Levi Reid

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Levi Reid

| image =

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| fullname = Levi Stanley Junior Reid{{Hugman|16520|accessdate=9 March 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stafford, England

| death_date =

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}{{cite web |title=FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2004/05 |url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flone/portv.htm |website=footballsquads.co.uk |accessdate=24 June 2019}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2002–2003| youthclubs1 = Port Vale

| years1 = 2003–2005| clubs1 = Port Vale| caps1 = 42| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2005–2007| clubs2 = Stafford Rangers| caps2 = 36|goals2=1

| years3 = 2007–2008| clubs3 = Macclesfield Town| caps3=30|goals3=2

| years4 = 2008–2009| clubs4 = Oxford United| caps4 = 10| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2009–2011| clubs5 = Stafford Rangers| caps5 = | goals5=

| years6 = 2011–2012| clubs6 = Telford United| caps6 = 1| goals6=0

| years7 = 2011–2012| clubs7 = → Chasetown (loan)| caps7 = 5| goals7=0

| years8 = 2012| clubs8 = Gainsborough Trinity| caps8 = 27| goals8=4

| years9 = 2012–201?| clubs9 = Stafford Rangers| caps9 = | goals9=

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Levi Stanley Junior Reid (born 19 December 1983) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder.

He played for Port Vale between 2003 and 2005 before dropping into non-League football with Stafford Rangers. He signed with Macclesfield Town, but moved on to Oxford United the following year. In 2009, he returned to Rangers for another two years. He signed with Telford United in March 2011 before joining Gainsborough Trinity in January 2012 following a loan spell at Chasetown. He returned to Stafford Rangers in October 2012 and helped the club to win the Northern Premier League Division One South in 2015–16. His brother, Izak Reid, is a professional footballer – the pair played together at Macclesfield.

Career

=Port Vale=

Reid started his career at Port Vale, rising from the youth ranks to make his first-team debut on the last day of the 2002–03 season, a 2–0 defeat at Bristol City. He came on as a 65th-minute substitute, replacing the veteran John Durnin. He made his full debut on 8 November 2003, in an embarrassing 2–2 draw with non-League Ford United at Vale Park, during an FA Cup first round encounter. Reid made 14 appearances in the 2003–04 season. A regular in the first-team throughout the 2004–05 season, he scored his first senior goal in an FA Cup tie with Kidderminster Harriers on 12 November. He was released in May 2005 by manager Martin Foyle,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/4530931.stm|title=Vale boss Foyle releases quintet |date=9 May 2005|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=7 July 2009}} having made 49 appearances for the "Valiants" in all competitions. At his trial for affray later the year, his defence team stated that he had been released from his contract due to his part in a nightclub brawl.{{cite news|title=Soccer player in brawl escapes jail|url=http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Soccer-player-inbrbrawl-escapes-jail.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918234354/http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Soccer-player-inbrbrawl-escapes-jail.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2012|accessdate=22 April 2012|newspaper=Staffordshire Newsletter|date=15 December 2005}}

=Non-League=

Joining Stafford Rangers, his strike in the Conference North play-off final penalty shoot-out booked Rangers a place in the Conference National for the 2006–07 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2006/05/07/stafford_rangers_promotion_feature.shtml|title=Rangers return to Conference|date=8 May 2006|publisher=BBC Stoke & Staffordshire|accessdate=7 July 2009}} Rangers struggled to adapt to their new division in 2006–07, though Reid was a regular in the latter half of the season. Reid made his return to the English Football League in 2007–08, joining Macclesfield Town on trial, who were managed by his former teammate Ian Brightwell.{{cite web|url=http://www.4thegame.com/club/macclesfield-town-fc/news/206466/reid_wins_silkmen_chance.html|title=Reid wins Silkmen chance|date=2 August 2007|work=4thegame.com|accessdate=7 July 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014173548/http://www.4thegame.com/club/macclesfield-town-fc/news/206466/reid_wins_silkmen_chance.html|archivedate=14 October 2007}} He impressed at the season's start and was offered a four-month deal.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/6959176.stm|title=Reid earns new Macclesfield deal |date=22 August 2007|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=7 July 2009}} Enjoying regular football for the League Two club, he signed an end-of-season deal in December.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/7166351.stm|title=Macclesfield give five new deals |date=31 December 2007|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=7 July 2009}} In August 2008 he joined Oxford United on trial, alongside former Macclesfield teammate Michael Husbands.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7545504.stm|title=Oxford snap up Husbands and Reid |date=6 August 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=7 July 2009}} Reid was given a six-month contract with Oxford,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7592371.stm|title=Oxford secure Osborne loan deal |date=1 September 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=7 July 2009}} but left late in September 2008 to help care for his sick baby back in Stafford.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7644898.stm|title=Reid and Osborne both depart U's |date=30 September 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=7 July 2009}}

In August 2009 he re-signed with Stafford Rangers. At the end of the 2009–10 campaign he left the club to search for full-time football,{{cite news|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/07/01/levi-reid-not-training-with-rangers/|title=Levi Reid not training with Rangers|date=1 July 2010|work=Express and Star|accessdate=29 June 2011}} but returned to Rangers after his search was unsuccessful. Rangers were relegated out of the Conference North at the end of the 2010–11 season. Reid won a short-term deal at Telford United in March.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/9443185.stm|title=Levi Reid hopes for long AFC Telford stay |date=1 April 2011|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=29 June 2011}} Telford won the Conference North play-offs to seal a place in the Conference National, and though Reid failed to make a first-team appearance he was still invited back to the club in the summer to try to prove himself worthy of a new deal.{{cite news|url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/afc-telford-united/2011/06/20/levi-reid-keen-to-make-up-for-lost-time-at-afc-telford/|title=Levi Reid keen to make up for lost time at AFC Telford|date=20 June 2011|work=Shropshire Star|accessdate=29 June 2011}} In September 2011, he was loaned out to Chasetown of the Northern Premier League Premier Division.{{cite web|last=Goddard|first=Dave|title=New Signing|url=http://www.chasetown-fc.com/index.php/component/content/article/11-club/884-new-signing-|work=chasetownfc|accessdate=20 November 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He made 11 appearances for the "Scholars", scoring one goal.

On 3 January 2012, he joined Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity.{{cite web | url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/reid-moves-to-trinity-9544/ | title=Reid Moves to Trinity | publisher=Pitchero Non-League | date=3 January 2012 | accessdate=3 January 2012}}{{cite web | url=http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=6190 | title=Reid Joins Trinity | publisher=Football Conference | accessdate=3 January 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501234301/http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=6190 | archivedate=1 May 2012 }} Steve Housham's side qualified for the play-offs with a fourth-place finish in 2011–12, but lost 1–0 to Nuneaton Town in the final. Reid was not amongst those players retained at the end of the season and thus departed The Northolme.{{cite web|title=Retained List|url=http://www.gainsboroughtrinity.com/latest-gainsborough-trinity-news/retained-list.html|work=gainsboroughtrinity.com|accessdate=28 May 2012}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He joined up with Stafford Rangers, now of the Northern Premier League, for a third time in October 2012.{{cite news|title=Rangers boss Clowes brings back wing men|url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Football-Rangers-boss-Clowes-brings-wing-men/story-17089524-detail/story.html|accessdate=16 October 2012|newspaper=The Sentinel|date=16 October 2012}} The club finished 15th in 2012–13, before being relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season. Rangers ended the 2014–15 season outside the Division One South play-offs on goal difference. They won promotion as champions in the 2015–16 season, and Reid was voted Players' Player of the Year and Directors' Player of the Year.{{cite news|title=Pictures: Stafford Rangers' awards night|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/non-league/2016/04/25/pictures-stafford-rangers-awards-night/|accessdate=23 May 2016|work=Express & Star|date=25 April 2016}} He made his 250th appearance for the club in January 2017.{{cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Alistair|title=Levi Reid 'proud' to make 250th appearance for Stafford Rangers – plus tributes from staff and fans|url=http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/levi-reid-proud-to-make-250th-appearance-for-stafford-rangers-plus-tributes-from-staff-and-fans/story-30065746-detail/story.html|accessdate=14 May 2017|work=Staff Newsletter|date=17 January 2017|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Rangers finished 13th in the Northern Premier League Premier Division in 2016–17 and then 14th in 2017–18.

Personal life

His younger brother, Izak Reid, is a professional footballer – the pair played together at Macclesfield Town.{{cite news|last1=Neville|first1=Phil|title=Reid my mind|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/reid-my-mind-945146|accessdate=1 January 2016|work=Manchester Evening News|date=12 January 2013}}

Career statistics

Source:{{ENFA}}{{soccerbase|34345|Levi Reid}}{{Soccerway|levi-reid/55539}}{{cite web |title=Levi Reid – Chasetown FC 1st team |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/chasetown/teams/20991/player/l-reid-972301/19651 |website=pitchero.com |accessdate=12 October 2019}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|FA Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|Port Vale	2002–03	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2003–04	Second Division	11	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
2004–05	League One	30	0	2	1	2	0	34	1
colspan="2"\|Total !42	0	5	1	2	0	49	1
Stafford Rangers	2007–08	Conference National	13	1	0	0	0	0	13	1
Macclesfield Town	2007–08	League Two	31	2	1	0	3	0	35	2
Oxford United	2008–09	Conference National	10	2	0	0	0	0	10	2
Stafford Rangers	2010–11	Conference North	27	1	0	0	0	0	27	1
Chasetown (loan)	2011–12	Northern Premier League Premier Division	5	0	1	0	5	1	11	1
Gainsborough Trinity	2011–12	Conference North	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0