Benjamin David Gill (born 4 October 1987) is an English

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. He plays either as a central midfielder or central defender and most recently played for Chalfont St Peter.

Career

Born in Harrow, Gill started his career as a youth player at Arsenal but was released in July 2005 and joined the academy of

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Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ...

. Whilst still an academy scholar he made his first team debut in a

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victory against

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on 20 September 2005, coming on as a substitute.Soccerbase: Ben Gill
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and

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respectively, against

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and Bolton Wanderers. Watford were promoted to the Premiership at the end of 2005–06 season and Gill was awarded a professional contract. In October 2006, he joined then Conference side

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on a month's loan, to cover injuries sustained by the Yellows. He was involved in 4 matches, starting 3 times. After his return, he was unable to break into the first-team. At the end of the season he was released and subsequently signed a two-year contract with

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Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league sy ...

, on 15 May 2007. He played fifteen times for the club before being he was released early from his contract in January 2009. He signed for

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team com ...

in February 2009, signing until the end of the 2009. Signed on non-contract terms for Weymouth, in March 2009 until the end of the season. In July 2009 he signed with Interblock from Slovenia. His spell in Slovenia was ended in September 2010 however, when he returned to England and signed for

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...

. After only a few games for Forest Green, Gill departed The New Lawn and spent a small amount of time at Rayners Lane before moving on to

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Wealdstone Wealdstone () is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is located just north of Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald, west of Belmont and Kenton, and east of Headstone. The area accommodates ...

in November 2010. After making 12 league appearances he left Wealdstone. He then spent time training with Lincoln City. In October 2021, Gill signed for Chalfont St Peter and was then loaned to Ascot United for their

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match at home to North Greenford United. He made his debut for The Saints on 23 November 2021 in their home Isthmian League match against Bedfont Sports. Gill took over as caretaker manager of Chalfont St Peter on 7 February 2022 after the resignation of Aaron Steadman.

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Player profile
at PrvaLiga * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Ben 1987 births Living people Footballers from Harrow, London English footballers Arsenal F.C. players Watford F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players NK IB 1975 Ljubljana players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Rayners Lane F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Chalfont St Peter A.F.C. players Ascot United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Expatriate footballers in Slovenia People educated at The John Lyon School Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders English expatriate footballers Chalfont St Peter A.F.C. managers