Stephen Leslie Reed (born 18 June 1985) is an English

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who plays for Barnstaple Town.

Career

Reed was born in

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

and began his career as a trainee with Yeovil Town, turning professional in September 2002. He made his

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debut in April 2003, as a substitute in a 4–0 away win against

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as D ...

, his only appearance as Yeovil won promotion to

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. His league debut came in November 2003, Reed was sent off late in the game as Yeovil lost 2–1 to Bury, Bury's winner coming just two minutes after Reed's dismissal. In October 2004, Reed joined

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...

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, spending two months with the

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side. Further loan spells followed the next season, in August 2005 with

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

and the following month with

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

. In March 2006 he joined

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nickna ...

on loan, moving to

Plainmoor Plainmoor is an association football stadium located in the Plainmoor suburb of Torquay, Devon, England. Since 1921, the stadium has been the home of Torquay United Football Club, who currently compete in the National League, the fifth tier o ...

on a free transfer at the end of the season. Reed left Torquay by mutual consent on 16 February 2007, joining

Tiverton Town Tiverton Town Football Club are an English football club based in Tiverton, Devon. The club are currently members of the and play at Ladysmead. History The club was established in 1913 as Tiverton Athletic, and initially played at the Athlet ...

the same day. He later joined

Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmixon ...

until the end of the season. On 17 May 2007, Reed signed for

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side

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. In July 2008, he joined Weymouth. He left the club on 23 April 2009 due to an "internal club matter." but joined

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 ...

on 21 May 2009. He joined Conference National club,

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

on a one-month

in November 2009. In December 2009, Reed joined his former club Weymouth on a one-month loan to get match fitness, a deal which was extended on 16 January 2010, until the end of the 2009–10 season. He was released by the club, along with 10 other players at the end of the 2009–10 season. In the summer of 2013 he rejoined

. He then joined

Bideford Bideford ( ) is a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, south-west England. It is the main town of the Torridge local government district. Toponymy In ancient records Bideford is recorded as ''Bedeford'', ''By ...

in October 2013.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reed, Stephen 1985 births Living people English men's footballers Sportspeople from Barnstaple Yeovil Town F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Woking F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Tiverton Town F.C. players Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Bideford A.F.C. players Ilfracombe Town A.F.C. players Holsworthy A.F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Devon