Luke Holden

Luke Holden
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-11-24) 24 November 1988
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Liverpool
Everton
–2007 Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 The New Saints 27 (6)
2008 Cammell Laird ? (?)
2008–2009 Bradford Park Avenue ? (?)
2009–2010 Rhyl 11 (4)
2009–2010 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
2010 → Wrexham (loan) 15 (1)
2010–2011 Droylsden 38 (6)
2011–2012 Chester 3 (2)
2012 The New Saints 1 (0)
2012 Formby 3 (1)
2012 Gainsborough Trinity 5 (0)
2012 Formby 4 (2)
2012 Warrington Town 5 (1)
2012–2013 Colwyn Bay [1] 6 (1)
2013–2014 Formby [2] 23 (7)
2014 Connah's Quay Nomads 16 (4)
2015–2016 Marine 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:17, 8 October 2015 (UTC).

Luke Holden (born 24 November 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Career

Holden started out with Liverpool youth, aged 6 but was released by the club at the age of 12.[3] He joined Everton's youth teams for eighteen months[4] before moving to Tranmere Rovers as a trainee. Whilst at Tranmere he scored both the late goals that put Bury out of the FA Youth Cup in 2006.[4] After being released in 2007, Holden signed for Welsh Premier League side The New Saints for the 2007–08 season,[5] making 22 league starts scoring six goals as the team finished in second place.

He left The New Saints at the end of the season, following manager Ken McKenna to Northern Premier League Premier Division side Cammell Laird.[6] A short spell at Bradford Park Avenue[7] came before joining Rhyl in January 2009.[8] He had an unfortunate time with injuries but still scored four goals in nine league starts and later played in both legs of Rhyl's Champions League qualifying matches against FK Partizan in July 2009.[9][10]

A move to Football League Championship side Coventry City broke down after Holden was unable to agree personal terms and,[11] on 1 September 2009, Holden instead signed for League One team Charlton Athletic on a three-month loan deal.[12] He made just one appearance for Charlton, during a 2–1 defeat to Southampton in the Football League Trophy,[13] before returning to Rhyl in January 2010.[14]

Having been recommended to the club by former player Neil Roberts,[15] Holden joined Conference National side Wrexham on trial before signing on a 93-day emergency loan deal with the club on 1 February 2010,[16] making his debut the following day in a 2–1 victory over Mansfield Town.[17] However, at the end of the season, Holden was not offered a permanent deal with the club. In July 2010, Holden joined Conference North side Droylsden.,[18] and stayed until transferring to Chester in November 2011 where he earned Man of the Match on his first start.[19]

In January 2012 he rejoined one of his former teams, The New Saints, on non-contract terms.[20] He made one Welsh Premier League appearance for the club against Neath, before a few days later being released by the club.[21]

His next move was to Formby[22] where he played just two games before moving in late March to Gainsborough Trinity.[4] Holden was not amongst those players retained at the end of the 2011–12 season and thus left the club.[23]

After trials for Rochdale in the summer of 2012 he rejoined Formby early in the 2012/13 season.[24] He then joined Warrington Town in September, making his debut on 29 September against Clitheroe.[25] Within the first month at the club, he was sent-off twice in three games.[26] His only goal for the club came on 20 October when he scored a penalty in a 7–2 victory over Goole.[27]

In November he joined Colwyn Bay,[28] but in January 2014 moved to Welsh Premier League team Connah's Quay Nomads

References

  1. ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/players/luke-holden/72374/
  2. ↑ http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/formby/s/the-team-82997.html?player_id=858869
  3. ↑ "Luke Holden chats with us!". Rhyl F.C. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Trinity Add Holden to Squad". Football Conference. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "TNS look to defend league title". BBC Sport. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  6. ↑ Bassett, David (21 June 2008). "Cammell Laird: McKenna swoops for Holden and Houghton". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Winger joins Avenue". NonLeagueDaily.com. 1 November 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Rhyl swoop for ex-TNS wingman Holden". welsh-premier.com. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "Rhyl 0–4 Partizan Belgrade". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "Partizan Belgrade 8–0 Rhyl". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  11. ↑ "Holden not being sent to Coventry". welsh-premier.com. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  12. ↑ "Charlton sign Holden". Non-League Daily. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  13. ↑ "Southampton 2–1 Charlton". BBC Sport. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  14. ↑ "No Addicks' deal for Holden". welsh-premier.com. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  15. ↑ "Luke Holden in hurry to repay Dean Saunders' faith". Liverpool Daily Post. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  16. ↑ "Luke Holden deal completed". Wrexham F.C. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  17. ↑ "Wrexham 2–1 Mansfield". BBC Sport. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  18. ↑ "Three New Bloods". NonLeagueDaily.com. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  19. ↑ "Chester FC: Luke Holden going right way to winning Blues deal". Chester Chronicle. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  20. ↑ Doman, Robert (10 January 2012). "Liverpool trainee Holden nothing back at TNS". Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  21. ↑ "Holden released by the Saints". Welsh Premier League. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  22. ↑ "Formby 3–0 Nelson". Formby Times. 28 February 2012.
  23. ↑ "Gainsborough Release Retained List". Blue Square Bet North. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  24. ↑ "Notable changes for Formby. The injured Mark Kirby is replaced by Luke Holden, @LukeyHolden , who returned to club this week.". Formby FC – Twitter. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  25. ↑ "Clitheroe 2 – 0 Warrington Town". Warrington Town FC. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  26. ↑ "Warrington Town 1–3 Lancaster City". Warrington Town FC. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  27. ↑ "Warrington Town 7–2 Goole". Warrington Town FC. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  28. ↑ "Winger joins Bay". Colwyn Bay FC. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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