Ben Dickenson

Brennan Dickenson
Personal information
Full name Brennan Peter Dickenson[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993[2]
Place of birth Ferndown, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Playing position Left-back
Winger
Striker
Club information
Current team
 Colchester United
Number 11
Youth career
Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Dorchester Town 22 (5)
2012–2014 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2012 → Chesterfield (loan) 11 (1)
2013 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 7 (2)
2014 → Northampton Town 13 (1)
2014–2016 Gillingham 67 (2)
2016– Colchester United 36 (12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:18, 22 April 2017 (UTC).

Brennan Peter "Ben" Dickenson (born 26 February 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back, winger or striker for League Two club Colchester United.

Dickenson's career began at Southampton before moving on to Conference South side Dorchester Town. He earned a move to Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion in 2012. He failed to break into the Brighton first team, instead heading out on loan to Chesterfield, AFC Wimbledon and Northampton Town. He was released in 2014, joining League One side Gillingham. He joined Colchester United after two seasons with the Kent club.

Career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Born in Ferndown,[2] former Southampton trainee Dickenson signed for Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion in January 2012 for an undisclosed fee from Dorchester Town. He had scored five goals in 22 Conference South games during the first half of the 2011–12 season.[4] He joined League Two side Chesterfield on a one-month loan deal on 8 November 2012.[5] He scored on his professional debut on 10 November after replacing Mark Randall 61-minutes into a 3–2 defeat by Bristol Rovers.[6] He made five starts and six substitute appearances during his time with the Spireites.[7]

AFC Wimbledon signed Dickenson on loan for one-month in February 2013.[8] He made his debut on 23 February in Wimbledon's 1–0 win at Dagenham & Redbridge,[9] before scoring in consecutive games, first against Cheltenham Town in a 2–1 defeat,[10] and then a week later in a 3–2 home win over York City.[11] In all, Dickenson made seven appearances for the Dons,[7] before agreeing a one-year contract extension with Brighton at the end of the season.[12]

Still without a first-team appearance for Brighton, Dickenson was allowed to leave on loan for League Two once again, this time for Northampton Town until the end of the 2013–14 season on 8 February 2014.[13] He made his debut the same day as Northampton fell to a 2–0 home defeat by Plymouth Argyle.[14] He scored one goal for the club, in a 2–0 win against Hartlepool United on 22 February,[15] and made 13 league appearances.[16]

In May 2014, Dickenson had a contract clause invoked extending his contract by one season.[17]

Gillingham

Gillingham paid an undisclosed fee to bring Dickenson to the League One club on a two-year contract on 30 June 2014, just weeks after extending his Brighton contract.[18] He made his debut on 9 August 2014 as a 77th-minute substitute for Jake Hessenthaler in Gillingham's 4–2 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons.[19] He scored in his second game in his first start for the club with a first-half goal against Yeovil Town in the League Cup. He was withdrawn at half-time after picking up a slight injury.[20] He made 42 appearances during the season, scoring three goals.[21]

Bradley Garmston ousted Dickenson from the left-back position which he had become accustomed to playing for Gillingham by November 2015, with manager Justin Edinburgh saying that "choosing between them is probably the most difficult decision."[22] Dickenson had made 18 appearances from August through early November, but found his opportunities limited until March 2016, when a return to first-team action eventually yielded 36 appearances in total.[23] Dickenson was released by Gillingham in May 2016.[24]

Colchester United

After being released by Gillingham, Dickenson joined League Two side Colchester United on a two-year contract.[25] He made his debut for Colchester on 9 August 2016 in their 4–0 EFL Cup defeat to his former club Brighton,[26] before scoring his first goal on his league debut four days later in Colchester's 2–0 win at home to Cambridge United.[27] His performance was recognised by the English Football League when he was named in the 'Team of the Week' for all three divisions.[28] He scored a brace in his next match on 16 August as he helped his side to a 3–2 win over Grimsby Town at the Colchester Community Stadium.[29] As a result of his performance, he was named in the EFL 'Team of the Week' for the second week in succession.[30] He was also nominated for the League Two 'Player of the Month' award after three goals and an assist in his four league appearances in August.[31]

After a goal in each of Colchester's wins against Stevenage and Cheltenham Town either side of New Year, Dickenson was named in the EFL 'Team of New Year' on 3 January 2017.[32] Having firmly established himself as a regular starter as a left wing-back in the Colchester first-team, Dickenson said that "the spell I’m having at the moment is probably the best in my career. I’ve had a few good seasons but this is probably the best."[33] Dickenson then sustained cruciate ligament damage in April 2017 which would rule him out of action for up to nine months.[34] In his first season with the club, after scoring 12 goals in 39 appearances, he was named Player of the Year alongside the Players' Player of the Year award.[35]

Dickenson revealed in July 2017 that his injury sustained in April would likely keep him out of first-team action until February 2018.[36]

Style of play

Chesterfield manager Paul Cook described Dickenson as "a very energetic, left-sided midfielder or left-sided striker who will bring a lot of balance to the team and a lot of energy going forward".[37] He played at left-back for Gillingham, keeping regular left-back Bradley Garmston out of the first-team.[25]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 April 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dorchester Town 2011–12[38] Conference South 22500–00225
Brighton & Hove Albion 2012–13[7] Championship 0000000000
2013–14[16] Championship 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Chesterfield (loan) 2012–13[7] League Two 111000000111
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2012–13[7] League Two 7200000072
Northampton Town (loan) 2013–14[16] League Two 131000000131
Gillingham 2014–15[21] League One 34110116[lower-alpha 1]1423
2015–16[23] League One 33110101[lower-alpha 1]0361
Total 672202171784
Colchester United 2016–17[39] League Two 361200102[lower-alpha 2]03912
2017–18[40] League Two 0000000000
Total 36120010203912
Career total 1582320319117225
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS AS AT 16TH MAY 2015" (PDF). The Football League. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ben Dickenson at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brighton sign Dorchester striker Ben Dickenson". BBC Sport. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Chesterfield sign Brighton winger Brennan Dickenson". BBC Sport. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Bristol Rovers 3–2 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "AFC Wimbledon sign Brighton's Brennan Dickenson on loan". BBC Sport. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Dagenham & Redbridge 0–1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Cheltenham 2–1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "AFC Wimbledon 3–2 York". BBC Sport. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Tighe, Adam (21 May 2013). "New Deals for Development Squad Players". Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "Brennan Dickenson: Northampton Town to sign Brighton winger". BBC Sport. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Northampton Town 0–2 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  15. ↑ Aloia, Andrew (22 February 2014). "Northampton Town 2–0 Hartlepool United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Contract news: Brighton release six players but offer a new deal to Matt Upson". Sky Sports. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  18. ↑ Cawdell, Luke (30 June 2014). "Brighton & Hove Albion winger Brennan Dickenson signs for Gillingham on a two-year-deal". KentOnline. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Milton Keynes Dons 4–2 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  20. ↑ Cawdell, Luke (12 August 2014). "Yeovil Town 1 Gillingham 2 – match report". KentOnline. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  22. ↑ Tucker, Craig (14 November 2015). "Gillingham's Bradley Garmston set to play at left-back ahead of Brennan Dickenson against Bury in League 1". KentOnline. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  23. 1 2 "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  24. ↑ Cawdell, Luke (10 May 2016). "Doug Loft, Jermaine McGlashan, Glenn Morris and Brennan Dickenson are to be released by Gillingham". KentOnline. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  25. 1 2 Cawdell, Luke (29 June 2016). "Brennan Dickenson signs for Colchester United following his release by Gillingham". KentOnline. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  26. ↑ "Brighton & Hove Albion 4–0 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  27. ↑ "Colchester United 2–0 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  28. ↑ Butcher, Alex (15 August 2016). "Sky Bet EFL: Team of the Week". EFL. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  29. ↑ "Colchester United 3–2 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  30. ↑ Butcher, Alex (18 August 2016). "SKY BET EFL: TEAM OF MIDWEEK". EFL. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  31. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (6 September 2016). "Colchester United head coach John McGreal and winger Brennan Dickenson in contention to scoop Sky Bet League Two monthly awards". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  32. ↑ "Sky Bet EFL: Team of New Year". EFL. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  33. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (10 April 2017). "Colchester United wing-back Brennan Dickenson says he is enjoying the best season of his career so far". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  34. ↑ Marston, Carl (1 May 2017). "Colchester United’s Brennan Dickenson set to be out of action for up to nine months". Green'Un. Ipswich. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  35. 1 2 Waldron, Jonathan (2 May 2017). "Colchester United wide man Brennan Dickenson named Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  36. ↑ Marston, Carl (18 July 2017). "Brennan Dickenson reveals he will be out of action until the end of February". Green'Un. Ipswich. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  37. ↑ "Spireites Snap Up Brighton Winger". Chesterfield FC. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  38. ↑ "B. Dickenson". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  39. ↑ "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  40. ↑ "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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