Stuart Reddington (born 21 February 1978) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is assistant manager of

Lincoln United Lincoln United Football Club is a football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Ashby Avenue. Nicknamed the Whites after their home kit colours, they have played at Ashby Avenue since thei ...

. He played as a defender and was notably contracted to

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side Chelsea, but failed to make a first team experience but spent time on loan with Kalmar FF and

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. He then joined Mansfield permanently where he played in the

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before moving into Non-League football with Burton Albion,

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

, Grantham Town, Ruston Sports FC and Sleaford Town. He finished his career where he started, with

, where he had four separate spells during his career.

Playing career

Reddington started his football career aged 19, playing for his local non league side

. While playing for the club, he was scouted by Premiership giants Chelsea where he signed for the club at the start of the 1999–2000 season. The club at the time were managed by

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. While at

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Vialli loaned Reddington out to Swedish club Kalmar FF. While in Sweden he scored four times in sixteen appearances. In 2001, Reddington signed for

following an initial loan spell at

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. He remained at Mansfield until a year later when Nigel Clough signed him for Burton Albion also following a loan spell. Since leaving Burton in 2003, Reddington has played for

, Grantham Town and his former club Lincoln United. Reddington announced his retirement from competitive football midway through the 2007–08 season while playing for Grantham. He signed for amateur side Ruston Sports at the start of the 2008–09 campaign, playing in the

Lincolnshire League The Lincolnshire Football League is an English football league. The league has one division, which stands at level 11 of the English football league system). History The League runs a representative side that compete in the FA Inter League Cup. ...

. At the start of the 2009–10 season, it was announced that Reddington would re-sign for Lincoln United. He returned to Ruston Sports before rejoining Lincoln United in October 2010 and debuting in the 0-0

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draw at

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. In February 2015, he joined Sleaford Town on a month's loan but was sent off for two yellow cards in the club's 2–0 home defeat to

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on 10 February.

Coaching career

In 2017 Reddington was appointed as assistant manager of

, although he left the role in 2018 he was re-appointed in 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reddington, Stuart 1978 births Living people Footballers from Lincoln, England English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Lincoln United F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Kalmar FF players Mansfield Town F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Grantham Town F.C. players Ruston Sports F.C. players Sleaford Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden