Luke Maxwell
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{use British English|date=January 2019}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Luke Maxwell
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kidderminster, England
| height = {{height|m=1.88}}{{cite web |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/luke-maxwell-251144/ |title=Luke Maxwell |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |accessdate=27 January 2017}}
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2012–2014 |youthclubs1 = Kidderminster Harriers
| years1 = 2014–2016 |clubs1 = Kidderminster Harriers |caps1 = 30 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2016–2019 |clubs2 = Birmingham City |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016 |clubs3 = → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) |caps3 = 15 |goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2017 |clubs4 = → Grimsby Town (loan) |caps4 = 4 |goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2017 |clubs5 = → Gateshead (loan) |caps5 = 8 |goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2018–2019 |clubs6 = → Solihull Moors (loan) |caps6 = 23 |goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2019–2020 |clubs7 = Solihull Moors |caps7 = 12 |goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2019–2020 |clubs8 = → Gloucester City (loan) |caps8 = 5 |goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2020–2021 |clubs9 = Kidderminster Harriers |caps9 = 0 |goals9 = 0
}}
Luke Stephen Maxwell (born 6 July 1997) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Maxwell began his career with Kidderminster Harriers, and was loaned back to that club after signing for Birmingham City of the Championship in January 2016. He spent time on loan at League Two club Grimsby Town, for whom he made his debut in the Football League, and at Gateshead and Solihull Moors of the National League, before joining the latter permanently in January 2019. In 2019–20, he spent time on loan at National League North club Gloucester City before returning to Kidderminster Harriers for the 2020–21 season. He left Kidderminster Harriers at the end of the 2020-21 season to pursue a career outside of football.
Club career
=Early life and career=
Maxwell was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire,{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/birmingham-city-im-glad-blues-10869772 |title=Birmingham City: I'm glad Blues allowed me to return to Kiddy – I've unfinished business |first=Mat |last=Kendrick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=10 February 2016 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} where he attended Baxter College. He scored in the final as his under-15 school team won the 2012 Worcestershire Schools County Cup final, a performance that earned them the District Council's award for school team of the year.{{cite news |url=http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/9992464.District_salutes_sporting_heroes_of_2012/ |title=District salutes sporting heroes of 2012 |newspaper=Kidderminster Shuttle |date=18 October 2012 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} He began his football career in the academy system at his local club, Kidderminster Harriers, as part of which he completed a BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport at Stourbridge College.{{cite web |url=http://www.redhill.dudley.sch.uk/media/upload/files/Kidderminster-Harriers-FC-Football-and-Education.pdf |title=Kidderminster Harriers FC Football and Education |publisher=Stourbridge College |date=2016 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} He was a member of the Kidderminster under-18 team that reached the third round of the 2014–15 FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 2–1 to Championship club Blackpool's youngsters,{{cite news |url=http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/sport/harriers/11660694.Harriers__fine_FA_Youth_Cup_run_ended_by_Blackpool/ |title=Harriers' fine FA Youth Cup run ended by Blackpool |newspaper=Kidderminster Shuttle |date=11 December 2014 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} and signed his first contract with the club in December 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.harriers.co.uk/news/article/131203-academy-contacts-trials-1212688.aspx |title=Success stories |publisher=Kidderminster Harriers F.C. |date=2015 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} Maxwell made his first-team debut later that month, aged {{age in years and months |1997|7|6 |2014|12|28}}, in the starting eleven for a 1–0 defeat at home to Southport in the Conference.{{cite web |url=http://www.harriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/match-report/index.aspx?matchid=3741833 |title=Report: Harriers 0–1 Southport |publisher=Kidderminster Harriers F.C. |date=28 December 2014 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} He went on to make a further seven league appearances that season, and also scored in the final of the Worcestershire Senior Cup to help Kidderminster beat Worcester City 2–1.{{cite news |url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/12903880.Worcester_City_lose_2_1_to_Kidderminster_Harriers_in_Worcestershire_FA_Senior_Cup_final/ |title=Worcester City lose 2–1 to Kidderminster Harriers in Worcestershire FA Senior Cup final |first=Steve |last=Carley |newspaper=Worcester News |date=21 April 2015 |accessdate=27 January 2017}}
He became a regular in Kidderminster's first team in 2015–16, and made 22 league appearances in the first half of the season. In January 2016, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Championship club Birmingham City for a fee of £75,000,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/35352787 |title=Luke Maxwell signs for Birmingham |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 January 2016 |accessdate=27 January 2016}} to be paid in two instalments. As part of the deal, he returned to Kidderminster on a youth loan for the remainder of the season,{{cite news |url=http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/sport/14218280.Maxwell_cash_to_ease_Harriers__financial_woes/ |title=Maxwell cash to ease Harriers' financial woes |newspaper=Kidderminster Shuttle |date=21 January 2016 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} and made a further 15 appearances, scoring twice{{snd}}for his first senior goal, "he curled a finely-struck effort" to open the scoring in a 3–2 win against Eastleigh{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/birmingham-city-scouting-report-boy-10866638 |title=Birmingham City scouting report: This boy Luke Maxwell is getting better and better |first=Mat |last=Kendrick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=10 February 2016 |accessdate=27 January 2017}}{{snd}}as his team were unable to avoid relegation. Maxwell's performances for Kidderminster over the season earned him the Players' Player of the Season award.{{cite news |url=http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/14456028.Gordon_hails_new_management_set_up_as_club_closes_in_on_Gardiner_/ |title=Colin Gordon hails new management set-up as Kidderminster Harriers close in on Gardiner |newspaper=Kidderminster Shuttle |date=28 April 2016 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} Maxwell returned to Birmingham City in time to be part of the Birmingham reserve team that lost the 2016 Birmingham Senior Cup final to National League North champions Solihull Moors.{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/birmingham-senior-cup-final-birmingham-11291593 |title=Birmingham Senior Cup final: Birmingham City U21s 1 Solihull Moors 2 |first=Brian |last=Dick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=5 May 2016 |accessdate=27 January 2017}}
=Football League debut=
Maxwell appeared for Birmingham's first team in 2016 pre-season, and by the new year was the under-23 team's joint-highest appearance maker, but had not played a competitive first-team match.{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.com/news/article/2016-17/luke-maxwell-birmingham-city-grimsby-town-3539639.aspx |title=Luke Maxwell makes Grimsby Town loan move |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=27 January 2017 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} On 27 January 2017, he joined League Two club Grimsby Town on loan to the end of the season.{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/birmingham-city-transfers-grimsby-town-12517003 |title=Birmingham City transfers: Grimsby Town set to sign young midfielder Luke Maxwell on loan |first=Aidan |last=McCartney |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=27 January 2017 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} At the time, he was receiving treatment for a groin injury at his parent club,{{cite news |url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/grimsby-town-midfielder-luke-maxwell-won-t-be-rushed-back-from-injury-marcus-bignot/story-30107566-detail/story.html |title='Grimsby Town midfielder Luke Maxwell won't be rushed back from injury' – Marcus Bignot |first=James |last=Findlater |newspaper=Grimsby Telegraph |date=2 February 2017 |accessdate=2 February 2017}} so did not make his Football League debut until 18 February, as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 3–0 win against Mansfield Town. On 4 May 2017, Maxwell returned to Birmingham prior to the final game of the season from his loan spell at Grimsby.{{cite news |url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/all-the-team-news-ahead-of-saturdays-final-game-3705136.aspx |title=Plymouth team news |publisher=Grimsby Town F.C. |date=4 May 2017 |accessdate=8 May 2017}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
=More loans=
Maxwell joined National League club Gateshead on a three-month loan on 15 September 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/articles/2017/maxwell-makes-loan-move/ |title=Maxwell makes loan move |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=15 September 2017 |accessdate=15 September 2017}} He finished the spell with eleven appearances, eight in the league and three in the FA Cup.
He joined another National League club, Solihull Moors, in July 2018 on loan until 5 January 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.solihullmoorsfc.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=13214 |title=Luke Maxwell joins on loan from Birmingham City |publisher=Solihull Moors F.C. |date=2 July 2018 |accessdate=2 July 2018}} He was a first-team regular for the full length of his loan spell, making 23 National League appearances and a further 5 in cup competitions.
=Solihull Moors=
When the loan expired, Maxwell signed for Solihull Moors on an 18-month contract with an option of a further year.{{cite web |url=http://www.solihullmoorsfc.co.uk/news/maxwell-makes-permanent-moors-move-2383184.html |title=Maxwell makes permanent Moors move |first=Luke |last=Turner |publisher=Solihull Moors F.C. |date=7 January 2019 |accessdate=8 January 2019}} He made 10 more National League appearances in what remained of the season, and was named Young Player of the Year as Moors finished as National League runners-up.
Maxwell missed the first half of the 2019–20 season with a knee injury. He joined National League North club Gloucester City on 31 December 2019 on loan for a month,{{cite web |url=http://www.gloucestercityafc.com/luke-maxwell-arrives-on-loan/ |title=Luke Maxwell arrives on loan |publisher=Gloucester City A.F.C. |date=31 December 2019 |accessdate=2 January 2020}} made his debut the following day in the starting eleven for a 2–1 win at home to Leamington,{{cite web |url=http://www.gloucestercityafc.com/match/11464/ |title=Results: Gloucester City vs Leamington |publisher=Gloucester City A.F.C. |date=1 January 2020 |accessdate=2 January 2020}} and made four more appearances before being recalled by his parent club three days before the loan spell was due to end.{{cite web |url=https://nonleaguedaily.com/solihull-moors-recall-maxwell-from-gloucester-city/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131184529/http://nonleaguedaily.com/solihull-moors-recall-maxwell-from-gloucester-city/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=31 January 2020 |title=Solihull Moors recall Maxwell from Gloucester City |website=Non-League Daily |date=31 January 2020 |accessdate=9 July 2020}} He made two substitute appearances before the National League season was suspended and then terminated early because of the COVID-19 pandemic,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52381612 |title=National League clubs vote to end regular season immediately |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 April 2020 |accessdate=9 July 2020}} and was released when his contract expired.{{cite news |url=https://solihullobserver.co.uk/sport/moors-announce-retained-list-of-players-for-2020-21-season-19116/ |title=Moors announce retained list of players for 2020/21 season |first=Liam |last=Moakes |newspaper=Solihull Observer |date=8 May 2020 |accessdate=9 July 2020}}
=Return to Kidderminster=
In July 2020, Maxwell rejoined Kiddermnster Harriers on a one-year contract.{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/confirmed-former-birmingham-city-prospect-18569913 |title=Confirmed: Former Birmingham City prospect makes dream return |first=Shane |last=Ireland |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=9 July 2020 |accessdate=9 July 2020}}
Honours
Solihull Moors
- National League runners-up: 2018–19
Individual
- Solihull Moors Young Player of the Season: 2018-19{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/SolihullMoors/status/1120427136463122433 |title= @Luke_Maxwelllll wins Young Player of the Season, collected by @Tybcfc on his behalf |publisher=Solihull Moors via Twitter |date=22 April 2019 |accessdate=22 April 2019}}
Club statistics
{{updated|end of 2019–20 season}}
| 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|National Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=3|Kidderminster Harriers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|name=statsFAT|Appearance in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!30||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||1||0||32||0 | ||||||||||
| rowspan=5|Birmingham City
|2015–16{{soccerbase season|80226|2015|accessdate=25 January 2017}} | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17{{soccerbase season|80226|2016|accessdate=15 September 2017}}
|Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017–18{{soccerbase season|80226|2017|accessdate=2 July 2018}}
|Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19{{soccerbase season|80226|2018|accessdate=2 July 2018}}
|Championship | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | |||||
| colspan=2|Total
!0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0 | ||||||||||
| Kidderminster Harriers (loan)
|National League | 15 | 2 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Grimsby Town (loan) | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gateshead (loan)
|National League | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| rowspan=3|Solihull Moors
|National League | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 4{{efn|name=statsFAT}} | 0 | 41 | 3 | |
| 2019–20{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/luke-maxwell/393480/ |title=L. Maxwell |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=9 July 2020}}
|National League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!35||3||4||0||colspan=2|—||4||0||43||3 | ||||||||||
| Gloucester City
|National League North | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 5 | 0 | |||
| Kidderminster Harriers
|National League North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan=3|Career total
!97||5||8||0||colspan=2|—||5||0||110||5 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
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Category:Footballers from Kidderminster
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
Category:Birmingham City F.C. players
Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players
Category:Gateshead F.C. players
Category:Solihull Moors F.C. players
Category:Gloucester City A.F.C. players
Category:National League (English football) players