Devon Michael Arnold (born 24 November 2001) is an English

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who plays as a

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for Winchester City.

Career

Born in

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

, Hampshire, Arnold grew up in

Tidworth Tidworth is a garrison town and civil parish in south-east Wiltshire, England, on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain. Lying on both sides of the A338 about north of the A303 primary route, the town is approximately west of Andover, south o ...

, Wiltshire and was educated at

The Wellington Academy The Wellington Academy, founded in 2009, is an 11–19 non-selective state-funded school near Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England. The school has academy status and was initially supported by Wellington College, an independent school in Berkshire. H ...

, Ludgershall. Having joined

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

's academy from the Elite Training Centre in November 2016, Arnold was offered a youth scholarship deal to remain with the Glovers in December 2017. On 1 January 2019, Arnold made his debut for Yeovil in

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as a late substitute in their 4–1 defeat against

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 syst ...

, at the age of just 17 years and 38 days he broke the record for the youngest Yeovil player in the English Football League. Arnold was released by Yeovil at the end of the 2019–20 season when his youth scholarship expired. Following his release by Yeovil, Arnold spent time on trial with

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side

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. On 10 September 2021, Arnold signed for Southern League Premier Division South side

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

Career statistics

References

External links

Devon Arnold profile
at the Yeovil Town F.C. website
Official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Devon 2001 births Living people People from Tidworth English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Yeovil Town F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players Salisbury F.C. players Bemerton Heath Harlequins F.C. players Winchester City F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players Wessex Football League players Footballers from Wiltshire