Liam Edwards

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Liam Edwards
Personal information
Full name Liam John Edwards[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Crewe, England
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Southport
(on loan from Bolton Wanderers)
Number 26
Youth career
0000–2015 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Stoke City 0 (0)
2017– Bolton Wanderers 6 (0)
2018–2019 → Southport (loan) 22 (0)
2021– → Southport (loan) 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:25, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Liam John Edwards (born 2 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Southport on loan from Bolton Wanderers.[2]

Career[]

Edwards started his career in Stoke City's academy, and signed his first professional contract with them in 2015.[3] He played no matches for the first team however, and was released in 2017.[4] After his release, he signed for Bolton Wanderers and became captain of their U23 team. As captain, he lead them to win the 2017–18 Professional Development League title.[5]

In November 2018, Edwards signed on loan for Southport.[6] His loan was extended to the end of the season in January 2019.[7] He helped Southport win two trophies, the 2018–2019 Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy and Liverpool Senior Cup.[8]

On 3 August 2019, he made his first appearance for Bolton's first team, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 away defeat to Wycombe Wanderers.[9] On 12 September 2019, he signed a new contract at Bolton until 2022.[5] On 27 February 2020 he was ruled out for the rest of the season with injury.[10] The injury also caused him to miss the entire 2020–2021 season as well. He finally returned from injury after 22 months out of action when he played 45 minutes for Bolton's Reserve team in a 3–0 defeat against Preston North End's reserves on 26 October 2021.[11] A week later he made his competitive return, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 against Rochdale in the EFL Trophy.[12] On 12 November 2021 Edwards re-joined Southport on an initial month's loan in order to build up match fitness having missed nearly two years of football.[13] He made his second debut for them a day later when he started in a 4–1 against Boston United.[14][15] On 13 December, the loan was extended for another month[16] and then was extended again until the end of the season on 9 January 2022.[17]

Personal life[]

During his 23 month injury between January 2020 and November 2021, Edwards studied for a degree in chartered physiology just in case he would never be able to play again.[18]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 28 December 2021[2]
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
Stoke City U-23s 2016–17[19] — — — — 2[a] 0 2 0
Bolton Wanderers 2018–19[20] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20[21] League One 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
2020–21[22] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021–22[23] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
Total 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
Southport (loan) 2018–19[8][24] National League North 22 0 3 0 – 4[b] 0 29 0
2021–22[8] 6 0 0 0 – 1[c] 0 7 0
Total 28 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 36 0
Career total 33 0 3 0 1 0 8 0 46 0
Notes
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy and Liverpool Senior Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours[]

Bolton Wanderers Reserves

  • Professional Development League: 2017–18[5]

Southport

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Bolton Wanderers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 7. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Liam Edwards at Soccerbase
  3. ^ Stoke City: "Club Submit Retained List"
  4. ^ Stoke City: "Potters Submit Retained List"
  5. ^ a b c "LIAM EDWARDS Defender signs contract until 2022". bwfc.co.uk. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ "SIGNING | Edwards Joins On Loan". Southport Football Club. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. ^ O'Gara, Mikey (4 January 2019). "Liam Edwards and Marcus Wood extend loans until the end of the season". Bolton Wanderers. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e Soccerway: "L. EDWARDS"
  9. ^ "Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: Defeat for troubled Trotters at Adams Park". 3 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  10. ^ BBC Sport: "Liam Edwards: Bolton Wanderers defender out for season with knee injury"
  11. ^ BWFC: "Edwards: It's Good To Be Back"
  12. ^ BWFC: "REPORT: Rochdale 0 Wanderers 3"
  13. ^ BWFC: "Loan Deals For Defensive Duo"
  14. ^ Southport Football Club: "The Southport line up this afternoon and, after Chris Doyle picked up a knock in training on Thursday, Liam Edwards on loan from Bolton goes straight in at the back."
  15. ^ Southport Football Club: "It's all over and a brilliant 4-1 win to the rampant Sandgrounders."
  16. ^ The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers defender Liam Edwards extends Southport loan"
  17. ^ Southport: "Liam Edwards Loan Extended"
  18. ^ The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers' Liam Edwards studied for degree during 23-month injury hell"
  19. ^ "Games played by Liam Edwards in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Games played by Liam Edwards in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Games played by Liam Edwards in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  22. ^ "Games played by Liam Edwards in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  23. ^ "Games played by Liam Edwards in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  24. ^ southportfc.net "2018-19 Appearances & Scorers"
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