Sam Muggleton
English footballer
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Samuel Alexander Muggleton (born 17 November 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Grantham Town.
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Muggleton playing for York City in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Alexander Muggleton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1995[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Melton Mowbray, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | ||
| Position | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Grantham Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leicester City | |||
| 20??–2012 | Holwell Sports | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | Holwell Sports | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Gillingham | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Barnet (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Barnet | 52 | (1) |
| 2017 | Eastleigh | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | York City | 16 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Boston United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Scarborough Athletic (loan) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Chesterfield | 18 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Darlington (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Stratford Town | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Melton Town | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Bedworth United | 16 | (0) |
| 2022 | Belper Town | 8 | (0) |
| 2022 | Quorn | 3 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Melton Town | 21 | (3) |
| 2023 | Farsley Celtic | 7 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Leicester St Andrews (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | Grantham Town | 49 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:19, 2 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Career
Early career
Muggleton was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire[1] and is the son of former footballer Carl Muggleton.[4] He played for his local team Syston before joining Leicester City.[4] He played for Leicester for several seasons at various youth levels before being released, being told he was too short.[4] After this, he joined Holwell Sports, where he played for the first team in the East Midlands Counties League.[4]
Aged 16, he signed a two-year scholarship with Gillingham in November 2012.[4][5] He made his first-team debut for Gillingham on the final day of the 2012–13 season, starting in a 3–2 away defeat to Burton Albion,[6] as they were crowned champions of League Two.[7]
Muggleton joined Conference Premier club Barnet on 27 March 2014 on loan until the end of 2013–14.[8] After making six appearances, he returned to Gillingham.[9] He was released by Gillingham at the end of 2013–14,[10] signing for Barnet permanently on 16 May 2014.[11]
Non-league
On 17 January 2017, Muggleton signed for National League club Eastleigh for an undisclosed fee.[12]
On 20 March 2017, Muggleton signed for Eastleigh's National League rivals York City on a contract until the end of 2016–17.[13] He joined York's National League North rivals Boston United on 21 October 2017 on a one-month loan.[14] He made his debut the same day, starting in Boston's 2–1 away defeat to Curzon Ashton.[15] Muggleton returned to York after the loan expired,[16] having made six appearances for Boston.[17] On 9 February 2018, he joined Northern Premier League Division One North club Scarborough Athletic on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[18] He made eight appearances[19] as York finished 2017–18 in 11th place in the table.[20] He was released at the end of the season.[21]
Muggleton signed for newly relegated National League club Chesterfield on 31 July 2018 on a one-year contract with the option of a further year.[22] He joined National League North club Darlington on 8 February 2019 on a one-month loan.[23] During his second appearance, he collided with an opponent and suffered a broken femur and three ruptured ligaments and a torn tendon in his left knee.[24] Muggleton was released by Chesterfield at the end of the season.[25]
He played on trial for Kettering Town in September 2020 as he sought to regain full fitness.[26] Later that month he signed for Southern Football League club Stratford Town.[27] The 2020–21 season was again curtailed due to Covid-19 and in the summer of 2021 he dropped down a level to sign for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands side Bedworth United, after a brief spell with Melton Town.[28] He transferred to division rivals in February 2022 when he signed for Belper Town and was a part of the side that beat Chasetown 1–0 in the play-off final to earn promotion to the Premier Division.[29]
In the 2022-23 season, Muggleton played in the United Counties League for Quorn, Melton Town and Leicester St Andrews,[30] as well as Farsley Celtic in the National League North.[31]
He joined Grantham Town for the 2023-24 season.[32]
Style of play
Muggleton plays as a left back or a left midfielder and possesses a long throw-in.[33]
Career statistics
- As of match played 11 November 2023
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Holwell Sports | 2012–13 | East Midlands Counties League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gillingham | 2012–13[6] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013–14[34] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Barnet (loan) | 2013–14[19] | Conference Premier | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Barnet | 2014–15[19] | Conference Premier | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2015–16[35] | League Two | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2016–17[36] | League Two | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 68 | 1 | ||
| Eastleigh | 2016–17[19] | National League | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| York City | 2016–17[19] | National League | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18[19][37] | National League North | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Boston United (loan) | 2017–18[17] | National League North | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Scarborough Athletic (loan) | 2017–18 | NPL Division One North | No data currently available | |||||||||
| Chesterfield | 2018–19[19] | National League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Darlington (loan) | 2018–19[19] | National League North | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Stratford Town | 2020–21[38] | SFL Premier Division Central | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Melton Town | 2021–22[39] | UCL Premier Division North | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bedworth United | 2021–22[40] | NPL Division One Midlands | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Belper Town | 2021–22[29] | NPL Division One Midlands | 8 | 0 | — | — | 2[d] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Quorn | 2022–23[30] | UCL Premier Division North | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Melton Town | 2022–23[30] | UCL Premier Division North | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[f] | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| Farsley Celtic | 2022–23[19] | National League North | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Leicester St Andrews (loan) | 2022–23[30] | UCL Division One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Grantham Town | 2023–24[41] | NPL Division One East | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| Career total | 189 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 215 | 7 | ||
- Appearance in Football League Trophy
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
- Appearances in Northern Premier League Division One Midlands play-offs
- Appearance(s) in United Counties League Cup
Honours
Barnet
