Reece Gray

Reece Gray
Gray with the Conference North trophy in 2012
Personal information
Full name Reece Anthony Gray[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Oldham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Rochdale 13 (2)
2011–2012 → Hyde (loan) 17 (4)
2013 → Hyde (loan) 9 (1)
2013–2014 → Halifax Town (loan) 7 (1)
2014–2016 Hyde United 14 (1)
2016 Ashton United
2016–? Northwich Victoria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:23, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Reece Anthony Gray (born 1 September 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a forward. He played for Rochdale in the Football League. In a loan spell with Hyde in the 2011–12 season he won a Conference North winners medal.

Career

Rochdale

Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester,[2] Gray made his debut for Rochdale on 1 May 2010 in the Football League Two defeat against Burton Albion at Spotland Stadium.[2][3] He played his second game a week later, coming off the bench in a 1–0 away defeat to Barnet.[4] He scored his first goal for the club almost a year later, on 7 May 2011, scoring the winner as his side beat AFC Bournemouth.[5]

On 16 December 2011, he joined Conference North side Hyde on a one-month loan deal.[6][7] He made his debut for the club on 17 December, in a 4–2 win over Vauxhall Motors.[8] He was set to miss his second game for Hyde on 26 December, due to a suspension that had to be served from his sending off for Rochdale's reserve team,[9] but after Hyde had been in negotiations with the Football Association, it was over-turned in time for him to play in Hyde's derby fixture with Stalybridge Celtic on Boxing Day.[10] Gray would serve the suspension upon his return to Rochdale.[10] On 1 January 2012, in the return fixture at Stalybridge, he scored his first goal for the club, scoring the opener as Hyde came out as 3–1 winners.[11] He played five games scoring the one goal in his time with Hyde,[12] before returning to Rochdale on 16 January 2012, after his month's loan deal had expired.[13]

After returning to Rochdale, Gray made two appearances towards the back end of the 2011–12 season. His first coming in a 2–1 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons on 28 April 2012.[14] He scored his first Rochdale goal of the season in a 2–1 defeat to Leyton Orient on 5 May.[15] He was given the number 10 shirt by Rochdale during pre-season building up to the 2012–13 season, but in August 2012 he suffered a dislocated ankle, a fractured tibula and a snapped medial ligament in behind-closed-doors fixture with Liverpool, forcing the game to be abandoned and ruling Gray out for about 6 months.[16] He made his comeback from the injury on 20 April 2013, in a 3–0 defeat to Oxford United.[17]

On 3 October 2013, he re-joined Hyde on a one-month loan deal.[18] He made his second debut for the club two days later starting in a 3–0 defeat to Braintree Town at Ewen Fields.[19] He scored his first and only goal on the loan spell on 16 November, scoring in a 3–2 defeat away to Woking.[20] On 28 November 2013, Gray signed for Conference Premier side Halifax Town on a loan deal until January 2014.[21] He made his debut for the club on 7 December, receiving a red card in a 4–3 defeat to Woking at The Shay.[22] He scored his first goal for Halifax on 28 December in a 5–1 win over Lincoln City.[23]

On 7 May 2014, Gray was released by Rochdale after their promotion to League One.[24]

Hyde

On 29 August 2014, he signed for Conference North side Hyde United on a permanent deal.[25] He made his debut coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with Tamworth.[26]

Ashton United

In March 2016 he joined Ashton United[27]

Northwich Victoria

He then joined Northwich Victoria.

Career statistics

As of 4 May 2012
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rochdale 2009–10[28] League Two 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2010–11[29] League One 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2011–12[30] League One 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Total 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Hyde United (loan) 2011–12[12] Conference North 17 4 0 0 — 0 0 17 4
Career total 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 6
  1. ^ Includes FA Trophy and Football League Trophy.

References

  1. ^ "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/10/2013 and 31/10/2013". The FA. 2 January 2014. p. 11. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Reece Gray". Rochdale A.F.C. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Rochdale 1 – 2 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Barnet 1 – 0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Bournemouth 1 – 2 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Reece Gray joins Hyde on loan". Hyde F.C. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Gray Loaned to Hyde". Football Conference. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Hyde 4 – 2 Vauxhall Motors". Hyde F.C. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Reece goes out on loan". Rochdale A.F.C. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Reece Gray joins Hyde". Hyde F.C. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  11. ^ "Stalybridge Celtic 1 – 3 Hyde". Hyde F.C. 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  12. ^ a b "List of all games featuring Reece Gray". Hyde Football Club: Database. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  13. ^ "Reece ruturns from loan". Rochdale A.F.C. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Rochdale 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Leyton Orient 2-1 Rochdale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  16. ^ "Leg break blow for Gray". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  17. ^ "Oxford 3-0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  18. ^ "Reece Gray: Hyde sign Rochdale striker on loan for a month". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  19. ^ "Hyde vs. Braintree Town 0 - 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  20. ^ "Woking 3 - 2 Hyde". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  21. ^ "FC Halifax bring in Reece Gray and Tom Anderson on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  22. ^ "Halifax 3 - 4 Woking". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  23. ^ "Halifax 5 - 1 Lincoln". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  24. ^ "Rochdale captain Peter Cavanagh released by promoted club". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  25. ^ "Hyde Bring in 4 Players". Hyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  26. ^ "Hyde v Tamworth Match Report". Hyde FC. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  27. ^ "Ashton United sign three players as two others leave Hurst Cross". Quays News. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  28. ^ "Games played by Reece Gray in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  29. ^ "Games played by Reece Gray in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  30. ^ "Games played by Reece Gray in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.