Joshua George Dawkin (born 16 January 1992) is an English-born

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

footballer who plays as a

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for St Ives Town, having signed for them in the summer of 2016.

Career

Born in

St Ives, Cambridgeshire St Ives is a market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England, east of Huntingdon and north-west of Cambridge. St Ives is historically in the historic county of Huntingdonshire. History The township ...

, Dawkin has represented

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

at under-17 and 19 levels. Although born in England, he qualifies to play for Wales through his mother:

"My mum was born in Wales, though she only lived there for a couple of years because my grandad was in the RAF."

He made his professional debut for Norwich City aged 17, on 6 October 2009, in a match against Gillingham in the

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. Dawkin began a one-month loan spell with

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side Cambridge United on 9 March 2012. On 12 July 2012 Dawkin joined

side

Braintree Town F.C. Braintree Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Cressing Road. History The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team o ...

along with former

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defender Sam Habergham. After a spell with Cambridge City, Dawkin joined Southern Premier Division side Dunstable Town in the summer of 2014 following their promotion the previous season. Spells followed for Biggleswade Town and St Neots Town, with whom Dawkin spent the second half of the 2015–16 season. In the summer of 2016 he moved to newly promoted Southern Premier Division side St Ives Town.

Style of play

Dawkin expressed his strengths as a footballer as "running with the ball and dribbling", adding "I'm nowhere near as good as him but I'd like to model myself on

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- I'd like to try and play like him."

References

External links

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Josh Dawkin profile
at the Norwich City website {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawkin, Josh 1992 births Living people People from St Ives, Cambridgeshire English men's footballers Welsh men's footballers Wales men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Norwich City F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players Lowestoft Town F.C. players Cambridge City F.C. players Dunstable Town F.C. players Biggleswade Town F.C. players St Neots Town F.C. players St Ives Town F.C. players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players