Ollie Shenton
Personal information
Full name Oliver Gregory Shenton[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997
Place of birth Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chorley
Number 13
Youth career
2004–2014 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 Stoke City 1 (0)
2017 → Wrexham (loan) 17 (1)
2019–2020 → Kidderminster (loan) 21 (3)
2020– Chorley 100 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:22, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Oliver Gregory Shenton (born 6 November 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chorley.

Career

Stoke City

Shenton was born in Blythe Bridge and joined the Stoke City Academy in 2004.[2] At 15 Shenton began playing regularly with the under-18s side and he signed a long-term contract with the club in September 2013.[2] In April 2014 he won the Generation Adidas Cup with Stoke City U17s.[3] He signed on scholarship forms in July 2014.[4] In 2014–15 pre-season Shenton began training with the first-team and played 30 minutes in a 0–0 draw with Burton Albion.[5] He began the 2014–15 season playing with the under-21s and scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw with Aston Villa.[6]

He made his professional debut on 27 August 2014, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Peter Odemwingie in a 3–0 win over Portsmouth in the Football League Cup second round.[7] After making his senior debut Shenton earned praise from assistant manager Mark Bowen for his performance.[8] On 25 November 2014 Shenton signed a professional contract with Stoke.[9] Shenton made his Premier League debut on 11 February 2015, coming on as an added-time substitute for Steven Nzonzi in a 4–1 home defeat against Manchester City.[10] The match came two days after the funeral of his mother; following the game Shenton swapped shirts with Frank Lampard.[11][12] Shenton signed a new four-and-a-half year in January 2016 keeping him contracted at Stoke until the summer of 2020.[13]

On 20 January 2017 Shenton joined Wrexham on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[14] Shenton played 17 times for the Dragons, scoring once against Braintree Town on 4 March 2017.[15]

On 30 August 2019, Shenton joined Kidderminster Harriers on a six-month loan.[16] This was extended for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.[17] Shenton scored three goals in 24 matches for Kidderminster until the season was ended early on 22 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[18]

Chorley

Shenton joined Chorley in June 2020.[19]

Personal life

Shenton attended Blythe Bridge High School and grew up supporting Stoke City.[4] His mother, Mandy, died of cancer in January 2015.[20]

Career statistics

As of 22 February 2020[21][22]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 2014–15[23] Premier League 100010—20
2015–16[24] Premier League 000000—00
2016–17[25] Premier League 000000—00
2017–18[26] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19[27] EFL Championship 000000—00
2019–20[28] EFL Championship 000000—00
Total 100010—20
Stoke City U23 2016–17[25] ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
2017–18[25] ————3[lower-alpha 1]030
2018–19[27] ————4[lower-alpha 1]141
Total ———9191
Wrexham (loan) 2016–17[25] National League 1710000—171
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2019–20[22] National League North 213200010243
Career total 3942010101525
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "List of players under written contract registered between 01/06/2017 and 30/06/2017" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 9. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Stoke swoop to tie-up young talent Shenton". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Generation adidas Cup 2014: Stoke City take title with shootout win over Real Salt Lake after 1-1 tie". MLS. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. 1 2 "Shenton Buzzing With Scholarship". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Potters Held To Goalless Draw". Stoke City F.C. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Potters U21s Open With A Draw". Stoke City F.C. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Stoke 3-0 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Future Is Bright". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Shenton Signs Pro Contract". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Stoke 1-4 Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Touch of class from Frank Lampard as he swaps shirts with Olly Shenton". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Frank Lampard gesture to grieving Stoke debutant hailed as 'class' by Mark Hughes". Independent. 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: New Deal For Shenton". Stoke City. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Wrexham AFC sign Stoke City midfielder". Daily Post. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Braintree 1-2 Wrexham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  16. ↑ "Reds make double addition". Kidderminster Harriers. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  17. ↑ "Ollie extends Harriers loan". Kidderminster Harriers. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  18. ↑ "Stoke City youngster thanks club as he heads for career crossroads". Stoke Sentinel. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  19. ↑ "SHENTON JOINS THE RANKS". Chorley FC. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  20. ↑ "Former beauty queen Mandy Shenton dies after 15-year cancer fight". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  21. ↑ "Oliver Shenton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  22. 1 2 Ollie Shenton at Soccerway
  23. ↑ "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  25. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Ollie Shenton in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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