Saul Shotton
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Saul Shotton
| image_size =
| fullname = Saul Shotton{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/1869523 |title=2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed |publisher=Premier League |date=20 October 2020 |accessdate=26 October 2020}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|10|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/saul-shotton-256443/ |title=Saul Shotton |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=25 May 2022}}
| birth_place = Stoke-on-Trent, England
| position = Defender, Midfielder
| currentclub = Kidsgrove Athletic
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017
| youthclubs1 = Stoke City
| youthyears2 = 2017–2018
| youthclubs2 = Bury
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = Bury
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2019–2022
| clubs2 = West Bromwich Albion
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020–2021
| clubs3 = → Woking (loan)
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–2022
| clubs4 = → Telford United (loan)
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2022
| clubs5 = Hanley Town
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| years6 = 2022–2023
| clubs6 = Lambourne
| caps6 = 15
| goals6 = 10
| years7 = 2022–2023
| clubs7 = Florence Reserves
| caps7 = 15
| goals7 = 13
| years8 = 2023
| clubs8 = Florence
| caps8 = 5
| goals8 = 6
| years9 = 2023–2024
| clubs9 = Hanley Town
| caps9 = 23
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2024–
| clubs10 = Kidsgrove Athletic
| caps10 = 10
| goals10 = 0
| club-update = 19:05, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
}}
Saul Shotton (born 10 November 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays for Northern Premier League Division One West club Kidsgrove Athletic.
Club career
=Bury=
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Shotton started his career with Stoke City prior to his move to Bury in 2017.{{Cite news |title=Saul Shotton |url=http://football-wonderkids.co.uk/player/saul-shotton/ |publisher=Football Wonderkids |accessdate=19 August 2018}} Having progressed through the club's youth structure, he made his first team debut in September 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=108094 |title=Saul Shotton |website=SoccerBase |publisher=CenturyComm |accessdate=15 March 2019}}{{Soccerway|453931}} On 19 September 2017, he made his debut for Bury in their EFL Trophy defeat to Rochdale, featuring for the entire 90 minutes in the 4–0 loss.{{Cite news |title=Bury vs. Rochdale |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/09/19/england/football-league-trophy/bury-fc/rochdale-afc/2508373/ |publisher=Soccerway |date=19 September 2017 |accessdate=19 August 2018}} Following this, Shotton was an unused substitute on several occasions before making his league debut in April 2018, in a 3–3 draw with Doncaster Rovers.{{Cite news |title=Doncaster Rovers vs. Bury |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/04/17/england/league-one/doncaster-rovers-fc/bury-fc/2468366/ |publisher=Soccerway |date=17 April 2018 |accessdate=19 August 2018}}
Ahead of the forthcoming 2018–19 campaign, Shotton, along with two fellow graduates, signed their first professional contracts.{{Cite news |title=Retained List |url=https://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/retained-list/ |publisher=Bury Official Site |date=11 May 2018 |accessdate=19 August 2018}} To March 2019, he has not played for the first team in 2018–19 but is an active member of the club's under-18 team.
=West Bromwich Albion=
He left the club after they were expelled from the Football League in August 2019, signing for West Bromwich Albion in September 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49714737|title=Saul Shotton: West Bromwich Albion sign former Bury defender|date=21 September 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=30 September 2019}} On 5 January 2020, Shotton made his debut for the club in their third round FA Cup tie against Charlton Athletic, replacing Rekeem Harper in the 95th minute during the 1–0 away victory.{{Cite news |title=Charlton Athletic vs. West Bromwich Albion |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2020/01/05/england/fa-cup/charlton-athletic-football-club/west-bromwich-albion-football-club/3188631/ |publisher=Soccerway |date=5 January 2020 |accessdate=29 October 2021}}
On 2 October 2020, Shotton signed for National League side Woking on loan until January 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.wba.co.uk/news/saul-shotton-joins-woking-loan|title=Saul Shotton Joins Woking On Loan|date=2 October 2020|publisher=West Bromwich Albion|accessdate=2 October 2020}} A day later, he made his debut for the club, playing the full 90 minutes in their 2020–21 National League opener against Solihull Moors, which resulted in a 2–1 victory for The Cards.{{Cite news |title=Woking vs. Solihull Moors |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2020/10/03/england/conference-national/woking-fc/solihull-moors-fc/3370097/ |publisher=Soccerway |date=3 October 2020 |accessdate=29 October 2021}} Shotton made 18 appearances in all competitions for Woking, before returning to West Bromwich Albion in January 2021.
During the 2021–22 campaign, Shotton made his first West Bromwich Albion start during an EFL Cup second round tie against Premier League side, Arsenal, playing the full 90 in the 6–0 defeat.{{Cite news |title=West Bromwich Albion vs. Arsenal |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2021/08/25/england/league-cup/west-bromwich-albion-football-club/arsenal-fc/3612930/ |publisher=Soccerway |date=25 August 2021 |accessdate=29 October 2021}}
On 29 October 2021, Shotton joined National League North side, AFC Telford United on a three-month loan.{{Cite news |title=Shotton joins AFC Telford United on loan |url=https://www.wba.co.uk/news/shotton-joins-afc-telford-united-loan |publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C. |date=29 October 2021 |accessdate=29 October 2021}}
=Non-league=
Shotton was released by West Bromwich Albion in the summer of 2022 when his contract expired and he subsequently dropped back into non-league permanently when he signed for newly-promoted Northern Premier League West Division side Hanley Town, joining up to play with his cousin Ryan.{{cite news |title=West Brom Defender Saul Shotton Joins Hanley Town |url=https://the72.co.uk/273543/west-brom-defender-saul-shotton-joins-hanley-town/ |accessdate=25 May 2022 |publisher=The 72 |date=18 May 2022}} He joined Hanley Town for a second time on 31 August 2023.{{cite news |title=This time it's real. |url=https://twitter.com/HanleyTown66/status/1697309674138124649?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet |accessdate=2 September 2023 |publisher=Hanley Town Football Club |date=31 August 2023}}
Shotton joined Kidsgrove Athletic in June 2024.
Personal life
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played 7 October 2023}}
| 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"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3" valign="center"|Bury
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name="FLT"|Appearances in EFL Trophy.}} | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!4||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||6||0 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="4" valign="center"|West Bromwich Albion
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|Championship |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!0||0||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 | ||||||||||
| |Woking (loan)
|15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | |1{{efn|name="FAT"|Appearances in FA Trophy.}} | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| |AFC Telford United (loan)
|8 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | |1{{efn|name="FAT"}} | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| |Florence Reserves
|2022–23{{cite web |title=Florence Reserves {{!}} Player Season Totals {{!}} The FA |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/displayTeam.html?divisionseason=817917784&teamID=295771521#tab-2 |website=fulltime.thefa.com |access-date=2 September 2023}} |15 | 13 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | |11{{efn|Two appearances in SCSL Leek Cup}}{{efn|Four appearances and three goals in SCSL Chairman's Challenge Cup}}{{efn|Four appearances and one goal in SCSL Macron League}}{{efn|Appearance in SCSL Div 2 Divisional Final}} | 4 | 26 | 17 | |||
| |Florence FC
|2023–24{{cite web |title=Florence FC First Team {{!}} Player Season Totals {{!}} The FA |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/displayTeam.html?divisionseason=378667013&teamID=518915176#tab-2 |website=fulltime.thefa.com |access-date=2 September 2023}} |5 | 6 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | |0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |||
| |Hanley Town | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3{{efn|name="FAT"}} | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!51 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 74 | 23 |
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
Category:AFC Telford United players