Bradley William Fewster (born 27 January 1996) is an English semi-professional

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who plays as a striker for Whitby Town. Fewster started his career with

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

, and had

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spells with

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

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and

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

. He was released by Middlesbrough in 2017 and spent a season with

Spennymoor Town Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, in the North East of England. They currently compete in and currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field. The club began playing in the Northern ...

before joining Blyth Spartans. He has represented England from under-16 through to under-19 level.

Club career

Middlesbrough

Born in

, North Yorkshire, Fewster joined the Middlesbrough academy before signing a three-year professional contract in July 2013. Fewster made his first-team debut on 12 August 2014 in a

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win over

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, starting the game. Fewster scored his first goal against

on 27 August 2014 on his second senior outing for the club. Fewster joined

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club Preston North End on 27 November 2014 on a season-long youth

. However, the loan was cut short for "personal reasons" after only two weeks. Fewster signed for

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club

on 26 November 2015 on a one-month youth loan and scored on his debut against Accrington Stanley. On 30 August 2016, Fewster joined League Two club

on loan until 31 December. He was released by Middlesbrough at the end of the 2016–17 season.

Spennymoor Town and Blyth Spartans

Fewster signed for

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club

on 31 August 2017. He signed for another National League North club,

Blyth Spartans Blyth Spartans Association Football Club is a football club based in Blyth, Northumberland. They are currently members of and play at Croft Park. They were founded in September 1899 by Fred Stoker, who was the club's first secretary before fo ...

, on 11 July 2018.

Whitby Town

On 28 February 2019, Fewster joined Whitby Town on a contract until the end of next season. Fewster's first season with Whitby was ended prematurely due to the

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outbreak, he scored nine times in 10 league appearances in his debut season with the club.

International career

Fewster has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels. On 18 February 2014, Fewster scored a

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for England under-18s against Belgium U18. He scored on his under-19 debut against Germany in a 1–1 draw, before scoring four goals in three matches in the first round of

2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification The 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the seven teams joining Greece, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA European Unde ...

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

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: February 2016

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fewster, Bradley 1996 births Living people Footballers from Middlesbrough English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Middlesbrough F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players York City F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Spennymoor Town F.C. players Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players Whitby Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players