Tom Ashley Denton (born 24 July 1989) is a professional

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who plays as a striker for Guiseley A.F.C. in the Northern Premier League.

Career

Wakefield

Born in

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, West Yorkshire, Denton began his career playing for

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Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...

in 2006 at the age of 17. He made 14 appearances scoring five goals for Wakefield between 2006–2008. He was offered a trial at

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, managing to score for their reserve team. After his trial was completed, he was being looked at by Rovers,

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and his hometown team,

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Huddersfield Town

On 15 August 2008, Huddersfield beat off the competition and signed Denton from Northern Premier League Division One North side Wakefield for a fee of £60,000, possibly totalling up to £100,000. On 27 November 2008, he joined Conference National side Woking for a month. He made his debut on 2 December, in the

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win over Salisbury City, where he scored one and set up two in a 3–0 win. He made his league debut for Woking in their 1–0 defeat at

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on 6 December. He scored his first goal for Woking in their 1–1 draw with

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on 9 December. He returned to Huddersfield Town on 30 January 2009. On 6 March, Denton rejoined Wakefield on loan until the end of the season and scored 12 goals in 13 games, including four in an 8–1 victory over Salford City. Denton joined

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on a six-month loan deal during the summer of 2009. He made his Cheltenham debut in the

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First Round game against

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on 11 August. He made his league debut four days later in the 1–1 draw at

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. He returned to Huddersfield on 10 November, after making four appearances for the club. On 1 February 2010, he returned to Wakefield on a month's loan deal along with teammate Lewis Nightingale. He made his debut in the 1–1 draw against

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on 6 February. He returned to Huddersfield at the end of the season, but had his contract mutually terminated a year early on 22 June 2010. After leaving Huddersfield, Denton re-signed with Wakefield on 26 June 2010. On 28 November 2011 Denton joined

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Alfreton Town

On 8 August 2012 Denton joined

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on a two-year contract. In need of playing time Denton joined Northern Premier League side

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on 13 September on an initial one-month loan deal and after six goals in five games, his loan was extended for a further two months until 15 December. On 30 November he was recalled from his loan early because of a busy period of games coming up for Alfreton.

Worksop Town

After just 4 months at the club Denton moved to

for an undisclosed fee on 20 December 2012 having failed to secure a regular first team spot at Alfreton.

North Ferriby United

In July 2014 he signed for

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. In March 2015 Denton helped the Villagers to victory in the 2014–15 FA Trophy final at Wembley Stadium although he missed his penalty in the shoot-out.

FC Halifax Town

In June 2016 Denton moved to

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team

FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

from North Ferriby to join his manager Billy Heath from North Ferriby to Halifax. On Saturday 6 August 2016 Denton scored a hattrick on the opening game of the season on his debut in a 3–2 away win over Nuneaton.

Chesterfield

Denton joined

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on an 18-month contract for an undisclosed fee from

after a short spell. He left

in July 2022 after failing to agree a new contract.

Alfreton Town

In July 2022, Denton returned to Alfreton Town for a third spell. He found the net twice on the opening day of the 2022–23 campaign as Alfreton came from 2–0 down to draw 2–2 with Chester.

Guiseley

Denton signed for Northern Premier League club Guiseley in June 2023.

Honours

North Ferriby United * FA Trophy: 2014–15

References

External links

Tom Denton profile
at the Worksop Town website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Denton, Tom 1989 births Living people People from Kirkburton Men's association football forwards English men's footballers Wakefield F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Woking F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Alfreton Town F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players Worksop Town F.C. players North Ferriby United A.F.C. players FC Halifax Town players Chesterfield F.C. players