Alfie Beestin

Alfie Beestin
Personal information
Full name Alfie Dillon Beestin[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Leeds, England
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Scunthorpe United
Number 8
Youth career
i2i Football Development Centre
–2016 Tadcaster Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Doncaster Rovers 34 (2)
2018–2019 → Chesterfield (loan) 5 (0)
2019–2020 Tadcaster Albion 13 (1)
2020– Scunthorpe United 91 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Alfie Dillon Beestin (born 1 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for National League North club Scunthorpe United.

He was born in Leeds and trained with the York College/i2i Football Development Centre,[2] also playing for the Tadcaster Albion development team.[3]

Early life

Born in Leeds, Beestin studied at The Co-operative Academy of Leeds, before moving on to York College, achieving a Level 2 Certificate in Sport and a Level 1 Coaching Award.[3]

He started his career at the Tadcaster Albion development team, scoring four goals in three games. During a trial at Doncaster Rovers he impressed manager Darren Ferguson.[4]

Career

Beestin signed for Doncaster Rovers on 2 August 2016.[5] Following his signing, manager Darren Ferguson said "ability-wise he's got a hell of a lot".[6]

Beestin came on as a substitute against Mansfield Town in the EFL Trophy, scoring on his debut in a 2–0 victory.[7] In a 5–1 victory against Morecambe Beestin made his League debut as a substitute[8] In his fourth start for the club, he scored his first League goal, the opener in the 1–1 draw against Plymouth on 13 January 2018.[2]

He was released by Doncaster at the end of the 2018–19 season.[9]

Beestin joined Scunthorpe United in January 2020 having previously been playing with Tadcaster Albion.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 February 2019[12]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Doncaster Rovers 2016–17[13] League Two 3 0 1 0 0 0 4[a] 1 8 1
2017–18[14] League One 26 2 3 0 1 0 3[a] 0 33 2
2018–19[15] League One 5 0 0 0 1 0 3[a] 0 9 0
Total 34 2 4 0 2 0 10 1 50 3
Chesterfield (loan) 2018–19[15] National League 5 0 — — 3 0 8 0
Tadcaster Albion 2019–20[16] NPL Division One East 13 1 0 0 — 4[b] 0 17 1
Career total 52 3 4 0 2 0 17 1 75 4
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. ^ One appearance in League Challenge Cup; two appearances in FA Trophy; one appearance in West Riding County Cup

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Scunthorpe United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 62. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Beestin's delight at first league goal". Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Sissons, Jill. "Football Development Centre Student Signed to the Professional Game". www.yorkcollege.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Tadcaster Albion snap up ex-York and Northern Ireland keeper Michael Ingham". 2 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ^ Hoden, Liam (2 August 2016). "Doncaster Rovers: Striker Alfie Beestin signs". The Star. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Doncaster Rovers: First sight of Alfie Beestin against Mansfield Town". www.thestar.co.uk. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Mansfield 0 Rovers 2". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Morecambe 1-5 Doncaster Rovers". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Doncaster Rovers: Tommy Rowe, Andy Butler & Danny Andrew offered new deals". BBC Sport. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Iron U23s sign Alfie Beestin". Scunthorpe United. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Tadcaster Albion – Appearances – Alfie Beestin – 2019-2020". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Alfie Beestin | Football Stats | Doncaster Rovers | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Games played by Alfie Beestin in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by Alfie Beestin in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Games played by Alfie Beestin in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Tadcaster Albion | Appearances | Alfie Beestin | 2019-2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 28 August 2024.