Arthur Read (footballer, born 1999)
{{short description|English association football player}}
{{Distinguish|text=Arthur Read, a character from PBS Kids}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Arthur Read
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Arthur James Read{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/efl-professional-retain-list--free-transfers---2017-18.pdf |title=Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Luton Town |publisher=English Football League |page=83 |accessdate=22 February 2019}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|3|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=96044 |title=Arthur Read |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |accessdate=22 February 2019}}
| birth_place = Camden, England
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|order=flip}}{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/arthur-read/458118/ |title=A. Read: Summary |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=4 May 2019}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Colchester United
| clubnumber = 16
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2016
| youthclubs1 = Luton Town
| years1 = 2016–2019
| clubs1 = Luton Town
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2019
| clubs2 = → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan)
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2019–2021
| clubs3 = Brentford
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2020–2021
| clubs4 = → Stevenage (loan)
| caps4 = 31
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2021–2023
| clubs5 = Stevenage
| caps5 = 30
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2023–
| clubs6 = Colchester United
| caps6 = 89
| goals6 = 6
| club-update = 6 March 2025 (UTC)
}}
Arthur James Read (born 3 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|ColchesU}} club Colchester United. He is a product of the Luton Town academy.
Career
=Luton Town=
A midfielder, Read began his career with Luton Town at under-9 level.{{cite news |url=https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/sport/football/luton-hand-three-year-deal-youngster-read-1177902 |title=Luton hand three year deal to youngster Read |website=Luton Today |publisher=JPIMedia Publishing |date=23 November 2016 |accessdate=23 November 2020}} He progressed through the club's academy to the under-18 team and was awarded a scholarship in February 2016.{{cite news |url=https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/sport/football/hatters-offer-scholarship-deals-eight-u16s-1272299 |title=Hatters offer scholarship deals to eight U16s |website=Luton Today |publisher=JPIMedia Publishing |date=1 February 2016 |accessdate=23 November 2020}} He made his first-team debut as a 90th-minute substitute for Jake Gray in a 3–1 home defeat to Millwall in an EFL Trophy group stage match on 8 November 2016,{{cite news |url=https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/sport/football/hatters-defeated-lions-show-their-teeth-late-1182170 |title=Hatters defeated as Lions show their teeth late on |website=Luton Today |publisher=JPIMedia Publishing |date=8 November 2016 |accessdate=23 November 2020}} and signed a three-year professional contract with the club two weeks later. Read continued to play predominantly for the club's development and under-18 teams, with whom he won the Bedfordshire Premier Cup in 2016 and the Youth Alliance Cup in 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/sport/football/hatters-retain-premier-cup-beating-brave-barton-1198627 |title=Hatters retain Premier Cup by beating brave Barton |website=Luton Today |publisher=JPIMedia Publishing |date=21 September 2016 |accessdate=23 November 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2018/may/match-report-for-luton-town-u18-vs-wigan-athletic-u18-on-02-may-18/ |title=Report: Luton Town U18s 1 Wigan Athletic U18s 0 |publisher=Luton Town F.C. |date=2 May 2018 |accessdate=12 July 2019}} During the next two seasons, he made six further EFL Trophy appearances, and was loaned out to National League South club Hemel Hempstead Town for one month,{{cite web |url=https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2019/february/arthur-read-hemel-loan/ |title=Arthur Read joins Hemel Hempstead on one month loan! |publisher=Luton Town F.C. |date=22 February 2019 |accessdate=22 February 2019}} where he made five appearances. Read rejected the offer of a new development contract in the summer of 2019 and departed Kenilworth Road having made seven appearances and scored one goal.{{cite web |url=https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2019/may/luton-town-retained-list-201920/ |title=Luton Town retained list |publisher=Luton Town F.C. |date=17 May 2019 |accessdate=13 July 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/sport/football/international-football/hatters-midfielder-signs-brentford-955241 |title=Hatters midfielder signs for Brentford |first=Mike |last=Simmonds |website=Luton Today |publisher=JPIMedia Publishing |date=12 July 2019 |accessdate=23 November 2020}}
=Brentford=
Read joined Championship club Brentford on 12 July 2019 to play in their B team, signing a one-year contract with the option of a further year, for a compensation fee.{{cite web |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2019/july/arthur-read-signs-brentford-b/ |title=B Team sign Arthur Read from Luton Town |publisher=Brentford F.C. |date=12 July 2019 |accessdate=12 July 2019}} Having made 30 appearances and scored five goals in his first season with the B team, Brentford exercised the option to extend Read's contract in July 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2020/july/three-contract-options-taken-up/ |title=Three contract options taken up |publisher=Brentford F.C. |date=6 July 2020 |accessdate=10 September 2020}} He spent the entire 2020–21 season away on loan and departed when his contract expired.{{Cite web |title=Arthur Read departs on permanent move to Stevenage |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2021/may/arthur-read-departs-on-permanent-move-to-stevenage/ |access-date=24 May 2021 |website=www.brentfordfc.com |language=en-gb}}
=Stevenage=
On 10 September 2020, Read joined League Two club Stevenage on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54102213 |title=Arthur Read: Stevenage sign Brentford midfielder on loan |website=BBC Sport |date=10 September 2020 |accessdate=10 September 2020}} He made 38 appearances, scored two goals and joined the club on a permanent contract at the end of the season.
=Colchester United=
On 3 January 2023, Read signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with League Two side Colchester United.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cu-fc.com/news/2023/january/arthur-read/ |title=U's snap up Read |publisher=Colchester United FC |date=3 January 2023 |accessdate=3 January 2022}}
Career statistics
{{updated|27 February 2025}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|FA Cup !colspan=2|EFL Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=4|Luton Town
|2016–17{{soccerbase season|96044|2016|accessdate=12 September 2017}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18{{soccerbase season|96044|2017|accessdate=5 August 2018}}
|League Two |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018–19{{soccerbase season|96044|2018|accessdate=5 May 2019}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!0||0||0||0||0||0||7||1||7||1 | ||||||||||
| Hemel Hempstead Town (loan)
|2018–19{{cite web |url=https://www.hemelfc.com/teams/3808/player/a-read-2231208/51389 |title=Squad: Arthur Read: 2018/19 season |publisher=Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. |accessdate=12 July 2019 |via=Pitchero}} |4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in Herts Charity Cup}} | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| rowspan=3|Brentford
|2019–20{{soccerbase season|96044|2019|accessdate=13 July 2019}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Championship |colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||5||0 | ||||||||||
| Stevenage (loan)
|2020–21{{soccerbase season|96044|2020|accessdate=19 January 2021}} |League Two |32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 3{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="3" |Stevenage
|2021–22{{soccerbase season|96044|2021|accessdate=24 May 2021}} |League Two |19 |1 |2 |0 |1 |0 |3 |0 |25 |1 | ||||||||||
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|96044|2022|accessdate=4 January 2023}}
|League Two |11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 1 | 20 | 1 | |
| colspan="2" |Total
!62 !3 !6 !0 !4 !0 !11 !1 !83 !4 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="3" |Colchester United
|League Two |20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2023–24{{soccerbase season|96044|2023|access-date=22 February 2024}}
|League Two |41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 46 | 5 | |
| 2024–25{{soccerbase season|96044|2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}
|League Two |27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| colspan="3" |Total
!88 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 101 | 6 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!150||9||8||0||7||0||26||2||196||11 |
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Honours
Individual
- Stevenage Player of the Month: October 2020, December 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2020/november/gcis-october-player-of-the-month-arthur-read-stevenage-football-club-sky-bet-league-two-efl-english-football-league-october-2020/ |title=Arthur Read wins GCIS October Player of the Month |first=Dan |last=Branowsky |publisher=Stevenage F.C. |date=20 November 2020 |accessdate=23 November 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Arthur Read wins GCIS Player of the Month for December|url=https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2021/january/gcis-uk-player-of-the-month-december-2020-arthur-read-sky-bet-league-two-efl-english-football-league-wednesday-13th-january-2021/|access-date=24 May 2021|website=www.stevenagefc.com|language=en-gb}}
- Colchester United Player of the Year: 2023–24{{cite news |url=https://www.cu-fc.com/news/2024/april/player-of-theyear/ |title=Read Scoops POTY Awards |website=Colchester United FC |date=30 April 2024 |access-date=30 April 2024}}
- Colchester United Players' Player of the Year: 2023–24
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase|id=96044}}
- [https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/first-team/midfielder/arthur-read/ Profile] at the Stevenage F.C. website
{{Colchester United F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{Colchester United F.C. squad}}
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Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Camden
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Luton Town F.C. players
Category:Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:Stevenage F.C. players
Category:Colchester United F.C. players
Category:National League (English football) players