Ross Daniel Etheridge (born 14 September 1994) is an English

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who most recently played as a

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for

Nuneaton Town 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 to ...

Playing career

Etheridge began his career at

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 1884 ...

, but never played for the club. He had loan spells at nearby non-league teams

Ilkeston Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/texti ...

, Gresley and Leek Town, and on 26 January 2015, he was loaned to

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club

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

for a month. Starting on 31 January with their 0–5 loss to

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, he was included for five games for the Railwaymen, but never took to the field. On 9 March, he went on another month-long stint at

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, playing ten full

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games.

Accrington Stanley

On 29 June 2015, after his release from Derby, Etheridge signed for

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club

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...

on a year-long deal. He played the first professional game of his career on 1 September, a 1–2 loss to

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at the

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in the first round of the

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Doncaster Rovers

On 25 May 2016, Etheridge joined fellow League Two side

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on a two-year deal. Etheridge failed to impress and by mid January 2017 he was third choice keeper following the signing of

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. He was made available for transfer at the end of the season, though a training ground injury where he broke his ankle made this unlikely to happen.

Nuneaton Town

On 25 January 2018, after being released by mutual consent from Doncaster, Etheridge was signed by

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side

. He joined Stratford Town on loan in September 2018 and went on to spend the majority of the season with the Southern Premier Central Division club.

Glapwell FC

At the start of the 2020/21 season Etheridge turned down a host of clubs to sign for home club Glapwell FC where he spent his junior years before joining

academy. He Follows in his father Neil's footsteps who himself was No.1 at Glapwell in the 90's. Neil is still connected with the club as a groundskeeper.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Accrington Stanley profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Etheridge, Ross 1995 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Derby County F.C. players Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players Gresley Rovers F.C. players Leek Town F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Alfreton Town F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Stratford Town F.C. players Northern Premier League players National League (English football) players English Football League players Footballers from Chesterfield