Sam Stockley
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| Sam Stockley | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Joshua Stockley | |
| Date of birth | September 5, 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Tiverton, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Port Vale | |
| Number | 2 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1994–1996 | Southampton | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996–2001 2001–2002 2002 2002–2006 2006 2006–2008 2008– |
Barnet Oxford United → Colchester United (loan) Colchester United → Blackpool (loan) Wycombe Wanderers Port Vale |
182 (2) 41 (0) 10 (1) 130 (2) 7 (0) 56 (1) 22 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Samuel Joshua "Sam" Stockley (born September 5, 1977 in Tiverton, Devon) is an English football defender, currently playing for Port Vale in League Two.
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[edit] Playing career
Stockley began his career as a trainee at Southampton but was unable to break into the first team. He moved to Barnet during the 1996–97 season and went on to make over 200 appearances for the club before moving to Oxford United for a fee of £150,000 in July 2001.[1] Unable to settle at Oxford, he was loaned out to Colchester United at the start of the 2002-03 season,[2] before moving permanently on a free transfer in October 2002.[3] He made over 150 appearances for the club, including 58 of their 60 matches in the 2003-04 season,[4] before moving on loan to Blackpool late in the 2005–06 season.
After his release from Colchester,[5] Stockley moved to Wycombe Wanderers in July 2006.[6] He spent the 2006-07 season as the club's regular right back, but he also filled in as centre back and sweeper during tactical changes. He lost his place at right back to Russell Martin in the 2007–08 season but he was used as a left back on many occasions. In February 2008 he had a trial with American club Dallas.[7]
Stockley left Wycombe and signed for Port Vale in May 2008,[8] signing a two year deal. He was made Port Vale captain in July of that year,[9] however less than 2 months later he was stripped of the captaincy in favour of Marc Richards. By mid-season Stockley found himself regularly on the Vale bench but said; "I think that Port Vale haven't seen the best of me yet, but I believe they will because I'm really happy here".[10]
He managed to battle his way back into the first team and win back his captaincy during the latter part of the 2008-09 season.[11] He admitted that at times in the season he had considered retirement but after winning back his first team spot he was enjoying his football.[12] After completing his coaching badges he hopes to go into management.[13]
[edit] Statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1996-97 | Barnet | Third Division | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | Barnet | Third Division | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | Barnet | Third Division | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 1999-00 | Barnet | Third Division | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | Barnet | Third Division | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| 2001-02 | Oxford United | Third Division | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | Colchester United | Second Division | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 2003-04 | Colchester United | Second Division | 44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | Colchester United | League One | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| 2005-06 | Colchester United | League One | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | Blackpool | League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | Wycombe Wanderers | League Two | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| 2007-08 | Wycombe Wanderers | League Two | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | Port Vale | League Two | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Total | England | 448 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 493 | 6 | |
| Career Total | 448 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 493 | 6 | ||
[edit] Honours
- with Colchester United
- Football League One runner-up: 2005-06
- with Blackpool
- Football League One play-off winner: 2007
[edit] References
- ^ "Oxford sign Barnet defender". BBC Sport. 11 July, 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/1424686.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Stockley to stay with U's". BBC Sport. 26 September, 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/2283540.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Stockley signs for U's". BBC Sport. 31 October, 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/2382123.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Colchester pair pen deals". BBC Sport. 12 May, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/3706395.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Parkinson allows quartet to leave". BBC Sport. 10 May 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/4759031.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Stockley completes Wycombe switch". BBC Sport. 17 July 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/5188498.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Stockley in MLS trial with Dallas". BBC Sport. 6 February 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/7231164.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "I'm here for promotion - Stockley". BBC Sport. 8 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7493370.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Stockley named new Vale captain". BBC Sport. 28 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7528891.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ "More to come from me - Stockley". BBC. 12 November 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7725017.stm. Retrieved on 2008-11-12.
- ^ "Stockley aims to take Vale chance". BBC Sport. 12 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7938137.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-06.
- ^ Shaw, Steve (April 07, 2009). "Port Vale: Stockley back on track after difficult time on sidelines". The Sentinel. http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/portvale/Port-Vale-Stockley-track-difficult-time-sidelines/article-881925-detail/article.html. Retrieved on 2009-04-07.
- ^ "Stockley plans managerial career". BBC Sport. 16 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8000045.stm. Retrieved on 2009-04-16.
[edit] External links
- Sam Stockley career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at the Official Port Vale site
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