Ed Upson
{{short description|English association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ed Upson
| image = Ed Upson at Millwall 2014-05-04 12-54.jpg
| image_size = 150
| caption = Upson in 2014
| fullname = Edward James Upson{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Bristol Rovers |publisher=English Football League |page=11 |access-date=18 October 2019}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|11|21|df=y}}[http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10272~40683,00.html Ed Upson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412131139/http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10272~40683%2C00.html |date=12 April 2008 }} at Ipswich Town retrieved 23 April 2008
| birth_place = Bury St Edmunds, England
| height = {{convert|1.82|m|order=flip}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/teams/first-team/defender/ed-upson/ |title=Ed Upson player profile |publisher=Bristol Rovers F.C. |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=30 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530022241/https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/teams/first-team/defender/ed-upson/ |url-status=dead }}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Bury Town
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Ipswich Town
| years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = Ipswich Town | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2008 | clubs2 = → Stevenage Borough (loan) | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2010 | clubs3 = → Barnet (loan) | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2010–2014 | clubs4 = Yeovil Town | caps4 = 129 | goals4 = 9
| years5 = 2014–2016 | clubs5 = Millwall | caps5 = 68 | goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2016–2018 | clubs6 = Milton Keynes Dons | caps6 = 79 | goals6 = 6
| years7 = 2018–2021 | clubs7 = Bristol Rovers | caps7 = 94 | goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2021–2022 | clubs8 = Newport County | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2022 | clubs9 = Stevenage | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 0
| years10= 2022–2023 | clubs10= Stowmarket Town | caps10= 33 | goals10= 7
| years11= 2023– | clubs11= Bury Town | caps11= 67 | goals11= 6
| nationalyears1=2005–2006 | nationalteam1=England U17 | nationalcaps1=2 | nationalgoals1=0
| nationalyears2=2007–2008 | nationalteam2=England U19 | nationalcaps2=2 | nationalgoals2=0
| club-update = 21:00, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Edward James Upson (born 21 November 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|BuryTown}} club Bury Town.
Upson has previously been capped for England at under-17 and under-19 level.
Club career
=Ipswich Town=
He scored the winning goal for Ipswich Town against Southampton in the FA Youth Cup final in 2005 when he was 15, and signed a professional contract at the age of 17. In 2008, he was loaned to Stevenage Borough, where he made one substitute appearance on 2 September against Kettering Town. He made his Ipswich debut as a substitute in a Football League Cup match at Shrewsbury Town on 11 August 2009. The match went to penalties after a 3–3 draw and Upson scored one of the penalties to help Ipswich through to the next round.{{cite web|url=https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/15076/shrewsbury-3-3-town-aet-(2-4-on-pens) |title=Shrewsbury 3-3 Town AET (2-4 on Pens) |date=11 August 2009 |website=twtd.co.uk |access-date=14 November 2019}} After being scouted on many occasions by Barnet manager Ian Hendon, Upson joined the Bees on loan from 12 March 2010 for one month,{{cite web|url=http://www.barnetfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10431~1991626,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427110622/http://www.barnetfc.com/page/LatestNews/0%2C%2C10431~1991626%2C00.html |archive-date=27 April 2010 |title=Tractor Boy Joins Bees on Loan |url-status=dead }} and made his debut coming on as a second half sub for Albert Jarrett in the 1–1 home draw with Burton Albion. Upson was released by Ipswich at the end of the 2009–10 season.[http://www.itfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~2039445,00.html Roy On Letting Players Go] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503084838/http://www.itfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10272~2039445%2C00.html |date=3 May 2010 }} at Ipswich Town retrieved 8 May 2010
=Yeovil Town=
He joined Yeovil Town on a two-year contract at the start of the 2010–11 season.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/8784496.stm|title=Yeovil Town sign ex-Ipswich midfielder Ed Upson|date=2 July 2010|work=BBC Sport|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=3 July 2010}} He scored his first goal for Yeovil in the FA Cup match with Hartlepool United in 2010. On 13 August 2011, he scored his first league goal from outside the area in a 3–1 win over Oldham Athletic, and went one better with a strike from 30 yards to seal a 1–0 win against Wycombe Wanderers on 13 September 2011, this goal was later nominated for Mitre Goal of the Year. He also scored twice in the FA Cup, with goals in the 3–0 win over Hereford United, and the 2–2 draw with Fleetwood Town.
On 6 May 2013, Upson scored an 85th-minute goal in the 2013 Football League play-offs, to help Yeovil beat Sheffield United 2–1 on aggregate, to taking Yeovil to Wembley for the playoff final.{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22334387 | title = Yeovil 2–0 Sheffield United | publisher = BBC Sport | access-date = 6 May 2013 | date = 6 May 2013}} A play-off final which they won 2–1 earning promotion to the Football League Championship for the first time in the club's history.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22499110 |title=Brentford 1–2 Yeovil |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 May 2013 |access-date=20 May 2013 }}
On 3 August 2013, Upson scored the winning goal as Yeovil won their first ever game in the Championship, to secure a 1–0 victory at Millwall.
=Millwall=
On 31 January 2014, Upson signed for Championship club, Millwall, for an undisclosed fee signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25992284 |title=Transfer Deadline Day: Ed Upson joins Millwall from Yeovil Town |publisher=BBC Sport |date=31 January 2014 |access-date=31 January 2014 }}
=Milton Keynes Dons=
On 3 June 2016, Milton Keynes Dons announced that Upson had signed a two-year deal with the club and would join the squad on 1 July 2016 following his release from fellow League One club Millwall.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mkdons.com/news/article/1213-easter-opening-hours-738242.aspx |title=Dons begin summer business |publisher=Milton Keynes Dons Official Site |date=3 June 2016 |access-date=27 November 2016}}
On 16 August 2016, Upson scored his first goal for the club, scoring in the 94th minute in a 1–2 home defeat to Bradford City.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mkdons.com/news/article/2016-17/report-dons-0-2-bradford-city-3253001.aspx |title=Report: Dons 1-2 Bradford City |publisher=Milton Keynes Dons Official Site |date=16 August 2016 |access-date=27 November 2016}} On 26 November 2016, Upson scored twice in a 1–2 away win over Coventry City.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mkdons.com/news/article/2016-17/report-coventry-city-1-2-mk-dons-3437768.aspx |title=Report: Coventry City 1-2 MK Dons |publisher=Milton Keynes Dons Official Site |date=26 November 2016 |access-date=27 November 2016}}
=Bristol Rovers=
On 22 May 2018, it was announced that Upson would leave recently relegated MK Dons and join Bristol Rovers effective from 1 July 2018 upon his contract ending at Milton Keynes.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44213376|title=Ed Upson:Bristol Rovers sign ex-MK Dons and Yeovil midfielder on free transfer|publisher=BBC Sport|date=22 May 2018|access-date=22 May 2018}} Upson made his debut for the club on the opening day of the season in a 2-1 defeat at Peterborough United{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44989240|title=Peterborough United 2-1 Bristol Rovers|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 August 2018|access-date=5 October 2020}} and scored his first goal for the club on 28 August 2018, a consolation goal in the 87 minute of a 3-1 EFL Cup defeat to Queens Park Rangers.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45254461|title=Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Bristol Rovers|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 August 2018|access-date=5 October 2020}} Upson went on to score one more goal in the 2018–19 season, bundling in a corner in a 2-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45871930|title=Bristol Rovers 2-0 AFC Wimbledon|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 October 2018|access-date=5 October 2020}} Upson's time at the club came to an end at the end of the 2020–21 season, a season that saw Rovers relegated to League Two bottom of the league.{{cite web|url=https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2021/may/retained-list-announced-21-22/|title=Retained List for 2021/22 Season Announced|website=www.bristolrovers.co.uk|date=13 May 2021|access-date=14 May 2021|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513163008/https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2021/may/retained-list-announced-21-22/|url-status=dead}}
=Newport County=
On 20 June 2021, it was announced that Upson had agreed a deal to join Newport County on a one-year deal, officially joining the club on 1 July 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.newport-county.co.uk/news/2021/june/ed-upson-joins-exiles/|title=Ed Upson joins Exiles on one-year deal|website=www.newport-county.co.uk|date=20 June 2021}} He made his debut for Newport on 7 August 2021 in the starting line-up for the 1-0 League Two win against Oldham Athletic.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58036216 Newport debut]
=Stevenage=
On 4 January 2022, Upson joined former loan club Stevenage on a deal until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2022/january/ed-upson-signs-newport-county-stevenage-fc-football-club-sky-bet-league-two-efl-english-football-league-tuesday-4-january-2022/|title=Ed Upson signs for Stevenage|website=www.stevenagefc.com|date=4 January 2022}}
=Non-League=
On 23 June 2022, Upson joined Stowmarket Town. Upson previously played for Stowmarket as a youngster.
On his 1st game of the season Upson scored a hatrick for the Gold and Blacks.
{{cite web|url=https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/stowmarket/sport/football-league-midfielder-joins-stowmarket-9260467/|title=Ed Upson signs for Stowmarket Town|website=www.stowmarkettownfc.co.uk|date=23 June 2022}} It was revealed in June 2023 that he had been released from the final year of his contract following an agreement being reached.{{cite web|url=https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/stowmarket/sport/former-ipswich-town-trio-among-latest-to-leave-stowmarket-9315735/|title=Former Ipswich Town professionals Ed Upson, Chris Casement and Tommy Smith leave Stowmarket Town with Leiston and Needham Market among next destinations|publisher=Suffolk News|last1=Claydon|first1=Russell|date=6 June 2023|accessdate=20 June 2023}}
On 20 June 2023, Upson signed for his hometown club Bury Town on a two-year deal{{cite web|url=https://www.burytownfc.co.uk/news/ed-upson-joins-bury-town-on-a-twoyear-deal-2786478.html|title=Ed Upson joins Bury Town|website=www.burytownfc.co.uk|date=20 June 2023|accessdate=20 June 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/bury-town/appearances/ed-upson/935365 | title=Bury Town | Appearances | ed Upson | Football Web Pages }} On 3 May 2025, he scored a 94th minute winner as Bury Town defeated Brightlingsea Regent 1–0 to win the Isthmian League North play-off final. {{cite web|url=https://www.isthmian.co.uk/articles/last-gasp-bury-take-the-prize|title=Last-gasp Bury take the prize|website=www.isthmian.co.uk|date=3 May 2025|accessdate=3 May 2025}}
International career
Upson came on as a substitute for the England national under-19 team against Belarus in September 2007.[http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10272~1110859,00.html Ed Capped] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229041355/http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10272~1110859%2C00.html |date=29 February 2008 }} at Ipswich Town retrieved 23 April 2008
Career statistics
{{updated|end of 2024–25 season}}{{cite web
| url = http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=46680
| title = Ed Upson
| publisher = Soccerbase
| access-date = 30 June 2019 }}
{{notelist}}
Honours
Ipswich Town
- FA Youth Cup: 2004–05{{Cite web | url = https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/8089/town-win-youth-cup! | publisher = TWTD | access-date = 25 March 2020 | date = 23 April 2005 | title = Town Win Youth Cup! }}
Yeovil Town
Bury Town
- Isthmian League North Division play-offs: 2024–25
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
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Category:Footballers from Bury St Edmunds
Category:English men's footballers
Category:England men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Isthmian League players
Category:Ipswich Town F.C. players
Category:Stevenage F.C. players
Category:Yeovil Town F.C. players
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players
Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Category:Newport County A.F.C. players
Category:Stowmarket Town F.C. players