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Lloyd Saxton (Footballer)

Lloyd John SaxtonBold text (born 18th April 1990) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ånge IF. He has previously played Plymouth Argyle, Bradford City and Vauxhall Motors.

Youth Career

As a schoolboy Saxton first joined Liverpool FC academy at the age of just 8 years old before moving to Bolton Wanderers where he stayed until the age of 14. Immediately after his departure he joined Stoke City. In 2006 he signed scholarship terms with championship club Plymouth Argyle.

Club Career

Plymouth Argyle

Saxton joined Plymouth Argyle in 2006 on a two year scholarship. He was an ever present part of the most successful under 18 team in the clubs history which included players Joe Mason Dan Gosling Ashley Barnes and Damien McCory. Saxton successful youth team was under the guidance of former England international Mike Pejic. Winning the southwest Youth alliance unbeaten. Also reaching the quarter-final of the 2007/2008 FA Youth cup eliminating three premier league teams in the process before being knocked out by eventual winners Manchester City.

Saxton broke into the first team in 2007 and was given his debut by Ian Holloway against Turkish top tier side Genclerbirligi in a pre season tour of Austria keeping a clean sheet in his first senior appearance. After impressing on tour and in the reserve team Saxton soon signed his first professional contract with the club. Saxton became a regular on the Plymouth argyle team sheet being used as the back up goalkeeper for the clubs championships campaigns.

In January 3rd 2009 Saxton featured against Arsenal in the FA cup 3rd round tie coming off the bench at the Emirates Stadium on the 72nd minute in front of over 59000 spectators.

Saxton started 2009/2010 pre season with first team appearances against Torquay United and Morecambe. However Saxton suffered a broken wrist in the summer of 2009 which required surgery. Saxton was out of action for the remainder of the year before getting his place back on the team sheet in early 2010 featuring on the bench against Newcastle United on the 2nd of January 2010. He featured for the club until the end of the 2009/2010 campaign.

Bradford City

Saxton signed for Bradford City in 2010 by former England National team manager Peter Taylor following Saxton's departure from Plymouth Argyle. Saxton once again featured as a back up goalkeeper during Bradford's 2010/2011 football league campaign. Following the end of the 2010/2011 campaign Saxton left the club as both parties could not agree on a new contract.

Vauxhall Motors

Saxton had a short 1 month spell at the conference north side whilst his moved to a Swedish club was being finalized. Saxton made 3 league appearances for the club.

Ånge IF

Saxton signed a 1 year contract Ånge IF a Swedish Division 3 side in 2012. During the 2012 campaign the club missed out on automatic promotion by 2 points. Saxton's impressive performances during the 2012 campaign grabbed the attention of Gif Sundsvall and Gefle IF in which Saxton featured for the clubs reserve teams on a few occasions. Saxton extended his contract with the Division 3 club by a further year in 2013 with the allure of first team football.

During the 2013 pre season Saxton was allowed to feature for Gefle IF's first team friendly against Brommapojkarna IF. It was a successful season for Saxton. Ånge IF finished 1st in Division 3 gaining promotion to Division 2. Saxton was also selected for the Norrland All Star team in the summer break during the 2013 campaign. Once again Saxton was strongly linked in the Swedish press to a move to the highest Division mainly with 2013 Europe league side Gefle IF. Other Swedish clubs Saxton was linked to in the press was Gif Sundsvall and IFK Lulea during the campaign. Also Ånge IF rejected an approach from an unnamed Polish Ekstraklasa club during the 2013 season.

In December 2013 Saxton extended his contract with Ånge IF by a further year.

Career statistics

Honours


 * 2007/2008 Under 18 Youth Alliance champions (Plymouth Argyle)
 * 2013 Sweden Division 3 champions (Ånge IF)

References


 * http://www.arsenal.com/match/report/0809/post/first-team/fa-cup-arsenal-3-1-plymouth-match-report


 * http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/8228425.Saxton_backed_to_impress/


 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/8707838.stm


 * http://dagbladet.se/sport/fotboll/1.5283182-ny-provtraning-med-gefle-for-lloyd-saxton


 * http://fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/20178


 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/7395757.stm