Luke Foster

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Luke Foster
Personal information
Full name Luke James Foster
Date of birth 8 September 1985 (1985-09-08) (age 22)
Place of birth    Mexborough, England
Height 6'2
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Oxford United
Number 16
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004–2005
2004–2005
2005
2005–2007
2006
2007
2007–		 Sheffield Wednesday
→ Scarborough (loan)
→ Alfreton Town (loan)
Lincoln City
→ York City (loan)
Stalybridge Celtic
Oxford United		 00 (0)
07 (0)
18 (3)
16 (1)
05 (0)
06 (2)
40 (1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Luke James Foster (born 8 September 1985 in Mexborough, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Oxford United.

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[edit] Career

Foster began his career as a trainee with Sheffield Wednesday. He joined Scarborough on work experience in September 2004.[1] He also had a loan spell at Alfreton Town. Whilst at Alfreton, Foster formed an impressive defensive partnership with former Lincoln City stalwart Grant Brown who alerted Lincoln to his potential whom he joined following his release from Sheffield Wednesday in the summer of 2005.

In his initial season at Lincoln, Foster was often used as a tough tackling holding midfield player but rarely strung a series of appearances together despite a number of impressive performances. He did, however, do enough to earn a new contract for the 2006-07 season.[2] He failed to make an impression at Sincil Bank in his second season and joined York City on a 1 month loan period on October 5, 2006.[3] This loan deal was extended for another month,[4] but was curtailed due to injury.

In January 2007, Foster was told by Lincoln that he was free to find another club and on January 12 2007, he mutually agreed to cancel his contract with Lincoln, enabling him to join Stalybridge Celtic.[5]

Foster joined Oxford United from Stalybridge on 16 February 2007.[6] He signed a new 12-month deal with Oxford on 27 June 2007.[7] He was told by Oxford manager Jim Smith to improve his lifestyle to get back into the Oxford team.[8] He was given a one match suspension following his sending off against Northwich Victoria in March 2008.[9] He finished the 2007–08 season with Oxford's Supporters Player of the Year and Players Player of the Year awards.[10]

[edit] Awards

Year Team Award Result
2008 Oxford United Players Player of the Year Won[10]
2008 Oxford United Supporters Player of the Year Won[11]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Scarborough sign up Foster", BBC Sport, 2004-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. 
  2. ^ "Foster signs new deal at Lincoln", BBC Sport, 2006-05-11. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. 
  3. ^ "York complete Foster loan swoop", BBC Sport, 2006-10-05. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. 
  4. ^ "York extend Foster's loan spell", BBC Sport, 2006-11-03. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. 
  5. ^ "Centre-back Foster leaves Lincoln", BBC Sport, 2007-01-12. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. 
  6. ^ "Defender Foster makes Oxford move", BBC Sport, 2007-02-16. Retrieved on 2007-02-16. 
  7. ^ "Foster extends stay with Oxford", BBC Sport, 2007-06-27. Retrieved on 2007-06-27. 
  8. ^ "Foster gets a warning", Oxford Mail, 2007-09-12. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  9. ^ "Oxford frustrated by Foster ban", BBC Sport, 2008-04-01. Retrieved on 2008-04-01. 
  10. ^ a b "Luke scoops two awards", Oxford Mail, 2008-04-23. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. 
  11. ^ "Fozzy: One of the highlights of my career", Oxford United, 2008-04-23. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. 

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