Adam Cunnington

Adam Cunnington
Cunnington in 2012
Personal information
Full name Adam Paul Cunnington[1]
Date of birth (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Leighton Buzzard, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Barton Rovers 13 (5)
2006–2007 Leighton Town 12 (3)
2007 Hitchin Town 2 (0)
2007 Rothwell Town 1 (0)
2007–2008 Aylesbury United 2 (0)
2008 Stamford
2008–2010 Barwell 40 (36)
2010–2011 Solihull Moors 22 (10)
2011–2012 Kettering Town 26 (6)
2011–2012 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 4 (0)
2012 Dagenham & Redbridge 5 (0)
2012 → Alfreton Town (loan) 11 (2)
2012–2013 Tamworth 45 (21)
2013–2015 Cambridge United 31 (10)
2014 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 15 (3)
2015 Ebbsfleet United 26 (9)
2015 → Woking (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2017 Bromley 41 (8)
2017–2019 Billericay Town 37 (23)
2019 Dartford 11 (1)
2019 Hemel Hempstead Town 4 (0)
2019–2020 Romford 3 (0)
2020 Hornchurch 10 (4)
2020 Cheshunt 8 (1)
2020–???? Enfield Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adam Paul Cunnington (born 7 October 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Bedford Town.

Career

Born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire,[4] Cunnington started his career with Barton Rovers during the 2005–06 season, in which he scored three goals in 22 appearances.[5] He started the 2006–07 season with five goals in 13 appearances for Barton,[5] before moving to Leighton Town.[4] After scoring three goals in 13 appearances for Leighton he finished the season with Hitchin Town.[4] Having made three appearances for Hitchin in the 2007–08 season he signed for Aylesbury United in September 2007.[4] After making four appearances for the club he returned to former club Barton Rovers, before going on to finish the season with Rothwell Town, making one appearance for the club.[4] Cunnington started the 2008–09 season with Stamford, before joining Barwell later that season.[4] With Barwell in the 2009–10 season, he struck up a strike partnership with Kevin Charley that saw the pair score more than 50 goals, helping the club win the Midland Football Alliance title and reach the FA Vase semi-final.[6]

Cunnington joined Conference North side Solihull Moors in July 2010,[6] and having scored 10 goals in 22 appearances for the club he signed for Conference National side Kettering Town for an undisclosed fee on 1 February 2011, transfer deadline day.[2][7] He made his Kettering debut on 26 February, starting the team's 2–0 victory at home over Newport County.[2] He only managed his first Kettering goal in the side's last game of the 2010–11 season, a 3–1 home victory over Southport on 30 April.[2] He finished the season with 14 appearances for Kettering.[2]

Having started the 2011–12 season with five goals in 13 appearances,[2] Cunnington joined League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge on loan on 24 November with a view to a permanent transfer.[8] His debut came two days later after starting a 3–0 defeat away at Accrington Stanley.[2] After making four appearances for Dagenham he permanently moved to the club upon the loan's expiration on 4 January 2012, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[2][9] He joined Conference side Alfreton Town on a one-month loan on 9 March.[10]

For the 2012–13 season, Cunnington signed for Conference outfit Tamworth.[11] He enjoyed a successful season, ending up as the Conference second top-scorer with 21 goals.[12] Cunnington signed for Conference rivals Cambridge United on a two-year contract on 10 May 2013, becoming the club's fifth signing in a week.[13] and was part of the team that won promotion to League Two via the play-offs.[14]

He featured in Cambridge's first three games of the 2014–15 season but the arrival of Jayden Stockley on loan AFC Bournemouth[15] saw him drop down the pecking order and he was loaned out to Conference Premier side Bristol Rovers on 22 August.[16]

After a spell at Ebbsfleet United, and a short loan at Woking, Cunnington signed for Bromley.

Cunnington then spent two years with Billericay Town before signing for Dartford on 2 August 2019.[17] On 8 October 2019, Dartford announced that Cunnington had left the club by mutual consent.[18]

On 9 October 2019, Cunnington joined Hemel Hempstead Town.[19]

On 21 November 2019, Cunnington joined his third team of the 2019/20 season when he linked up with Romford.[20] He left the club in January 2020.[21] and joined Hornchurch.

At the beginning of the 2020/2021 season, Cunnington joined Isthmian Premier League side Cheshunt. He scored his first goals for the club in a 3–1 victory away to Long Melford in an FA Cup First Qualifying Round tie, scoring 2.

On 6 November 2020. Cunnington signed for Cheshunt's fiercest rivals, Enfield Town.

Career statistics

As of match played 18 March 2017.[2][4]
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
Barton Rovers 2006–07 Southern League Division One Midlands 13 5 0 0 — 0 0 13 5
Leighton Town 2006–07 Southern League Division One Midlands 12 3 1 0 — 0 0 13 3
Hitchin Town 2007–08 Southern League Premier Division 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Rothwell Town 2007–08 Southern League Division One Midlands 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Aylesbury United 2007–08 Southern League Division One Midlands 2 0 1 0 — 0 0 3 0
Solihull Moors 2010–11 Conference North 22 10 0 0 — 0 0 22 10
Kettering Town 2010–11 Conference Premier 14 1 0 0 — 0 0 14 1
2011–12 Conference Premier 12 5 0 0 — 1[a] 0 13 5
Total 26 6 0 0 — 1 0 27 6
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2011–12 League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Dagenham & Redbridge 2011–12 League Two 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Alfreton Town (loan) 2011–12 Conference Premier 11 2 0 0 — 0 0 11 2
Tamworth 2012–13 Conference Premier 45 21 1 0 — 4[a] 0 50 21
Cambridge United 2013–14 Conference Premier 24 8 4 1 — 2[b] 0 30 9
2014–15 League Two 7 2 — 1 0 0 0 8 2
Total 31 10 4 1 1 0 2 0 38 11
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2014–15 Conference Premier 15 3 1 0 — 0 0 16 3
Ebbsfleet United 2014–15 Conference South 16 9 — — 3[b] 2 19 11
2015–16 National League South 10 0 2 0 — 0 0 12 0
Total 26 9 2 0 — 3 2 31 11
Woking (loan) 2015–16 National League 3 0 — — 0 0 3 0
Bromley 2015–16 National League 20 5 — — 1[a] 0 21 5
2016–17 National League 21 3 1 0 — 3[a] 3 25 6
Total 41 8 1 0 — 4 3 46 11
Billericay Town 2016–17 Isthmian League Premier Division 14 6 — — 2 1 16 7
Career total 186 28 7 0 0 0 13 3 206 31
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Conference Premier play-offs

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/11/2011 and 30/11/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "A. Cunnington". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. ^ "First Team". Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Adam Cunnington". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Season Archive". Barton Rovers F.C. Retrieved 7 January 2012. Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.
  6. ^ a b "Barwell facing life without key striker Adam Cunnington". Leicester Mercury. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Kettering Town sign Willy Gueret and Adam Cunnington". BBC Sport. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Daggers move for Cunnington". Sky Sports. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Cunnington Move Becomes Permanent". Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. 4 January 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Reds bring in loan duo". Non-League Daily. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Lee Hendrie leads Tamworth arrivals". BBC Sport. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  12. ^ "English Conference Stats: Top Goal Scorers – 2012–13". ESPN FC. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  13. ^ "Tamworth's Adam Cunnington joins Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Cambridge 2–1 Gateshead". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Bournemouth's Jayden Stockley makes Cambridge United move". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  16. ^ "Adam Cunnington: Cambridge striker signs for Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  17. ^ "NEW SIGNING: Adam Cunnington". Dartford. Dartford F.C. Official Website. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  18. ^ "PLAYER NEWS: Adam Cunnington". Dartford. Dartford F.C. Official Website. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Hemel Hempstead sign Cunnington after Dartford exit". Non League Daily. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  20. ^ "Romford sign striker Cunnington". Non League Daily. 21 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Non League Today I Three in – Three Out at Romford".
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