Dan Preston

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Dan Preston

Preston playing for AFC Telford United in 2011
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Sean Preston[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991
Place of birthBirmingham, England
Playing positionCentre half
Club information
Current clubAFC Telford United
Youth career
2002–2009Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2009–2011Birmingham City0(0)
2010→ Hereford United (loan)4(0)
2011→ Hereford United (loan)0(0)
2011–AFC Telford United58(1)
2013→Barrow (loan)3(0)
2013→Stourbridge (loan)?(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:53, 5 Feb 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Sean "Dan" Preston (born 26 September 1991)[2] is an English footballer who plays for AFC Telford United. A centre half, he made his debut for Birmingham City in the League Cup in September 2009, and his first appearance in the Football League while on loan to Hereford United in February 2010. After he was released by Birmingham at the end of the 2010–11 season, he joined AFC Telford United.

Personal life

Preston was brought up in the Kings Norton district of Birmingham[3] where he attended St Thomas Aquinas School. In his final year he helped the school football team to victory in the final of the 2008 Birmingham City Cup.[4] His stepbrothers James and Mitchell McPike are both footballers: James had a professional contract with Birmingham City before moving into non-League football, and, as of the 2009–10 season, Mitchell was a first-year professional with the club and had played for England at under-17 level.[5][6]

Playing career

Preston joined Birmingham City's youth academy in 2002.[3] He played in Birmingham's under-18 team which reached the semi-final of the 2008–09 FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 6–1 on aggregate to their Liverpool counterparts.[7][8]

Included in the squads for first-team pre-season friendlies,[9] Preston injured a medial knee ligament playing for a reserve XI against Tamworth.[10] Following an injury crisis, Preston, still in the second year of his academy scholarship, was given a squad number and made his first-team debut on 22 September 2009 as a second-half substitute in the League Cup third-round match at Sunderland, replacing the injured Stuart Parnaby in the 79th minute; he received a yellow card in stoppage time.[3][11]

To gain first-team experience, Preston joined League Two club Hereford United on a month's loan on 26 February 2010.[12] He went straight into the starting eleven for the following day's visit to Notts County, which ended in a 5–0 defeat as goalkeeper Chris Adamson and defender Paul Downing were sent off and Preston himself was booked.[13] After three more League Two appearances, the loan was extended for a second month.[14] Preston returned to Birmingham at the end of his second month without making any more first-team appearances for Hereford.[15]

He rejoined Hereford on a Football League youth loan – an arrangement which allows the player to train with and play non-first-team matches for his parent club when not required by the loaning club – in January 2011 until the end of the season.[16] He failed to make a first-team appearance and the loan was ended on 12 April.[17] He was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2010–11 season.[18]

Preston joined Conference National club AFC Telford United in July 2011.[19] After a successful season with the bucks he then agreed to sign a new one year deal. It was announced that on 3 May 2013 at the end of season awards Preston would extend his contract with Telford.

On the 18th October 2013 Preston joined Barrow on a 28 day loan.

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". Premier League. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Player Profiles Daniel Preston". Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 27 September 2009. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Preston Joins First Team Squad". Birmingham City F.C. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009. 
  4. ↑ "Friday letter" (PDF). St Thomas Aquinas School. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008. 
  5. ↑ Tattum, Colin (11 April 2009). "Birmingham City v Liverpool Youth Cup clash: I'm hungry for action says Mitch McPike". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 22 September 2009. 
  6. ↑ Tattum, Colin (22 September 2009). "Young Ashley Sammons' Carling Cup starting place is merited, says Blues boss". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 22 September 2009. 
  7. ↑ Walker, Andrew (16 March 2009). "Birmingham City beat Watford in FA Youth Cup to set up Liverpool tie". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 22 September 2009. 
  8. ↑ Tattum, Colin (25 April 2009). "Blues show heart in FA Youth Cup defeat". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 22 September 2009. 
  9. ↑ "Cheltenham Town 0 Birmingham City 4". Gloucestershire Echo. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009. 
  10. ↑ "Tamworth 3 Blues XI 1". Birmingham City F.C. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009. 
  11. ↑ "Sunderland 0–0 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009. 
  12. ↑ "Bulls sign Blues youngster". Sky Sports. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010. 
  13. ↑ "Notts County 0–0 Hereford". BBC Sport. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010. 
  14. ↑ "Preston Extends Hereford Loan". Birmingham City F.C. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010. 
  15. ↑ "Loan Players Return To Parent Clubs". Hereford United F.C. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010. 
  16. ↑ "Preston Returns To Hereford". Birmingham City F.C. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011. 
  17. ↑ "Preston Returns To Birmingham". Hereford United F.C. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
  18. ↑ "Doyle Pens Extension". Birmingham City F.C. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011. 
  19. ↑ "AFC Telford United sign ex-Wolves man Nathan Rooney". BBC Sport. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 

External links

A.F.C. Telford United – current squad
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