Sam Corne
{{More citations needed|date=December 2024}}{{Short description|English footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sam Corne
| full_name = Samuel Louis Corne
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|7|11|df=y}}
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|order=flip}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Maidstone United
| clubnumber = 8
| years1 = 2013–2016
| clubs1 = Welling United
| caps1 = 64
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = Braintree Town
| caps2 = 26
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = Greenwich Borough
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = Ashford United
| years5 = 2019–
| caps5 = 115
| goals5 = 19
| clubs5 = Maidstone United
| totalcaps = 245
| totalgoals = 48
| caps4 = 40
| goals4 = 21
}}
Samuel Louis Corne (born 11 July 1996) is an English footballer who plays as an midfielder for National League South club Maidstone United.
Club career
Corne started his career at Welling United in 2013, and moved to Braintree in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Tucker |first=Craig |date=24 February 2024 |title=Maidstone United FA Cup star Sam Corne on his future, where his career began and the club’s extraordinary run to the last 16 |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/sport/sam-corne-maidstone-s-fa-cup-goalscoring-star-302300/ |website=Kent Online}} After a season, he moved to Greenwich Borough, and then on to Ashford United, where he scored 21 goals in 40 games.
In July 2019 he joined National League club Maidstone United on a free transfer.{{Cite web |last=Tervet |first=Steve |date=24 June 2019 |title=Maidstone United sign midfielder Sam Corne |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/sport/stones-land-corne-207221/ |website=Kent Online}} He was a member of the Maidstone side which gained promotion back to the National League at the end of the 2021–22 season, though The Stones would drop back down at the end of the following campaign.
During the 2023–24 season, Corne played a key part in Maidstone United's FA Cup run to the fifth round, which included wins against League opposition in Barrow and Stevenage. Corne scored the winning goal in Maidstone's 2–1 victory over Ipswich Town at Portman Road, meaning the club were the first from outside the top five divisions to reach the fifth round since Blyth Spartans in 1977–78.{{Cite web |last=Peddy |first=Chris |date=23 February 2024 |title=Maidstone United: FA Cup run will be 'talked about for years to come', says Sam Corne |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68370349 |website=BBC Sport}} Maidstone lost their fifth round tie 5–0 away to Coventry City.
References
{{2023–24 National League South Team of the Year}}
Category:Welling United F.C. players
Category:Braintree Town F.C. players
Category:Greenwich Borough F.C. players
Category:Ashford United F.C. players