Samuel Alexander Muggleton (born 17 November 1995) is an English

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who plays as a defender or midfielder for Grantham Town.

Career

Early career

Muggleton was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and is the son of former footballer

Carl Muggleton Carl David Muggleton (born 13 September 1968) is an English professional football goalkeeper who made over 550 appearances in the Football League and Scottish Premier League for a number of clubs, most notably Leicester City, Stoke City, Celtic ...

. He played for his local team Syston before joining Leicester City. He played for Leicester for several seasons at various youth levels before being released, being told he was too short. After this, he joined Holwell Sports, where he played for the first team in the

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. Aged 16, he signed a two-year scholarship with Gillingham in November 2012. He made his first-team debut for Gillingham on the final day of the 2012–13 season, starting in a 3–2 away defeat to Burton Albion, as they were crowned champions of

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. Muggleton joined Conference Premier club

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on 27 March 2014 on loan until the end of 2013–14. After making six appearances, he returned to Gillingham. He was released by Gillingham at the end of 2013–14, signing for Barnet permanently on 16 May 2014.

Non-league

On 17 January 2017, Muggleton signed for National League club Eastleigh for an undisclosed fee. On 20 March 2017, Muggleton signed for Eastleigh's National League rivals York City on a contract until the end of 2016–17. He joined York's National League North rivals

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on 21 October 2017 on a one-month loan. He made his debut the same day, starting in Boston's 2–1 away defeat to

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. Muggleton returned to York after the loan expired, having made six appearances for Boston. On 9 February 2018, he joined

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Division One North club Scarborough Athletic on loan for the rest of the 2017–18 season. He made eight appearances as York finished 2017–18 in 11th place in the table. He was released at the end of the season. Muggleton signed for newly relegated National League club

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on 31 July 2018 on a one-year contract with the option of a further year. He joined National League North club

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on 8 February 2019 on a one-month loan. During his second appearance, he collided with an opponent and suffered a broken femur and three ruptured ligaments and a torn tendon in his left knee. Muggleton was released by Chesterfield at the end of the season. He played on trial for

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in September 2020 as he sought to regain full fitness. Later that month he signed for

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club Stratford Town. The 2020–21 season was again curtailed due to Covid-19 and in the summer of 2021 he dropped down a level to sign for

Division One Midlands side

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, after a brief spell with Melton Town. He transferred to division rivals in February 2022 when he signed for

Belper Town Belper Town Football Club is a football club based in Belper, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Christchurch Meadow. The club are nicknamed the "Nailers" due to the town's nail-making industry. History The club ...

and was a part of the side that beat Chasetown 1–0 in the play-off final to earn promotion to the Premier Division. In the 2022-23 season, Muggleton played in the United Counties League for Quorn, Melton Town and Leicester St Andrews,https://fulltime.thefa.com/statsForPlayer.html?selectedSeasonID=471368267&personID=127356354&selectedStatisticDisplayMode=2&selectedOrgStatRecordingTypeID_ForSort= as well as

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in the National League North. He joined Grantham Town for the 2023-24 season.

Style of play

Muggleton plays as a

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or a

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and possesses a long

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Career statistics

Honours

Barnet * Conference Premier: 2014–15

References

External links

Profile
at the Chesterfield F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muggleton, Sam 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Melton Mowbray Footballers from Leicestershire English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Leicester City F.C. players Holwell Sports F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Eastleigh F.C. players York City F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Scarborough Athletic F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Stratford Town F.C. players Melton Town F.C. players Bedworth United F.C. players Belper Town F.C. players Quorn F.C. players Farsley Celtic F.C. players Leicester St Andrews F.C. players Grantham Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Southern Football League players East Midlands Counties Football League players United Counties League players