Will Puddy
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Will Puddy
| image = Will Puddy 30-04-2016 1.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Puddy training with Bristol Rovers in 2016
| fullname = Willem John Stanley Puddy{{cite web
| title = List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2010 and 31/01/2010
| url = http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/January%202010.ashx/January%202010.pdf
| publisher = The Football Association
| accessdate = 7 February 2010}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Warminster, England{{cite book|editor1-first=Glenda|editor1-last=Rollin|editor2-first=Jack|editor2-last=Rollin|title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010–2011|year=2010|publisher=Headline|location=London|isbn=978-0-7553-6107-6|edition=41st}}
| height = {{height|ft=6|9in=0}}
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2004
| youthclubs1 = Bristol City
| years1 = 2004–2005
| clubs1 = Bath City
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2005–2010
| clubs2 = Cheltenham Town
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006
| clubs3 = → Mangotsfield United (loan)
| caps3 = 9
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2007
| clubs4 = → Yate Town (loan)
| caps4 = 7
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2007
| clubs5 = → Stafford Rangers (loan)
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2008
| clubs6 = → Tamworth (loan)
| caps6 = 11
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2009
| clubs7 = → Bath City (loan)
| caps7 = 4
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2009
| clubs8 = → Oxford City (loan)
| caps8 =
| goals8 =
| years9 = 2010
| clubs9 = Salisbury City
| caps9 = 1
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2010–2011
| clubs10 = Swindon Supermarine
| caps10 = 13
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2011–2012
| clubs11 = Chippenham Town
| caps11 = 24
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2012–2014
| clubs12 = Salisbury City
| caps12 = 85
| goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2014–2017
| clubs13 = Bristol Rovers
| caps13 = 23
| goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2016
| clubs14 = → Braintree Town (loan)
| caps14 = 4
| goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2017
| clubs15 = → Sutton United (loan)
| caps15 = 15
| goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2018
| clubs16 = Hereford
| caps16 = 0
| goals16 = 0
| years17 = 2018–2021
| clubs17 = Chippenham Town
| caps17 = 64
| goals17 = 0
| totalcaps = 272
| totalgoals = 0
| club-update = (UTC)
| ntupdate =
}}
Willem John Stanley Puddy (born 4 October 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
=Youth career=
Born in Warminster, Puddy began his career as a youth player with Bristol City, spending seven years with the side before being released.
=Cheltenham Town=
In 2006, he joined Cheltenham Town, spending time on loan at Mangotsfield United, Yate Town, Stafford Rangers and Tamworth to gain experience,{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Puddy-handed-big-chance/article-947913-detail/article.html |title=Puddy handed big chance |publisher=This Is Gloucestershire |date=29 April 2009 |accessdate=5 April 2010}} before being handed his professional debut for Cheltenham on 2 May 2009 in a 2–0 defeat to Southend United.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8014946.stm |title=Southend 2–0 Cheltenham |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 May 2009 |accessdate=6 April 2010}}
At the start of the 2009–10 season, Puddy joined Conference South side Bath City on a three-month loan deal,{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/bristolzoo/Bath-City-sign-Cheltenham-keeper-Puddy/article-1203400-detail/article.html |title=Bath City sign Cheltenham keeper Puddy |publisher=This Is Bristol |date=29 July 2009 |accessdate=6 April 2010}} making four appearances before returning to Cheltenham after sustaining an injury.
He was released by the club along with 7 other players in May 2010,{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cheltenham_town/8673077.stm
|title=Cheltenham Town release eight players
|date=11 May 2010
|accessdate=16 May 2010
|publisher=BBC Sport}} and began training with Wolverhampton Wanderers as he recovered from an ankle operation.
=Salisbury City=
On 25 October 2010, he played a game on his return from his ankle operation Salisbury City.[http://www.salisburycity-fc.co.uk/transfer-news-new-signings TRANSFER NEWS] Start in the Red Insure Cup against Wimborne Town.
On 5 November 2010, he joined Swindon Supermarine to be able to play in the 2nd round F.A. Cup game against Colchester United.
=Chippenham Town=
On 13 August 2011, Will joined Chippenham Town. He made his first appearance for the club later that day in a Southern Football League Premier Division game against Stourbridge.
He left in January 2012 to play for Salisbury City.
=Salisbury City=
After leaving Chippenham, he returned to Salisbury City. He spent the rest of the 2011–12 season with The Whites, only losing one game in a Salisbury City Shirt helping secure a strong finish to the season.
He then committed to the club again signing for the 2012–13 season during the pre–season period. Will went on to play over 40 games in the 2012–13 season ending in The Whites winning promotion by the way of the playoffs.
During the pre–season period before the 2013–14 season, Mikey Harris signed Will on for the upcoming season stating that he had full faith in Will, and believed that he would continue to do well. Will played an integral role in pre-season, playing pretty much every minute. Will went on to play much of the 2013–14 season, again appearing over 40 times in the league with 14 clean sheets, ending in being awarded the player's player of the season award by his fellow professionals.
=Bristol Rovers=
On 11 August 2014, he joined Bristol Rovers on non-contract terms.{{cite news |title=Work to add strength and depth to the squad is continuing, says Bristol Rovers boss Darrell Clarke |url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Work-add-strength-depth-squad-continuing-says/story-22336829-detail/story.html |work=Bristol Post |publisher=bristolpost.co.uk |date=11 August 2014 |accessdate=11 August 2014}} He started for Bristol Rovers in the 2015 Conference Premier play-off final against Grimsby Town on 17 May 2015, and was substituted for Steve Mildenhall during the stoppage time of extra with the score at 1–1.{{cite news|first=Brendon|last=Mitchell|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32679757|title=Bristol Rovers 1–1 Grimsby|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 May 2015|accessdate=17 May 2015}} Rovers went on to win the penalty shoot-out 5–3. Puddy made his return to the Bristol Rovers team in the EFL Trophy 1–0 defeat to Portsmouth.{{cite web|url=http://m.bristolpost.co.uk/portsmouth-1-bristol-rovers-clarke-s-men-crash-out-controversial-efl-trophy-after-naismith-winner/story-29879129-detail/story.html|title=Portsmouth 1 Bristol Rovers 0: Clarke's men crash out controversial EFL Trophy after Naismith winner|work=Bristol Post|date=9 November 2016|accessdate=9 December 2016}} Puddy proceeded to play in the league on 10 December 2016 in a 4–2 victory over Bury.{{cite web|url=http://m.bristolpost.co.uk/bristol-rovers-4-bury-2-step-up-puddy-animated-darrell-clarke-boateng-shift-take-your-chances/story-29974481-detail/story.html|title=Bristol Rovers 4 Bury 2: Step up Puddy, animated Darrell Clarke, Boateng shift, take your chances|work=Bristol Post|date=10 December 2016|accessdate=11 December 2016}}
=Braintree Town=
On 23 September 2016, Puddy joined Braintree Town on a one-month loan deal from Bristol Rovers.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37455713|title=Will Puddy: Bristol Rovers goalkeeper joins Braintree Town on loan|publisher=BBC/sport|date=23 September 2016|accessdate=23 September 2016}} Puddy made his debut for the club in a 1–0 defeat to Forest Green Rovers.{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/braintree-t-vs-forest-grn/teams/360789|title=Starting lineups – Braintree T vs Forest Grn 24 Sep 2016|publisher=Sky Sports|date=24 September 2016|accessdate=27 October 2016}} Puddy injured himself in the FA Cup 4th qualifying round 4–2 victory over Bromley.{{cite web|url=http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/sport/14804530.Stunning_fightback_sees_Braintree_book_their_place_in_FA_Cup_first_round_draw/|title=Stunning fight back sees Braintree book their place in FA Cup first round draw|work= Braintree and Witham Times|date=15 October 2016|accessdate=27 September 2016}}
=Sutton United=
On 27 February 2017, Puddy joined Sutton United on an initial one-month loan deal as a direct replacement for injured first choice goalkeeper Ross Worner.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39107893 |title=Sutton United sign keeper Will Puddy from Bristol Rovers & Kieron Cadogan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 February 2017 |accessdate=27 February 2017}} He made his debut for the club on 28 February 2017, keeping a clean sheet during a 1–0 victory over Boreham Wood.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39035610 |title=Sutton United 1–0 Boreham Wood |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 February 2017 |accessdate=5 March 2017}} Puddy kept a second clean sheet in his next match, a 0–0 draw with Barrow,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39086829|title=Barrow 0–0 Sutton United|date=4 March 2017|accessdate=5 March 2017|publisher=BBC Sport}} Sutton's first away clean sheet back in the non-League top flight for 26 years since a 9–0 victory against Gateshead on 22 September 1990.{{Cite web|url=http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1990-09-22/gateshead-v-sutton-united|title=Gateshead v Sutton United|accessdate=5 March 2017|publisher=Statto.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306032348/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1990-09-22/gateshead-v-sutton-united|archive-date=6 March 2017|url-status=dead}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 4 March 2017.{{Cite news |title=W. Puddy |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/will-puddy/50876/ |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=3 December 2016}}{{Cite news |title=Will Puddy |url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/will-puddy |publisher=Aylesbury United |accessdate=3 December 2016}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| 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="1" valign="center"|Cheltenham Town
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Mangotsfield United (loan)
|Southern League Premier Division |9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Yate Town (loan)
|Southern League Premier Division |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Stafford Rangers (loan)
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Tamworth (loan)
|11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Bath City (loan)
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Salisbury City
|Southern League Premier Division |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Swindon Supermarine
|Southern League Premier Division |13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1Appearance(s) in FA Trophy | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Chippenham Town
|Southern League Premier Division |24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8Seven appearances in FA Trophy, one in Southern League Cup | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4" valign="center"|Salisbury City
|Conference South |12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13
|Conference South |33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5Two appearances in FA Trophy, three in Conference South play-offs | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|Conference Premier |40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!85 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | 96 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4" valign="center"|Bristol Rovers
|Conference Premier |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3Appearance(s) in Conference Premier play-offs | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016–17
|League One |7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Braintree Town (loan)
|4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Sutton United (loan)
|15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!198 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 218 | 0 |
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Honours
Salisbury City
- Conference South play-offs: 2012–13{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23602330|title=Conference 2013-14 season preview|publisher=BBC Sport}}
Bristol Rovers
- Conference Premier play-offs: 2014–15
- League Two Automatic Promotion: 2015–16
References
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External links
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- {{Soccerbase}}
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Category:People from Warminster
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Bristol City F.C. players
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Category:Salisbury City F.C. players
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