Dan Preston

Daniel Sean Preston (born 26 September 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Southern League Division One Central club Bedworth United.

For the Nottingham Forest and Grimsby Town player born in 2000, see Danny Preston.

Dan Preston
Preston in 2014
Personal information
Full name Daniel Sean Preston[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991[1]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Bedworth United
Youth career
2002–2009 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Birmingham City 0 (0)
2010 → Hereford United (loan) 4 (0)
2011 → Hereford United (loan) 0 (0)
2011–2014 AFC Telford United 70 (2)
2013 → Barrow (loan) 3 (0)
2013 → Stourbridge (loan)
2014–2016 Tamworth 59 (3)
2016–2017 AFC Telford United 7 (0)
2016–2017 → Leamington (loan) 5 (0)
2017 → Hednesford Town (loan)
2017 → Stourbridge (loan) 8 (2)
2017–2018 Hereford
2017 → Bromsgrove Sporting (dual) 8 (1)
2018–2019 Stratford Town 8 (0)
2019 Sutton Coldfield Town
2019 Nuneaton Borough 1 (0)
2019 Sutton Coldfield Town 0 (0)
2019– Bedworth United 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:00, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Playing career

Birmingham City

Preston joined Birmingham City's youth academy in 2002.[2] He played in the club's under-18 team which reached the semi-final of the 2008–09 FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 6–1 on aggregate to their Liverpool counterparts.[3]

Included in the squads for first-team pre-season friendlies,[4] Preston injured a medial knee ligament playing for a reserve XI against Tamworth.[5] Following an injury crisis, Preston, still in the second year of his academy scholarship, was given a squad number and made his first-team debut on 22 September 2009 as a second-half substitute in the League Cup third-round match at Sunderland, replacing the injured Stuart Parnaby in the 79th minute; he received a yellow card in stoppage time.[6]

Hereford United (loan)

To gain first-team experience, Preston joined League Two club Hereford United on a one-month loan on 26 February 2010.[7] He went straight into the starting eleven for the following day's visit to Notts County, which ended in a 5–0 defeat as goalkeeper Chris Adamson and defender Paul Downing were sent off and Preston himself was booked.[8] After three more League Two appearances, the loan was extended for a second month.[9] Preston returned to Birmingham at the end of his second month without making any more first-team appearances for Hereford.[10]

He rejoined Hereford on a Football League youth loan – an arrangement which allows the player to train with and play non-first-team matches for his parent club when not required by the loaning club – in January 2011 until the end of the 2010–11 season.[11] He failed to make a first-team appearance and the loan was ended on 12 April.[12] He was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2010–11 season.[13]

AFC Telford United
Preston playing for AFC Telford United in 2011

Preston joined Conference Premier club AFC Telford United on 20 July 2011.[14] After a successful first season with the club he was given a new one-year deal. It was announced on 3 May 2013 at the club's end of season awards that Preston would extend his contract with AFC Telford, despite the club being relegated to the Conference North.

Preston joined Conference North rivals Barrow on a one-month loan on 18 October 2013,[15] with whom he made five appearances.[16] He was soon loaned out again, joining Stourbridge of the Southern League Premier Division on 28 November.[17] Preston made his debut for Stourbridge two days later in a 7–0 home victory over Weymouth.[18] On 26 April 2014, he won promotion back to the Conference Premier with AFC Telford United at the first time of asking, after they clinched the Conference North title on the final day of the 2013–14 season, beating Gainsborough Trinity 3–0 at the New Bucks Head.[19] Following their promotion, AFC Telford released Preston after three seasons with the club.[20]

Tamworth

Preston signed for newly relegated Conference North team Tamworth on a one-year contract on 9 June 2014.[21]

AFC Telford United

Preston returned to Telford in May 2016.[22]

Leamington (loan)

On 6 December 2016, Dan joined Leamington on loan.[23]

Hednesford Town (loan)

On 13 January 2017, Preston was again loaned out, this time to Hednesford Town.[24]

Stourbridge (loan)

Preston signed for Stourbridge on loan from AFC Telford United on 24 February 2017.[25]

Hereford

It was confirmed on 26 August 2017, that Preston had signed for Hereford.[26]

Bromsgrove Sporting (dual registration)

Preston was confirmed as signing on dual registration for Bromsgrove Sporting on 12 January 2018, in a bid to help the player get some game time, and help him return to fitness.[27]

Stratford Town

On 20 December 2018, Dan Preston signed for Southern League Premier Central side Stratford Town, and was joined on the same day by goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, who joined the club on loan from Aston Villa.[28]

Preston made his debut for Stratford Town on 2 February 2019, in a home match against St Ives Town, the match finished 0–0.[29]

Sutton Coldfield Town

On 16 March 2019, it was confirmed that Preston had signed for Southern League Division One Central side Sutton Coldfield Town.[30]

Nuneaton Borough

On 27 June 2019, Dan signed for newly relegated Southern League Premier Central side Nuneaton Borough.[31] With just one substitute appearance to his name, Preston left Nuneaton Borough on 30 August 2019.[32]

Sutton Coldfield Town

On the same day, Preston resigned for Southern League Division One Central side Sutton Coldfield Town.[33]

Bedworth United

Preston's move to Sutton Coldfield Town was short lived, as on the 12 September 2019, he was announced as part of a double signing for Southern League Division One Central side Bedworth United along with Blaize Punter.[34]

Personal life

Preston was born in Birmingham, West Midlands,[1] and brought up in the Kings Norton district of the city,[2] where he attended St Thomas Aquinas School. In his final year, he helped the school football team to victory in the final of the 2008 Birmingham City Cup.[35] His stepbrothers James and Mitchell McPike both turned professional with Birmingham City – Mitchell also played for England at under-17 level – but neither played for the first team.[36][37]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 October 2016
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2009–10[38] Premier League000010—10
Hereford United (loan) 2009–10[38] League Two40———40
2010–11[16] League Two0000——00
Total 40———40
AFC Telford United 2011–12[39] Conference Premier28120—2[lower-alpha 1]0321
2012–13[16] Conference Premier24010—2[lower-alpha 1]0270
2013–14[16] Conference North18100—00181
Total 70230—40772
Barrow (loan) 2013–14[16] Conference North3020—0050
Tamworth 2014–15[16] Conference North24120—00261
2015–16[16] Conference North36200—1[lower-alpha 1]0372
Total 60320—10633
AFC Telford United 2016–17[16] Conference North7000—0070
Career total 14457010501573
  1. Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

AFC Telford United

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  26. Preston joins Hereford & Moseley goes to Sutton‚ stourbridgefc.com, 26 August 2017
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