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Will Longbottom

William Radley Longbottom is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Guiseley.

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Will Longbottom
Personal information
Full name William Radley Longbottom1
Date of birth (1998-12-12) 12 December 1998
Place of birth Leeds, England2
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Guiseley
Youth career
2016 Doncaster Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Doncaster Rovers 4 (0)
2017 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 4 (1)
2019 → Halesowen Town (loan)
2019 → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) 6 (0)
2020 Waterford 10 (0)
2020–2021 Bradford (Park Avenue) 4 (1)
2021–2022 Farsley Celtic 6 (0)
2022–2024 Bradford (Park Avenue) 58 (18)
2024– Guiseley 32 (20)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:29, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

William Radley Longbottom (born 12 December 1998)3 is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Guiseley.

Career

Longbottom made his first team debut for Doncaster Rovers on 8 May 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for Richard Chaplow in a home League One match against Burton Albion at the Keepmoat Stadium.4 He scored his first goal for Doncaster in an EFL Trophy tie against Derby County Under-23s on 4 October 2016.5

On 27 January 2018 it was reported that Longbottom had been given a new contract with Rovers up to the summer of 2020.6

On 1 September 2018, Longbottom went out on a month's loan to National League North club Kidderminster Harriers.7 He made 5 appearances, scoring one goal and made one assist8 before an ankle injury forced his return.9

He was loaned out to Halesowen Town of the Northern Premier League on 9 February.9

Longbottom went out on an initial one-month loan to Gainsborough Trinity on 25 January 2019.10

He was transfer-listed by Doncaster at the end of the 2018–19 season11 though remained with the club until being released on 31 January 2020.12

On 30 May 2024, Longbottom returned to the Northern Premier League Premier Division with Guiseley.13

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 April 20252
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cupa League Cupb Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Doncaster Rovers 2015–1614 League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016–1715 League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 4c 1 7 1
2017–1816 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1c 0 1 0
2018–1917 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 2c 0 2 0
2019–2018 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1c 0 1 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 12 1
Waterford 202019 League of Ireland Premier Division 10 0 1 0 — — 11 0
Bradford (Park Avenue) 2020–2119 National League North 4 1 — — — 4 1
Farsley Celtic 2021–2219 National League North 6 0 1 0 — 0 0 7 0
Bradford (Park Avenue) 2022–2319 National League North 42 11 1 1 — 1d 0 44 12
2023–2420 NPL Premier Division 16 7 2 0 — 0 0 18 7
Total 58 18 3 1 0 0 1 0 62 19
Guiseley 2024–2521 NPL Premier Division 32 20 5 5 — 1d 0 38 25
Career total 114 39 10 6 0 0 10 1 134 46
  1. Includes FA Cup, FAI Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  4. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
References

References

  1. "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. "England - W. Longbottom - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  3. "Doncaster Rovers FC Player Profiles". www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. Sport, Tom Garry BBC. "Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. "Derby County beaten on penalties after draw with Doncaster in Checkatrade Trophy". derbytelegraph.co.uk. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. "Longbottom gets new deal". Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. "Longbottom joins Harriers". Doncaster Rovers Official Site. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. "Will Longbottom". Kidderminster Harriers Official Site. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. "Longbottom loaned to Halesowen". Doncaster Rovers Official Site. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "Where there's a Will, there's a way!". Gainsborough Trinity F.C. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  11. "Doncaster Rovers: Tommy Rowe, Andy Butler & Danny Andrew offered new deals". BBC Sport. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  12. "Three players leave Rovers". Doncaster Rovers F.C. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  13. "Welcome To Nethermoor Will!". guiseleyafc.co.uk. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  14. "Games played by Will Longbottom in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  15. "Games played by Will Longbottom in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  16. "Games played by Will Longbottom in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  17. "Games played by Will Longbottom in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  18. "Games played by Will Longbottom in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  19. "England - W. Longbottom - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  20. "Bradford (Park Avenue) – Appearances – Will Longbottom – 2023-2024". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  21. "Guiseley – Appearances – Will Longbottom – 2024-2025". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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