Craig Stone
![]() Stone playing for Tonbridge Angels in 2018. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Craig Brian Raymond Stone[1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 December 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Gravesend, England | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Hastings United (player-coach) Gillingham (U18/U23 Manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–2007 | Gillingham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | Gillingham | 15 | (0) |
2008 | → Brentford (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Ebbsfleet United | 23 | (0) |
2010 | Maidstone United | 4 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Ebbsfleet United | 112 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Dover Athletic | 62 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Eastbourne Borough | 79 | (2) |
2017–2019 | Tonbridge Angels | 32 | (0) |
2019 | → Grays Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2019– | Hastings United | 41 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
2019– | Gillingham (U18/U23) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:50, 3 November 2021 (UTC) |
Craig Brian Raymond Stone (born 29 December 1988) is an English footballer who works for Hastings United as a player-coach and also manager of the Gillingham under 18 and under 23 teams.
As a player, he came through the Gillingham youth ranks, making his league debut as a 16-year-old in the 2005–06 season and played in central midfield or at right-back.
Career[]
Stone joined Gillingham at the age of 10 and made his first appearance for the club in a 3–1 victory over Hartlepool United on 1 November 2005.[3][4] He signed his first professional contract in May 2007, a one-year deal with an option of another year.[3]
On 17 January 2008 Stone joined Brentford on a one-month loan, which was later extended for a second month.[5] On his return to Priestfield Stadium he still could not command a regular place in the team and he was released at the end of his contract and joined non-League club Ebbsfleet United in time for the 2008–09 season.[6] On 21 February 2009, he broke his leg in a match against Wrexham and was expected to miss the remainder of the season.[7][8] A group of Ebbsfleet supporters got together to help Stone pass the time whilst out injured by purchasing a PlayStation 3.[9]
In February 2010, Stone joined Isthmian League club Maidstone United in a bid to regain fitness before returning to the professional game.[10] He joined up with The Stones' caretaker management team of Pete Nott and Tony Cornwell, who coached him as a youngster. In August of the same year, he re-joined Ebbsfleet United.[11]
In June 2015, Stone signed a two-year deal to join Eastbourne Borough of the National League South.[12] He was released at the end of his contract and dropped back down to the Isthmian League Premier Division to join Tonbridge Angels in May 2017.[13][14][15] He left Tonbridge at the end of the 2018–19 season, having helped them to achieve promotion to the National League South.
Coaching[]
On leaving Tonbridge, he was scheduled to take up a player-coach role at Hastings United,[16][17] but he was subsequently offered the role of manager of the U18 and U23 teams at Gillingham, where he had already been coaching at the girls' academy.[18]
References[]
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2011 and 31/07/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ "Craig Stone". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Soccer Shorts: Daish completes double swoop | Kentish Football". Kentish Football. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Craig Stone | Football Stats | Eastbourne Borough | Season 2005/2006 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "STONE JOINS BRENTFORD – Gillingham – News – Press Releases – Press Releases". premiumtv.co.uk. 18 January 2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC SPORT – Football – My Club – Ebbsfleet – Stone joins Charles at Ebbsfleet". bbc.co.uk. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC SPORT – Football – My Club – G – Ebbsfleet – Fleet's Stone suffers broken leg". bbc.co.uk. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Wrexham – News – Dragon News – Dragon News – Craig Stone Heads Home". wrexhamafc.co.uk. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "The Fleet Trust » News » Craig Stone/Neil Barrett Donations Appeal". fleet-trust.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "football.mitoo". football.mitoo.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Ebbsfleet United sign Ashley Carew, Tyrone Sealey and Craig Stone". Kent Online. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "McCallum and Watts agree deals to stay at Eastbourne Borough". The Argus. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Stone Makes Angels Move – Pitchero Non-League". Pitchero Non-League. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Appearances | Craig Stone | 2017–2018 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Appearances | Craig Stone | 2018–2019 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Hastings United | Appearances | Craig Stone | 2019–2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Hastings United | Appearances | Craig Stone | 2020–2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Former player Craig Stone takes on the under-18 and 23 role at Gillingham". 1 July 2019.
External links[]
- Craig Stone at Soccerbase
- 1988 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Ebbsfleet United F.C. players
- Maidstone United F.C. players
- Dover Athletic F.C. players
- Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
- Tonbridge Angels F.C. players
- Grays Athletic F.C. players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Isthmian League players
- Sportspeople from Gravesend, Kent
- Gillingham F.C. non-playing staff