Connor Goldson

Connor Goldson

Goldson playing for Shrewsbury Town in 2015
Personal information
Full name Connor Lambert Goldson[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-18) 18 December 1992[1]
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2010 Shrewsbury Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010−2015 Shrewsbury Town 106 (8)
2013−2014 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 4 (0)
2015− Brighton & Hove Albion 26 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2016.


Connor Lambert Goldson (born 18 December 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion. His preferred position is at centre back, although he has also been utilised at right back,[3] and in the centre of midfield.[4][5]

He began his career at Shrewsbury Town, whom he represented in 120 competitive matches, scoring eight goals, seven coming in one season, and also spending time on loan at Cheltenham Town. In 2015, after a promotion-winning season for Shrewsbury, he signed for Brighton.

Career

Shrewsbury Town

Born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands,[6][7] Goldson attended Thomas Telford School[8] and was awarded his first professional contract midway through his youth scholarship with Shrewsbury Town in May 2010.[9] He made his debut during a 5–1 away win at Lincoln City on 8 February 2011, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Jermaine Grandison.[10] With captain Ian Sharps suspended,[8] he made his full debut on 1 March, in a 0–3 home defeat to Bury,[11] and featured sporadically the following season as Shrewsbury won promotion to League One.

He enjoyed an extended run at the end of the 2012–13 season, featuring in nine consecutive matches and scoring his first senior goal on the last day of the season against Portsmouth for a 3–2 home win.[12] Having helped Shrewsbury secure safety in their first season in League One, Goldson signed a contract extension on 21 June 2013.[13]

On 28 November 2013, Goldson joined Cheltenham Town on loan initially until 4 January 2014.[14][15] He made his Cheltenham debut as an added-time substitute for David Noble in a 1–0 away win against Morecambe on 7 December.[16] Although his loan was later being extended by a further month,[17] Goldson was recalled by his parent club on 9 January 2014 due to an injury to fellow defender Darren Jones.[18] Following his recall, Goldson was ever-present under caretaker manager Michael Jackson, although he was unable to stop Shrewsbury suffering relegation back to League Two. Despite receiving offers from Premier League clubs, Goldson signed a new two-year contract extension on 4 July 2014, having been convinced to stay by new manager Micky Mellon.[19]

He captained Shrewsbury Town for a whole match for the first time on 12 August 2014, in a League Cup first round victory over Championship club Blackpool, in the absence of regular skipper Liam Lawrence from the starting eleven.[20] Goldson made his 100th Football League appearance for Shrewsbury in a home match against Dagenham & Redbridge on 3 April 2015, scoring both goals in a 2–0 win.[21]

After securing promotion back to League One with a 1–0 victory over former loan club Cheltenham Town on 25 April, it was announced the following day that Goldson had been awarded a place on the PFA League Two Team of the Year for 2014–15, along with teammate Ryan Woods.[22] At the conclusion of the season, he also won both the supporters Player of the season and the Players' player of the season at the clubs annual awards night for 2014−15.[23]

Goldson made his last appearance for Shrewsbury in a 1−1 away match at Bradford City on 15 August 2015,[24] before declaring himself unfit prior to the following home match against Chesterfield three days later.[25]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Goldson joined Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal on 19 August 2015.[26] He was first included in a Seagulls squad a month later, as an unused substitute in a goalless Championship draw at his hometown club Wolverhampton Wanderers, a result which kept his team at the top of the table.[27]

After Brighton's 2–2 draw at Derby County on 12 December, Goldson alleged racial abuse by a home fan at Pride Park, which was investigated by the police.[28] A week later, he made his Seagulls debut, replacing the injured Uwe Hünemeier for the final half hour of a 0–3 home loss to Middlesbrough.[29] His first start came on 29 December, in place of the injured Gordon Greer for a 0–1 loss to Ipswich Town at the Falmer Stadium.[30][31] Three days later, when Brighton hosted Wolverhampton, Goldson scored an own goal from Jordan Graham's cross in the 32nd minute, the only goal of the game.[32]

On 4 April 2016, Goldson scored his first goal for Brighton, equalising as they came from behind to win 2–1 at Birmingham City.[33] The Seagulls came third and qualified for the play-offs; Goldson was one of four of their players who went off injured in their 2–0 loss at Sheffield Wednesday in the semi-final first leg.[34]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 November 2016.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shrewsbury Town 2010−11[35] League Two 3000000030
2011−12[36] 4010200070
2012−13[37] League One 171000000171
2013−14[38] 36010101[lower-alpha 1]0390
2014−15[39] League Two 447304000517
2015−16[40] League One 20—10—30
Total 10685080101208
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2013−14[38] League Two 40———40
Brighton & Hove Albion 2015−16[40] Championship 24210—1[lower-alpha 2]0262
2016−17[41] 2000102[lower-alpha 1]050
Total 262101030312
Career total 1361060904015510
  1. 1 2 Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Football League Championship play-offs

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, Tony; Joyce, Michael; Longbottom, David, eds. (2013). English National Football Archive Yearbook 2013. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-905891-62-7.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ↑ "Goldson happy to player anywhere in Shrewsbury Town's defence". Shropshir Star. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "reserves: Town 1 Walsall 3". Shrewsweb. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Connor Goldson ready to fill Shrewsbury Town's midfield void". Shropshire Star. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wolverhampton's Connor Goldson fighting for his place at Shrewsbury Town". Express & Star. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Town's Connor Goldson set for Brighton". Shropshire Star. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Young Goldson is hungry for more". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Teenager Tom Bradshaw signs pro for Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  10. ↑ "Lincoln 1-5 Shrewsbury" BBC Sport. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Shrewsbury 0-3 Bury" BBC Sport. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "Shrewsbury 3 Portsmouth 2" BBC Sport. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013
  13. ↑ "Taylor and Goldson sign". Shrewsweb. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "Goldson loaned to Cheltenham". Shrewsweb. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Cheltenham Sign Connor Goldson". James Brown. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Morecambe 0-1 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  17. ↑ "Cheltenham Town: Shrewsbury's Connor Goldson extends stay". BBC Sport. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "Goldson returns as Wroe departs". Shrewsweb. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "Connor Goldson signs". Shrewsweb. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  20. ↑ "Connor Goldson captaincy praised by Mellon". BBC Sport. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "Micky Mellon's delight at Connor Goldson's goals". Shropshire Star. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  22. 1 2 "Six Chelsea players named in PFA's Premier League team of the year". The Guardian. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "Connor Goldson top man at Town's awards". Shropshire Star. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "Bradford City 1-1 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  25. ↑ "Town stay quiet on Goldson's QPR link". Shropshire Star. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town defender Connor Goldson moves to Brighton & Hove Albion". Shrewsweb. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Wolves 0-0 Brighton". BBC Sport. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  28. ↑ "Connor Goldson: Brighton defender allegedly racially abused". BBC Sport. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  29. ↑ Cartwright, Phil (19 December 2015). "Brighton 0-3 Middlesbrough". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  30. ↑ Owen, Brian (29 December 2015). "Andrew Crofts makes midfield comeback as Brighton and Hove Albion chase home win". The Argus. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  31. ↑ Malin, Ian (29 December 2015). "Ipswich's Daryl Murphy condemns Brighton to second defeat of season". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  32. ↑ "Brighton 0-1 Wolves". BBC Sport. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  33. ↑ "Birmingham City 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion". BBC Sport. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  34. ↑ Cartwright, Phil (13 May 2016). "Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Connor Goldson in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Connor Goldson in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  37. ↑ "Games played by Connor Goldson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  38. 1 2 "Games played by Connor Goldson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  39. ↑ "Games played by Connor Goldson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  40. 1 2 "Games played by Connor Goldson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  41. ↑ "Games played by Connor Goldson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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