Ashley Boatswain
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ashley Frank Boatswain[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Colchester, England | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Ipswich Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Bury Town (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Leiston (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2025 | → AFC Fylde (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | → Woking (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2025-2026 | → Gateshead | 9 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Montserrat | 6 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:21, 18 January 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:51, 20 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Ashley Frank Boatswain (born 19 April 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ipswich Town. Born in England, he plays for the Montserrat national team.
Boatswain was born in Colchester. He played in the academy at Ipswich Town at under-18 and under-21 level, playing senior football for the first time when he was loaned out to Isthmian League club Bury Town in December 2022.[2] In February 2024, he was loaned to Southern Football League club Leiston.[3] In January 2025, he joined AFC Fylde on loan until the end of the season.[4]
On 9 October 2025, Boatswain returned to the National League to join Woking on loan until January 2026.[5] Although his loan had been extended in January to run until the end of the season, it was brought to an early end on 6 February 2026.[6] He returned to Ipswich Town having featured 19 times and found the net on five occasions. Ashley signed for Gateshead on an 18 month deal on Feb 25th 2026 till 26/27 season
International career
Boatswain was called up by Montserrat in September 2024, making his debut against El Salvador on 5 September. On 14 November 2024, he scored his first international goal against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[7]
