Ed Upson

Ed Upson

Personal information
Full name	Edward James Upson
Date of birth	21 November 1989
Place of birth	Bury St Edmunds, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Milton Keynes Dons
Number	6
Youth career
	Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Ipswich Town	0	(0)
2008	→ Stevenage Borough (loan)	1	(0)
2010	→ Barnet (loan)	9	(1)
2010–2014	Yeovil Town	129	(9)
2014–2016	Millwall	68	(2)
2016–	Milton Keynes Dons	19	(3)
National team
2005–2006	England U17	2	(0)
2007–2008	England U19	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:59, 26 November 2016 (UTC).

Edward "Ed" James Upson (born 21 November 1989)^[1] is an English footballer who plays for Milton Keynes Dons.

Club career

Ipswich Town

He scored the winning goal for Ipswich against Southampton in the FA Youth Cup in 2005 when he was 15,^[1] and signed a professional contract at the age of 17.^[1] In 2008 he was loaned to Stevenage Borough, where he made one substitute appearance on 2 September against Kettering Town. He made his Ipswich debut as a substitute in a Football League Cup match at Shrewsbury Town on 11 August 2009. After being scouted on many occasions by Barnet manager Ian Hendon, Upson joined the Bees on loan from 12 March 2010 for one month,^[2] and made his debut coming on as a second half sub for Albert Jarrett in the 1–1 home draw with Burton Albion. Upson was released by Ipswich at the end of the 2009–10 season.^[3]

Yeovil Town

He joined Yeovil Town on a two-year contract at the start of the 2010–11 season.^[4] He scored his first goal for Yeovil in the FA Cup match with Hartlepool United in 2010. On 13 August 2011, he scored his first league goal from outside the area in a 3–1 win over Oldham Athletic, and went one better with a strike from 30 yards to seal a 1–0 win against Wycombe Wanderers on 13 September 2011, this goal was later nominated for Mitre Goal of the Year. He also scored twice in the FA Cup, with goals in the 3–0 win over Hereford United, and the 2–2 draw with Fleetwood Town.

On 6 May 2013, Upson scored an 85th-minute goal in the 2013 Football League play-offs, to help Yeovil beat Sheffield United 2–1 on aggregate, to taking Yeovil to Wembley for the playoff final.^[5] A play-off final which they won 2–1 earning promotion to the Football League Championship for the first time in the club's history.^[6]

On 3 August 2013, Upson scored the winning goal as Yeovil won their first ever game in the Championship, to secure a 1–0 victory at Millwall.

Millwall

On 31 January 2014, Upson signed for Championship club, Millwall, for an undisclosed fee signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[7]

Milton Keynes Dons

On the 3 June 2016, Milton Keynes Dons announced that Upson had signed a two-year deal with the club and would join the squad on 1 July 2016 following his release from fellow League One club Millwall.^[8]

On 16 August 2016, Upson scored his first goal for the club, scoring in the 94th minute in a 1–2 home defeat to Bradford City.^[9] On 26 November 2016, Upson scored twice in a 1–2 away win over Coventry City.^[10]

International career

Upson came on as a substitute for the England U19s game against Belarus in September 2007.^[11]

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2016.^[12]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ipswich Town	2007–08[13]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2008–09[14]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2009–10[15]	Championship	0	0	0	0	2	0	—		2	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	2	0	—		2	0
Stevenage Borough (loan)	2008–09[14]	Conference National	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Barnet (loan)	2009–10[15]	League Two	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
Yeovil Town	2010–11[16]	League One	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	24	1
	2011–12[17]	League One	41	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	45	5
	2012–13[18]	League One	41	2	1	0	2	0	7[lower-alpha 1]	4	51	6
	2013–14[19]	Championship	24	4	2	0	2	1	—		28	5
	Total		129	10	7	3	5	1	7	4	147	18
Millwall	2013–14[19]	Championship	10	0	0	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2014–15[20]	Championship	26	2	2	0	0	0	—		28	2
	2015–16[21]	League One	32	0	1	0	1	0	5[lower-alpha 2]	0	39	0
	Total		68	2	3	0	1	0	5	0	77	2
Milton Keynes Dons	2016–17[22]	League One	19	3	1	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	22	3
Career totals			225	15	11	3	9	1	12	4	247	23

1. 3 appearances and 1 goal in League One play-offs, 4 appearances and 3 goals in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in Football League Trophy
3. Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Club

Ipswich Town

• FA Youth Cup
  • Winners (1): 2004–05

Yeovil Town

• League One
  • Play-offs (1): play-offs: 2012–13

References

1. Ed Upson at Ipswich Town F.C. retrieved 23 April 2008
2. "Tractor Boy Joins Bees on Loan". Archived from the original on 2010-04-27.
3. Roy On Letting Players Go at Ipswich Town F.C. retrieved 8 May 2010
4. "Yeovil Town sign ex-Ipswich midfielder Ed Upson". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
5. "Yeovil 2–0 Sheffield United". BBC Sport. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
6. "Brentford 1–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
7. "Transfer Deadline Day: Ed Upson joins Millwall from Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
8. "Dons begin summer business". Milton Keynes Dons Official Site. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
9. "Report: Dons 1-2 Bradford City". Milton Keynes Dons Official Site. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
10. "Report: Coventry City 1-2 MK Dons". Milton Keynes Dons Official Site. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
11. Ed Capped at Ipswich Town F.C. retrieved 23 April 2008
12. "Ed Upson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
13. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
14. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
15. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
16. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
17. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
18. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
19. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
20. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
21. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
22. "Games played by Ed Upson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

External links

• Ed Upson career statistics at Soccerbase
  
• Ed Upson's profile at the official Yeovil Town website