Sam Slocombe

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sam Slocombe

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| fullname = Sam Oliver Slocombe{{cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |year=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=381}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|6|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Scunthorpe, England

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Notts County

| clubnumber = 21

| youthclubs1 =

| youthyears1 =

| clubs1 = Bottesford Town

| clubs2 = Scunthorpe United

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2008

| years2 = 2008–2015

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 115

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2015–2016

| clubs3 = Oxford United

| caps3 = 23

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016–2017

| clubs4 = Blackpool

| caps4 = 34

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017–2019

| clubs5 = Bristol Rovers

| caps5 = 25

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2018–2019

| clubs6 = → Lincoln City (loan)

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2019–

| clubs7 = Notts County

| caps7 = 139

| goals7 = 0

| club-update = 16:51, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

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Sam Oliver Slocombe (born 5 June 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for {{English football updater|NottsCou}} side Notts County. He began his career with Bottesford Town in the Northern Counties East Football League. In 2008, he moved to his hometown club Scunthorpe United. Slocombe had made over 130 appearances for Scunthorpe and was the club's longest-serving player, before being released by them in 2015.

Career

=Scunthorpe United=

Slocombe was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. On 15 August 2008, he signed with League One side Scunthorpe United from Bottesford Town for £3,000 and a pre-season friendly.{{cite news |url=http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/News/0,,10442~1367199,00.html |title=It's a dream move – Slocombe |publisher=Scunthorpe United F.C |date=15 August 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307183059/http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/News/0,,10442~1367199,00.html |archivedate=7 March 2012}} He made his first team debut on 22 September 2009, in a League Cup clash with Port Vale, replacing Joe Murphy, following a 25th minute injury to Murphy. He made his league debut in the Championship match against Blackpool on 7 November 2009, replacing Michael O'Connor after Murphy was sent off for deliberate handball.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8338189.stm |title=Football – Championship – Blackpool 4–1 Scunthorpe|date=7 November 2009 }} On 5 May 2015 it was announced that Slocombe wouldn't be offered a new deal and was free to leave the club.{{cite web |url=http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/article/iron-announce-retained-list-2440421.aspx |title=Iron Announce Retained List |accessdate=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707075825/http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/article/iron-announce-retained-list-2440421.aspx |archivedate=7 July 2015}}

=Oxford United=

Slocombe signed for Oxford United, then in League Two, on a two-year contract on 12 June 2015 which was announced by two young fans called Ben and Daniel Mathews.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33095071 |title=Oxford United: Goalkeeper Sam Slocombe arrives on free transfer |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 June 2015 |accessdate=12 June 2015}}

=Blackpool=

On 19 July 2016, shortly after leaving Oxford United by mutual consent, Slocombe signed a one-year deal with League Two club Blackpool. His contract has an option of a further twelve months.

=Bristol Rovers=

On 6 July 2017, after being released by Blackpool, Slocombe signed for Bristol Rovers on a free transfer. He was one of two keepers signed by Rovers on this day, with Adam Smith joining him. He made his debut in Rovers' third game of the season, a 3–2 victory away at Bury.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40907957 |title=Bury 2–3 Bristol Rovers |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 August 2017 |accessdate=19 August 2017}} On 21 August 2018, Slocombe joined League Two side Lincoln City on an initial seven-day emergency loan deal.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45260158 |title=Sam Slocombe: Lincoln City sign Bristol Rovers goalkeeper on an emergency loan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 August 2018 |accessdate=22 August 2018}} His loan spell was terminated with Lincoln on 9 January 2019.{{cite news |title=Slocombe returns to Rovers|url=https://www.weareimps.com/news/2019/january/190108-slocombe |publisher=Lincoln City F.C. |date=9 January 2019 |access-date=9 January 2019}} Slocombe was one of 9 players who departed the club at the end of their contract at the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2019/may/8.5.19-retained-list/|title=Retained List|website=www.bristolrovers.co.uk|date=8 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48200414|title=Bristol Rovers: Chris Lines heads list of nine players to leave League One club|date=8 May 2019|accessdate=9 May 2019|publisher=BBC Sport}}

=Notts County=

On 1 August 2019, Slocombe signed for National League side Notts County.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49193915|title=Zoumana Bakayogo & Sam Slocombe: Notts County sign former Tranmere defender and ex-Bristol Rovers keeper|publisher=OXFORD Sport|date=1 August 2019}}

On 20 May 2025, Notts County said the player would be released in June when his contract expired.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=David McGoldrick: Notts County's veteran striker offered a new deal |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c79ee8lyrn5o |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|FA Cup !colspan="2"\|League 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	Apps	Goals
rowspan="8"\|Scunthorpe United \|2008–09{{cite web \|title=Squad stats: 2008/09 \|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2263&season_id=138&teamTabs=stats \|publisher=Soccerbase \|accessdate=2 June 2015}} \|League One \|0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009–10{{Soccerbase season\|49709\|2009\|name=Sam Slocombe\|access-date=2 June 2015}} \|Championship \|1	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	2	0
2010–11{{Soccerbase season\|49709\|2010\|name=Sam Slocombe\|access-date=2 June 2015}} \|Championship \|2	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	3	0
2011–12{{Soccerbase season\|49709\|2011\|name=Sam Slocombe\|access-date=2 June 2015}} \|League One \|28	0	2	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	30	0
2012–13{{Soccerbase season\|49709\|2012\|name=Sam Slocombe\|access-date=2 June 2015}} \|League One \|29	0	1	0	2	0	1Appearance in Football League Trophy	0	33	0
2013–14{{Soccerbase season\|49709\|2013\|name=Sam Slocombe\|access-date=2 June 2015}} \|League Two \|46	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	50	0
2014–15{{Soccerbase season\|49709\|2014\|name=Sam Slocombe\|access-date=2 June 2015}} \|League One \|9	0	5	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	15	0
colspan="2"\|Total !115	0	10	0	6	0	2	0	133	0
Oxford United \|2015–16{{Soccerbase season\|49709\|2015\|name=Sam Slocombe\|access-date=12 June 2015}} \|League Two \|23	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	28	0
Blackpool \|2016–17{{soccerbase season \|49709\|2016\|accessdate=20 September 2017}} \|League Two \|34	0	5	0	2	0	5Two appearances in the EFL Trophy and three in the League Two play-offs	0	46	0
rowspan="3"\|Bristol Rovers \|2017–18{{soccerbase season \|49709\|2017\|accessdate=20 September 2017}} \|League One \|23	0	0	0	2	0	2Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy	0	27	0
2018–19{{soccerbase season \|49709\|2018\|accessdate=30 December 2019}} \|League One \|2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
colspan="2"\|Total !25	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	29	0
Lincoln City (loan) \|2018–19 \|League Two \|0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	5	0
Notts County \|2019–20{{soccerbase season \|49709\|2019\|accessdate=30 December 2019}} \|National League \|26	0	3	0	colspan=2\|—	1Appearance in the FA Trophy	0	30	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !223	0	20	0	13	0	15	0	272	0

Honours

Scunthorpe United

Football League Two second-place promotion: 2013–14{{cite book |editor-first=John |editor-last=Anderson |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2014–2015 |year=2014 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-1-4722-1251-1 |pages=310–311}}

Oxford United

Football League Trophy runner-up: 2015–16{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35906363 |title=Johnstone's Paint Trophy final: Barnsley 3–2 Oxford United |last=Cartwright |first=Phil |website=BBC Sport |date=3 April 2016 |access-date=13 March 2024}}

Blackpool

EFL League Two play-offs: 2017{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39989418 |title=Blackpool 2–1 Exeter City |first=James |last=Law |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 May 2017 |accessdate=14 December 2018}}

Notts County

National League play-offs: 2023{{cite news |last=Aloia |first=Andrew |date=13 May 2023 |title=Chesterfield 2–2 Notts County |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65521672 |access-date=15 May 2023}}