Lewis Colin Reilly (born 7 July 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for

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side

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

. He was previously at Crewe Alexandra,

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...

and

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Career

Crewe Alexandra

Reilly signed professional terms with Crewe in July 2017. He made his debut on 29 August 2017, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for George Cooper in an

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group stage game against

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

U21s at Gresty Road. He made his first start in a Crewe shirt on 7 November 2017, again in the EFL Trophy, and scored twice in a 4–2 defeat by

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

at Vale Park. Reilly made his league debut, coming on as a 76th-minute substitute at

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 ...

, on 21 November 2017, and made three further substitute appearances before being named in the starting line-up for Crewe's home league game against

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

on 20 January 2018. Reilly's release by Crewe was announced on 10 June 2020.

Loans

On 9 November 2018, Reilly joined

Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...

Premier Division Central side Halesowen Town on a month's loan, and the following day scored twice on his debut in a 3–2

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

home win over

Prescot Cables Prescot Cables Football Club is a supporter-owned football club based in Prescot, Merseyside. It was established in 1884 and has also been known as Prescot and Prescot Town. They compete in the and play their home games at Valerie Park. They ...

. He again scored twice in Halesowen's next FA Trophy tie, against

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 ...

, on 24 November, and added a league goal, against Alvechurch, on 4 December 2018. On 4 January 2019, Reilly joined

National League North The National League North, formerly Conference North, is a division of the National League in England, immediately below the National League division. Along with the National League South, it is at the second level of the National League Sy ...

side

Curzon Ashton Curzon Ashton Football Club is an association football club based in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1963 and nicknamed "The Nash", the club is affiliated to the Manchester Football Association and currently compete ...

on a month's loan (later extended), scoring his first goal for the club in a 4–2 win at

Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...

on 12 January. He was recalled to Crewe on 11 April 2019 having played 16 games and scored 8 goals for Curzon Ashton. In August 2019, Reilly joined National League North side Telford United on a one-month loan deal. In October 2019, Reilly rejoined Curzon Ashton on a month's loan, subsequently extended by a further month.

Chorley

In July 2020, it was reported Reilly had signed a pre-contract agreement to join

on 1 August 2020.

Marine

In July 2021, he signed for

Workington

In the summer of 2022, Reilly moved to

.New Workington Reds striker proves his worth
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Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reilly, Lewis 1999 births Living people English men's footballers English Football League players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Men's association football forwards Halesowen Town F.C. players AFC Telford United players Curzon Ashton F.C. players Chorley F.C. players Footballers from Liverpool Marine A.F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players