Charlie Ellis Bailey (born 12 June 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a

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for

Lancaster City Lancaster City Football Club is an English semi-professional non-League football club based in the northern city of Lancaster, Lancashire. They currently compete in and play at Giant Axe. They are full members of the Lancashire County Footb ...

Career

A former pupil at Central Lancaster High School, Bailey joined

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

's youth ranks aged 13, and captained their

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before signing his first professional contract on 12 May 2015. He was first included in a matchday squad on 22 August of that year, when he was an unused substitute in the Shrimps' 3–3

League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...

draw away to

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

. Bailey made his debut on 1 September in a 2–0 win over

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...

in the

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first round at the

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, replacing Alex Kenyon for the final 18 minutes. After his release from Morecambe and having spent the second half of the 2015–16 season on loan at Kendal Town he signed permanently for the Mintcakes for 2016–17 season. He subsequently joined hometown club

for the 2017–18 season, along with his older brother Sam.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Charlie 1997 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Morecambe F.C. players Lancaster City F.C. players Kendal Town F.C. players Sportspeople from Lancaster, Lancashire Footballers from Lancashire