in the spring of 2013 and two of the songs 'Gorgeous Girl' and 'Running From the Rat Race' received critical acclaim from The Chant magazine (a local magazine that was originally written and edited by Ramsden himself).

Discography: Albums: Tell The Story (2011) A Collection (2012) ...with Generations Apart (2013) The Irritating Tale of Bunny Barnes (soundtrack, 2013)

Singles: Somesay (2011) Gorgeous Girl (2012) Running From the Rat Race (2013) Lola (2013 Bunny Barnes (2013)

He cites his musical influences as #REDIRECT Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, #REDIRECT The Clash, #REDIRECT John Cooper Clarke and #REDIRECT Pete Wylie. His writing influences include #REDIRECT Alan Bleasdale, Nicholas Allt, #REDIRECT Kevin Sampson and #REDIRECT Phil Thornton. He stated in an interview for the Telegrpah that his favourite band are the #REDIRECT Arctic Monkeys and his favourite film is Awaydays. His favourite book is 'The Boys From the Mersey' by #REDIRECT Nicky Allt and he is a massive fan of Powder, #REDIRECT Awaydays and Freshers- all of which are written by Kevin Sampson. Ramsden also is known to love the play #REDIRECT Boys from the Blackstuff and he also claimed that he once travelled to Manchester with no money whatsoever; once saw #REDIRECT Sir Roger Moore at a gig backstage and that he told a local politician to 'get to f***'.