Ryan Brunt (footballer)

Ryan Samuel Brunt (born 26 May 1993) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League South club Chippenham Town.

Ryan Brunt

Brunt playing for Plymouth Argyle in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Ryan Samuel Brunt[1]
Date of birth	26 May 1993[2]
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Chippenham Town
Youth career
0000–2010	Bristol City
2010–2011	Stoke City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Stoke City	0	(0)
2011	→ Nantwich Town (loan)	0	(0)
2011	→ Luton Town (loan)	5	(0)
2012	→ Tranmere Rovers (loan)	15	(1)
2012–2013	→ Leyton Orient (loan)	18	(3)
2013–2015	Bristol Rovers	35	(5)
2014	→ York City (loan)	6	(0)
2014	→ Stevenage (loan)	5	(0)
2015–2017	Plymouth Argyle	50	(11)
2017–2018	Exeter City	1	(0)
2018–2020	Bath City	62	(16)
2020–	Chippenham Town	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:09, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Career

Stoke City

Born in Birmingham, West Midlands,[2] Brunt started his football career with Bristol City's youth team before joining Stoke City's academy in 2010. Brunt began well at Stoke scoring a hat trick against Walsall reserves in September 2010.[4] However Brunt missed most of the 2010–11 season after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury.[5] After recovering from his injury Brunt joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Nantwich Town on loan and his first appearance for them was in the FA Cup first round against Milton Keynes Dons which Nantwich lost 6–0.[6] Whilst still out on loan at Nantwich, Brunt played and scored in a reserve match for Stoke against Rotherham United.[7] He impressed watching Luton Town manager Gary Brabin who signed Brunt on a month's work experience on 16 November 2011.[8][9] He made six appearances for Luton[10] before returning to Stoke after an extension could not be agreed.[11]

On 27 January 2012, Brunt joined League One club Tranmere Rovers on a one-month loan.[12] He made his Football League debut as an 85th-minute substitute in a 1–1 draw at home to Huddersfield Town.[6] He scored his first professional goal with a low shot from a Martin Devaney cross in a 1–1 home draw with Charlton Athletic on 18 February 2012.[6][13] Brunt extended his loan with Rovers for a second month.[14]

On 17 July 2012, Brunt joined League One club Leyton Orient on a six-month loan.[15] He scored his first goal for Orient in a 1–0 win over Brentford at home on 13 September 2012,[16] despite appearing to be in an offside position.[17] He ended his loan spell with Orient having scored three goals in 22 appearances.[16]

Bristol Rovers

Brunt joined League Two club Bristol Rovers on 23 January 2013 on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[18] He made his debut for Rovers in a 3–1 away win over Rotherham United on 26 January 2013,[16] being fouled for a penalty kick that was scored before being substituted after 81 minutes.[19] He scored his first goal for Rovers with a shot from a narrow angle during injury time of his home debut against Barnet in a 2–1 victory.[16][20]

Brunt joined League Two club York City on 30 September 2014 on a one-month emergency loan,[21] with his debut coming in a 0–0 home draw with Portsmouth on 4 October.[22] He made six appearances for York[22] before the loan expired on 1 November 2014.[23] Brunt returned to Bristol Rovers and started the matches against Tranmere Rovers, Alfreton Town and Kidderminster Harriers before the arrival of Nathan Blissett and Bradley Goldberg on loan pushed Brunt back down the pecking order at Rovers. He was loaned out again on 27 November 2014, this time to League Two side Stevenage until January 2015.[24]

Plymouth Argyle

On 20 January 2015, Brunt signed for League Two club Plymouth Argyle on an 18-month contract.[25] Brunt suffered a serious knee injury in the 1–0 away defeat to Barnet on 1 March. This sidelined him for over nine months, missing the entire first half of the 2016–17 season.[26] He was released by the club at the end of 2016–17, and turned down the opportunity to train with the club in pre-season.[27]

Exeter City

Brunt signed for League Two club Exeter City on 1 August 2017 on an undisclosed-length contract following a successful trial.[28] He was released by Exeter at the end of the 2017–18 season.[29]

Bath City

Brunt signed for National League South club Bath City on 30 June 2018 on a one-year contract.[30] The 2018–19 season ended in disappointment as Bath lost in the Play off eliminator to Wealdstone with Brunt being sent off for a dangerous tackle in the 73rd minute.[31] The following season ended in similar fashion when Bath fell at the same hurdle. After the season had concluded early due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bath again lost the play off eliminator with Brunt scoring as Dorking Wanderers ran out 2-1 victors.[32] Brunt departed Bath on 29 July 2020.[33]

Chippenham Town

Brunt joined fellow National League South side Chippenham Town on 9 October 2020, signing a short-term deal.[34]

Career statistics

As of end of 2019–20 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	2011–12[6]	Premier League	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012–13[16]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nantwich Town (loan)	2011–12[6]	NPL Premier Division	0	0	1	0	—		0	0	1	0
Luton Town (loan)	2011–12[10]	Conference Premier	5	0	—		—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
Tranmere Rovers (loan)	2011–12[6]	League One	15	1	—		—		—		15	1
Leyton Orient (loan)	2012–13[16]	League One	18	3	2	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	22	3
Bristol Rovers	2012–13[16]	League Two	18	5	—		—		—		18	5
	2013–14[35]	League Two	11	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	13	0
	2014–15[36]	Conference Premier	6	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
	Total		35	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	38	5
York City (loan)	2014–15[22]	League Two	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
Stevenage (loan)	2014–15[22]	League Two	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Plymouth Argyle	2014–15[22]	League Two	16	2	—		—		2[lower-alpha 3]	1	18	3
	2015–16[37]	League Two	34	9	1	0	1	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	1	39	10
	2016–17[38]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		50	11	1	0	1	0	5	2	57	13
Exeter City	2017–18[39]	League Two	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Bath City	2018–19[36]	National League South	33	9	3	1	—		3[lower-alpha 4]	0	39	10
	2019–20	National League South	29	7	2	2	—		6[lower-alpha 5]	4	37	13
	Total		62	16	5	3	—		9	4	76	23
Career total			196	36	11	3	3	0	17	6	228	45

1. Appearance in FA Trophy
2. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
3. Appearances in League Two play-offs
4. Two appearances in the FA Trophy and one appearance in the National League South Play Offs
5. 5 appearances and three goals in FA Trophy and one appearance and one goal in the National League South Play Offs

References

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3. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 534. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
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5. "Stoke City: Stoke youth striker out for season". The Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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29. "Troy Archibald-Henville: Exeter City defender among seven released by club". BBC Sport. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
30. James, Stuart (30 June 2018). "Former Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City striker Ryan Brunt signs for Bath City". Plymouth Live. Local World. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
31. "Bath City (0) 1 Wealdstone (1) 3 – Vanarama National League South Play-Off Eliminator – Wednesday 1 May 2019 – Twerton Park". www.bathcityfc.com. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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39. "Games played by Ryan Brunt in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

• Ryan Brunt profile at the Bath City F.C. website
• Ryan Brunt at Soccerbase