Steve Seddon
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{use British English|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Steve Seddon
| image = Steve Seddon Birmingham 2019.jpg
| caption = Seddon with Birmingham City in 2019
| fullname = Steven Jeffrey Seddon
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|12|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Berkshire, England
| height =
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = Motherwell
| clubnumber = 3
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Twyford Comets
| youthyears2 = 20??–2014
| youthclubs2 = Reading
| youthyears3 = 2014–2016
| youthclubs3 = Birmingham City
| years1 = 2016–2021
| clubs1 = Birmingham City
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018–2019
| clubs2 = → Stevenage (loan)
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2019
| clubs3 = → AFC Wimbledon (loan)
| caps3 = 18
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2020
| clubs4 = → Portsmouth (loan)
| caps4 = 12
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2020–2021
| clubs5 = → AFC Wimbledon (loan)
| caps5 = 16
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2021–2024
| clubs6 = Oxford United
| caps6 = 49
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2023
| clubs7 = → Cambridge United (loan)
| caps7 = 10
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2023–2024
| clubs8 = → Burton Albion (loan)
| caps8 = 36
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2024–
| clubs9 = Motherwell
| caps9 = 10
| goals9 = 0
| club-update = 11:08, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
}}
Steven Jeffrey Seddon (born 25 December 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for {{Scottish football updater|Motherwe}} club Motherwell.
Seddon was on the books of Reading as a youngster before joining Birmingham City in 2014 when he left school. He spent the first half of the 2018–19 season on loan to League Two club Stevenage, for whom he made his Football League debut, and the second half on loan to AFC Wimbledon of League One. In 2019–20 he was loaned to Portsmouth and he spent the first half of the 2020–21 season back with AFC Wimbledon. He made 12 appearances for Birmingham before leaving for Oxford United in 2021. He played regularly for his first season and then spent time on loan at Cambridge United and Burton Albion.
Career
=Early life and career=
Seddon was born in Berkshire. An older brother is the British steeplechaser Zak Seddon, who is coached by their father, Jeff. They have another brother, Matthew.{{cite news |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/19465671.oxford-uniteds-steve-seddon-cheering-brother-zak-olympics/ |title=Oxford United's Steve Seddon cheering on brother Zak at Olympics |first=James |last=Roberts |newspaper=Oxford Mail |date=24 July 2021 |access-date=9 August 2023}} Seddon attended The Piggott School in Wargrave{{cite tweet |number=1424263599434964995 |user=PiggottPE |author=Piggott PE Dept |title=Debut goal for ex pupil Steve Seddon. Great start to his @OUFCOfficial career |date=8 August 2021 |access-date=9 August 2023}} and then The Forest School, Winnersh, the partner school of Reading F.C.'s academy.{{cite web |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2012/august/academy-deal-done/ |title=Academy deal done |publisher=Reading F.C. |date=2 August 2012 |accessdate=14 August 2018}} He joined Reading after being spotted when playing for Twyford Comets. After a trial with Birmingham City in 2014, he took up a scholarship with the club that summer.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/july-2014.ashx |format=PDF |title=List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2014 and 31/07/2014 |publisher=The Football Association |page=46 |accessdate=14 August 2018}} Interviewed later that year, he assessed his strength as his left foot, and felt he needed to improve his tackling.{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.com/news/article/20141105-blue-kid-on-the-block-steve-seddon-2064426.aspx |title=Blue kid on the block – Steve Seddon |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=5 November 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906060001/http://www.bcfc.com/news/article/20141105-blue-kid-on-the-block-steve-seddon-2064426.aspx |archivedate=6 September 2015}}
He signed his first professional contract, of two years, in April 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/archive/steve-seddon-secures-a-professional-deal |title=Steve Seddon secures a professional deal |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=18 April 2016 |accessdate=3 September 2022}} In the 2017–18 season, he trained with the first team on occasion, and was included in the travelling squad for first-team fixtures, although did not make the bench.{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/archive/seddon-taking-nothing-for-granted |title=Seddon taking nothing for granted |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=21 January 2018 |accessdate=3 September 2022}} In December, with centre-back Harlee Dean suspended, Seddon was suggested by the Birmingham Mail as a possible addition to the squad for the visit to Fulham,{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/how-birmingham-city-can-replace-14000866 |title=How Birmingham City can replace Harlee Dean – these are the options |first=Brian |last=Dick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=6 December 2017 |accessdate=14 August 2018}} and on 27 January 2018, he was given a squad number and included among the substitutes for the FA Cup fourth-round visit to Premier League club Huddersfield Town.{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/who-charlie-lakin-steve-seddon-14210801 |title=Who are Charlie Lakin and Steve Seddon? A quick guide to the Birmingham City kids on the bench at Huddersfield |first=Shane |last=Ireland |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=27 January 2018 |accessdate=14 August 2018}} He remained unused, and later in the season was an unused substitute for two Championship matches.
In May 2018, Seddon signed a new one-year deal, with the option of a second year.{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/archive/steve-seddon-pens-new-blues-deal |title=Steve Seddon pens new Blues deal |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=31 May 2018 |accessdate=3 September 2022}} He was a member of the first-team squad for their pre-season training camp in Austria,{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/birmingham-monk-austria-transfers-summer-14874211 |title=Birmingham City jet off on tour to Austria – leaving these players behind |first=Mat |last=Kendrick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=7 July 2018 |accessdate=14 August 2018}} and was given a squad number for the 2018–19 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/archive/blues-squad-numbers-2018-19 |title=Blues squad numbers 2018/19 |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=4 August 2018 |accessdate=3 September 2022}} He was an unused substitute for the 2018–19 EFL Cup first-round defeat away to Reading.
=Stevenage (loan)=
Seddon joined League Two club Stevenage on 30 August 2018 on loan until 15 January 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.stevenagefc.com/news/2018/august/steve-seddon-birmingham-city-loan-stevenage-fc-29th-august-2018/ |title=Steve Seddon joins on loan |first=Dan |last=Branowsky |publisher=Stevenage F.C. |date=30 August 2018 |accessdate=30 August 2018}} He made his Football League debut two days later in the starting eleven for the match at home to Cambridge United; he was substituted at half-time as his team went on to lose 1–0.{{cite news |url=https://www.thecomet.net/sport/stevenage-v-cambridge-united-player-ratings-5400056 |title=Stevenage 0–1 Cambridge United: Former Liverpool academy striker David Amoo seals derby win for U's |first=Layth |last=Yousif |newspaper=The Comet |location=Stevenage |date=1 September 2018 |accessdate=1 September 2018}} Seddon made 25 appearances during his loan spell, of which 23 were in league competition.
=AFC Wimbledon (loan)=
The day after his loan at Stevenage expired, Seddon joined AFC Wimbledon of League One on loan until the end of the season.{{cite web |url=https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2019/january/dons-edge-out-interest-from-other-clubs-to-sign-left-back/ |title=Dons edge out interest from other clubs to sign left-back |first=Chris |last=Slavin |publisher=AFC Wimbledon |date=16 January 2019 |accessdate=16 January 2019}} He went straight into the starting eleven, playing the whole of a 4–1 defeat at home to Barnsley,{{cite web |url=https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2019/january/promotion-chasers-barnsley-prove-too-strong-for-the-dons/ |title=Promotion-chasers Barnsley prove too strong for The Dons |first=Chris |last=Slavin |publisher=AFC Wimbledon |date=19 January 2019 |accessdate=20 January 2019}} but suffered a minor hamstring injury that kept him out of the next match.{{cite news |url=https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/afc-wimbledon-v-fleetwood-town-line-ups-seddon-out-as-hartigan-starts/ |title=AFC Wimbledon v Fleetwood Town line-ups: Seddon out as Hartigan starts |first=Richard |last=Cawley |newspaper=South London Press |date=22 January 2019 |accessdate=7 June 2019}} He returned to the starting eleven for the visit to Sunderland, and stayed in it for the remaining 16 league matches, finishing with a 12-match unbeaten run that secured his team's League One status for the 2019–20 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/bradford-city-0-afc-wimbledon-0-dons-safe-after-nervy-finish-to-the-league-one-season-at-valley-parade/ |title=Bradford City 0 AFC Wimbledon 0 – Dons safe after nervy finish to the League One season at Valley Parade |first=Jake |last=Sanders |newspaper=South London Press |date=4 May 2019 |accessdate=7 June 2019}}
=First-team football with Birmingham City=
Seddon made his first competitive appearance for Birmingham in the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the 2019–20 season, a visit to Brentford in the Championship. He marked his debut with a run and cross to set up Kristian Pedersen's matchwinning header.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49135729 |title=Brentford 0–1 Birmingham City |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 August 2019 |accessdate=3 August 2019}} He started twice more in the league, and provided the assist for Álvaro Giménez' first goal for the club, in a 2–0 win against Barnsley,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49326871 |title=Birmingham City 2–0 Barnsley |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 August 2019 |accessdate=2 January 2010}} but played no part in the matchday squad after the end of August.
=Portsmouth (loan)=
Seddon joined League One club Portsmouth on 2 January 2020 on loan until the end of the season.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50976937 |title=Steve Seddon: Portsmouth sign defender on loan from Birmingham City |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 January 2010 |accessdate=2 January 2010}}
=Return to AFC Wimbledon=
Seddon was a unused substitute for two of Birmingham's first three matches of the 2020–21 season, before returning to AFC Wimbledon on 24 September on loan for the rest of the campaign.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54288598 |title=Steve Seddon: AFC Wimbledon re-sign Birmingham City left-back on season-long loan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 September 2020 |accessdate=25 September 2020}} He marked his second debut, two days later away to Fleetwood Town, with the only goal of the match after "a determined charge from the back".{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/fleetwood-vs-wimbledon/report/430836 |title=Fleetwood 0–1 AFC Wimbledon: Steve Seddon scores winner on return for Dons |website=Sky Sports |date=26 September 2020 |accessdate=26 September 2020}} He had made 19 appearances in all competitions when he was recalled from loan on 31 December 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/archive/steve-seddon-recalled |title=Steve Seddon recalled |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=31 December 2020 |access-date=3 September 2022}}
=Return to Birmingham=
Birmingham's head coach, Aitor Karanka, recalled Seddon to assess his readiness to play a part in the first team, particularly as regular left-back Pedersen was injured.{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/birmingham-city-portsmouth-transfers-seddon-19589292 |title=Aitor Karanka outlines Steve Seddon stance as Birmingham City recall another loan player |first=Brian |last=Dick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=8 January 2021 |access-date=4 June 2021}} He was an unused substitute on 2 January, but that was the last time Karanka included him in the matchday squad. Incoming head coach Lee Bowyer selected him on the bench for his first match in charge,{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/birmingham-city-team-news-lee-20200232 |title=Birmingham City team news as Lee Bowyer names his first Blues side for Reading clash |first=Brian |last=Dick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=17 March 2021 |access-date=4 June 2021}} gave him a few minutes at the end, and then included him in the starting eleven for the visit of Swansea City on 2 April. Despite a rash first-half booking (attributed by Bowyer to nerves and enthusiasm) and replacement at half-time by the experienced George Friend, Seddon started three of the next five matches as Birmingham secured their Championship survival,{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/not-brightest-people-lee-bowyer-20314210 |title='Not the brightest of people' – Lee Bowyer reveals the secret of his Birmingham City turnaround |first=Brian |last=Dick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=3 April 2021 |access-date=4 June 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lee-bowyer-birmingham-city-contracts-20487310 |title=Birmingham City's pressing contract concerns as Lee Bowyer hails star 'staying behind' |first=Brian |last=Dick |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=29 April 2021 |access-date=4 June 2021}} and the club took up the one-year option on his contract.{{cite web |url=https://bcfc.com/news/articles/2021/retained-and-released-list/ |title=Retained and released list |publisher=Birmingham City F.C. |date=17 May 2021 |access-date=3 September 2022}}
=Oxford United=
Seddon signed a three-year contract with League One club Oxford United on 22 July 2021; the fee was undisclosed.{{cite web |url=https://www.oufc.co.uk/news/2021/july/steve-seddon-signs/ |title=Oxford United sign Steve Seddon |publisher=Oxford United F.C. |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=22 July 2021}} He made his debut on the opening day of the season, playing the whole of the visit to Cambridge United. After 42 minutes, he "arrived at the back post to meet Ryan Williams's cross and lashed an effort" past the goalkeeper to open the scoring; the match ended 1–1.{{cite news |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/results/19498812.cambridge-united-1-ironside-78p-oxford-united-1-seddon-42/ |title=Cambridge United 1 (Ironside 78p), Oxford United 1 (Seddon 42) |first=James |last=Roberts |newspaper=Oxford Mail |date=7 August 2021 |access-date=7 August 2021}}
He played regularly during his first season, but spent most of the remainder of his contract out on loan, and was released at the end of the 2023–24 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/24336594.oxford-united-announce-retained-list-championship-promotion/ |title=Oxford United announce retained list after Championship promotion |newspaper=Oxford Mail |date=23 May 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024}}
==Cambridge United (loan)==
Seddon joined League One club Cambridge United on 6 January 2023 on loan until the end of the season.{{cite news |url=https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/sport/oxford-left-back-arrives-at-the-abbey-on-loan-9292764/ |title=Cambridge United complete loan signing of Steve Seddon from Oxford United |first=Liam |last=Apicella |newspaper=Cambridge Independent |date=6 January 2023 |access-date=7 January 2023}} He went straight into the starting eleven for the next day's match at home to Bristol Rovers, but lasted only until first-half stoppage-time when he was stretchered off with a head injury after colliding with his own goalkeeper.{{cite web |url=https://www.cambridgeunited.com/news/2023/january/match-report-bristol-rovers-vs-cambridge-united-sky-bet-league-one-efl-english-football-league-saturday-7th-january-2023/ |title=U's beaten by Rovers |publisher=Cambridge United F.C. |date=7 January 2023 |access-date=7 January 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/cambridge-united-bristol-rovers-live-8004628 |title=Cambridge United 1–2 Bristol Rovers live: Reaction as Coburn and Sinclair do the damage |first=Sam |last=Frost |newspaper=Bristol Post |date=7 January 2023 |access-date=7 January 2023}}
==Burton Albion (loan)==
On 14 July 2023, Seddon joined League One club Burton Albion on a season-long loan.{{cite web |url=https://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/news/2023/july/1407-seddon/ |title=Brewers sign Steve Seddon |publisher=Burton Albion F.C. |date=14 July 2023 |accessdate=9 August 2023}}
=Motherwell=
Seddon joined Scottish Premiership club Motherwell on 2 July 2024 on a one-year contract with an option for a second year.{{cite web |url=https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2024/07/02/our-new-left-back-has-arrived/ |title=Our new left-back has arrived |publisher=Motherwell F.C. |date=2 July 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 20 December 2024}}
| 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{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Birmingham City
|2017–18{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/steve-seddon/534501/ |title=S. Seddon |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=4 June 2021}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020–21{{soccerbase season|110473|2020|accessdate=1 May 2021}}
|Championship | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||
| Stevenage (loan) | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| AFC Wimbledon (loan)
|2018–19{{soccerbase season|110473|2018|accessdate=7 June 2019}} | 18 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 3 | |||
| Portsmouth (loan)
|2019–20{{soccerbase season|110473|2019|accessdate=8 March 2020}} |League One | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3{{efn|Two appearances in EFL Trophy, one in EFL League One play-offs}} | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| AFC Wimbledon (loan)
|League One | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Oxford United
|2021–22{{soccerbase season|110473|2021|access-date=1 May 2022}} |League One | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| 2022–23
|League One | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!49 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 4 | |
| Cambridge United (loan)
|2022–23{{soccerbase season|110473|2022|access-date=6 March 2023}} |League One |10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Burton Albion (loan)
|2023–24{{soccerbase season|110473|2023|access-date=29 April 2024}} |League One |36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 42 | 3 | |
| Motherwell
|2024–25{{soccerbase season|110473|2024|access-date=21 December 2024}} |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!185 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 215 | 15 |
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References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20210411014400/https://www.bcfc.com/birmingham-city/players/steve-seddon/ Profile] at Birmingham City F.C. website
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