Aidan Stone

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Aidan Stone
Personal information
Full name Aidan Thomas Stone[1]
Date of birth (1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 (age 22)[2]
Place of birth Stafford, England[2]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Port Vale
Number 26
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
201?–2016 Sporting Khalsa
2016–2017 Brocton
2017–2019 Burnley 0 (0)
2018 → Lancaster City (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2021 Mansfield Town 24 (0)
2019–2020 → Widnes (loan) 5 (0)
2021– Port Vale 5 (0)
National team
2017 England Schoolboys U18 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:30, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Aidan Thomas Stone (born 20 July 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Port Vale.

He began his career at Sporting Khalsa and Brocton, before being signed by Burnley, from where he was loaned out to Lancaster City. He joined Mansfield Town in June 2019 and made his English Football League debut in February 2020. He signed with Port Vale in June 2021.

Career[]

Early career[]

Born in Stafford,[2] Stone attended Kingsmead School and Wolgarston High School.[3] He played as a centre-half in his youth until he put on extra weight at the age of 14 and decided to concentrate on goalkeeping.[4] He played for Sporting Khalsa.[5] Having failed a three-month trial spell at Walsall at the age of 16, he joined Midland League side Brocton in February 2016, winning the club's young player and players’ player of the year awards during the 2016–17 Premier Division relegation campaign.[6][5] He won two caps for the England Schoolboys U18s team in 2017, playing against Northern Ireland and Australia in England's victoious Centenary Shield campaign.[5][3]

Burnley[]

Stone was signed by Burnley to a one year-contract with the option of a further 12 months in June 2017.[7][5] He signed a new one-year contract in April 2018.[8] He joined Lancaster City in July 2018 in a loan deal to run the first half of the 2018–19 season.[9] He made one FA Trophy appearance at Lancaster.[10] He played for Burnley U23s in the 2019 Lancashire Senior Cup final, which ended in a 2–0 defeat to Blackburn Rovers.[11] He credited Nick Pope, Joe Hart and Tom Heaton for having a positive influence on his career, saying "it’s nice to have them as colleagues but also as friends".[12]

Mansfield Town[]

Stone signed for Mansfield Town on 24 June 2019 after impressing manager John Dempster on trial, and was expected to provide competition for first-choice goalkeeper Conrad Logan whilst Bobby Olejnik recovered from a knee injury.[13][14] He made his senior debut at Field Mill on 27 August in a Football League Trophy game against Everton U21; the match finished 1–1 with Everton winning the resulting penalty shoot-out 4–1.[15] On 1 December, he joined Northern Premier League Division One North West club Widnes on a one-month loan deal, having been recommended to the club by Mansfield's Head of Recruitment Andy Burgess.[16] He played five games for the "Whites".[17] In January 2020, Mansfield manager Graham Coughlan said he was hoping to give Stone some more first-team experience before the end of the 2019–20 season.[18] He made his English Football League debut on 15 February, in a 1–0 home win over Newport County.[19]

He made 24 appearances in the 2020–21 season and was praised by manager Nigel Clough in April for recovering from a costly error in a 1–1 draw with Newport County to pick up the man of the match award for his performance in a 1–0 win at Stevenage.[20] However the club confirmed in the following month that Stone would not be offered a new contract.[21] Stone described the decision as "a bit of a shock" as "I thought I'd done enough to earn a new contract".[22]

Port Vale[]

On 25 June 2021, Port Vale announced that they had signed Stone on a one-year deal to start on 1 July, with the option of a further 12 months; manager Darrell Clarke said that "we are pleased to have secured Aidan's future at Vale Park and expect to have a healthy dose of competition now in the goalkeeping positions, following Lucas Covolan's arrival earlier in the week."[23] He was given the chance to secure a starting place after Covolan was sent off on the opening day of the 2021–22 season.[24]

Style of play[]

Stone is a very vocal goalkeeper with good distribution skills.[4]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 22 January 2022
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Burnley 2018–19[25] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lancaster City (loan) 2018–19[10] NPL Premier Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
Mansfield Town 2019–20[26] League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 4 0
2020–21[27] League Two 21 0 1 0 0 0 2[b] 0 24 0
Total 24 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 28 0
Widnes (loan) 2019–20[17] NPL Division One West 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Port Vale 2021–22[28] League Two 5 0 2 0 1 0 4[b] 0 12 0
Career total 34 0 3 0 1 0 8 0 46 0
  1. ^ Appearance in the FA Trophy.
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

Honours[]

Burnley

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Mansfield Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 40. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Aidan Stone at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b Baggaley, Michael (25 June 2021). "The lowdown on Port Vale's new keeper Aidan Stone". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Lomas, John (20 March 2020). "England international trio give Mansfield Town's Aidan Stone a perfect grounding in the art of goalkeeping". www.chad.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Judah, Nathan (15 June 2017). "Hednesford teenager Aidan Stone steps up to the big-time with Burnley". Express and Star. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ^ Scholes, Tony (7 May 2017). "Burnley swoop on Brocton to sign goalkeeper Stone". UpTheClarets. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Clarets add young trio to development squad". Burnley Express. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. ^ Scholes, Tony (11 April 2018). "Goalkeeper Stone leads the way with new deals". UpTheClarets. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. ^ Scholes, Tony (27 July 2018). "Mitchell and Stone loans confirmed". UpTheClarets. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Lancaster City | Appearances | Aiden Stone | 2018-2019 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  11. ^ a b Association, The Football. "Blackburn Rovers 2 0 Burnley FC". www.lancashirefa.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  12. ^ Geldard, Suzanne (4 March 2020). "Former Burnley keeper on working with Clarets' England trio". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Aidan Stone: Mansfield Town sign inexperienced former Burnley goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  14. ^ Coates, Charlotte (25 June 2019). "Stone joins Mansfield after Burnley contract expires". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  15. ^ Curry, Aaron (27 August 2019). "Report: Stags 1-1 Everton U21 (1-4 pens)". www.mansfieldtown.net. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  16. ^ Chadwick, Callum (1 December 2019). "New Signing: Aidan Stone joins on loan". www.widnesfootballclub.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Widnes | Appearances | Aidan Stone | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  18. ^ Lomas, John (30 January 2020). "Big chance for young Mansfield Town keeper Aidan Stone". www.chad.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Mansfield Town 1-0 Newport County". BBC Sport. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  20. ^ Lomas, John (19 April 2021). "Stags keeper Aidan Stone praised for bouncing back after error". www.chad.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Mansfield Town announce retained list". www.mansfieldtown.net. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  22. ^ Lomas, John (21 June 2021). "Goalkeeper Aidan Stone was shocked by Stags exit". www.chad.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Vale sign keeper Stone from Mansfield". BBC Sport. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  24. ^ "Northampton Town 1-0 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Games played by Aidan Stone in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  26. ^ "Games played by Aidan Stone in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  27. ^ "Games played by Aidan Stone in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  28. ^ "Games played by Aidan Stone in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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