Sam Ramsbottom (born 3 April 1996) is an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a goalkeeper for Cape Town Spurs. Ramsbottom has played for Tranmere Rovers, Burscough, Droylsden, Bootle,

Witton Albion Witton may refer to one of several places in England: *Witton, historic name of an area of Northwich, Cheshire **Witton Albion F.C. *Witton Gilbert, County Durham *Witton-le-Wear, County Durham *Witton, an area of Blackburn, Lancashire * Witton, B ...

Galway United Galway United Football Club (Irish language, Irish: ''Cumann Peile Ghaillimh Aontaithe'') is an List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland, Irish association football club based in Galway. They play in the League of Ireland Fi ...

Barrow Barrow may refer to: Places England * Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria ** Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, local authority encompassing the wider area ** Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency) * Barrow, Cheshire * Barrow, Gloucestershire * Barro ...

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

, Alfreton Town,

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

and Dumbarton.

Career

Born in Greasby, Ramsbottom began his career with Tranmere Rovers, joining them at the age of 7 and spending time on loan with Burscough, Droylsden, Bootle and

before signing for Irish club

in July 2016. After a short spell with

he signed for

in September 2017. He then spent time with Alfreton Town before signing a one-year contract with Scottish club

in June 2019. He left Morton at the end of the 2019–20 season, and went on trial with

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

in September 2020. After his spell on trial with Falkirk ended and offers overseas were stopped by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ramsbottom joined Dumbarton in March 2021. After establishing himself as the club's number one, Ramsbottom extended his contract with the club in June 2021. He left the Sons in May 2022 following their relegation to

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. In August 2023, Ramsbottom joined

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club Cape Town Spurs.

References

1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Wirral Footballers from Merseyside English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Burscough F.C. players Droylsden F.C. players Bootle F.C. players Witton Albion F.C. players Galway United F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Alfreton Town F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Edinburgh City F.C. players Cape Town Spurs F.C. players National League (English football) players Scottish Professional Football League players English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa English expatriate sportspeople in South Africa South African Premier Division players {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub