Charlie Raglan

Charles Jordan Clark Raglan (born 28 April 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two side Cheltenham Town.

Charlie Raglan
Personal information
Full name Charles Jordan Clark Raglan[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993[2]
Place of birth Wythenshawe, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Cheltenham Town
Number 5
Youth career
UD Guargacho
Juan Migue
CD Marino
0000–2011 Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Port Vale 0 (0)
2011 → Hinckley United (loan) 6 (1)
2012–2013 Hinckley United 24 (0)
2013 Nantwich Town 17 (1)
2013–2014 FC United of Manchester 38 (5)
2014–2017 Chesterfield 46 (1)
2016–2017 → Oxford United (loan) 16 (0)
2017–2019 Oxford United 1 (0)
2018 → Port Vale (loan) 10 (0)
2019 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 19 (2)
2019– Cheltenham Town 35 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2020 (UTC)

He began his career at Port Vale, but was allowed to join non-league Hinckley United in 2012 following a loan spell at the club. He went on to join Nantwich Town in February 2013 and then F.C. United of Manchester later in the year. He returned to the English Football League with Chesterfield in April 2014 and joined Oxford United in June 2017 following a spell on loan. He returned to Port Vale on loan in January 2018 and was loaned out to Cheltenham Town in January 2019, before joining the club permanently five months later.

Playing career

Port Vale

Raglan was born in Wythenshawe, England, but grew up in Tenerife, and spent his youth associated with UD Guargacho, Juan Miguel, and CD Marino.[4] He returned to England and came through the Port Vale youth academy to sign professional forms with the club in June 2011, having just been voted Youth Player of the Year.[5] He spent October 2011 on loan at Conference North club Hinckley United;[6] the deal was later extended to cover the month of November.[7] He scored for Hinckley in a 3–3 draw at Blyth Spartans.[8] He helped the "Knitters" to the First Round of the FA Cup, after playing in all five qualifying matches. He then gave away a penalty against Tamworth in a 2–2 draw at De Montfort Park,[9] before a 90th-minute strike from Kieron St Aimie won the tie for Tamworth at The Lamb Ground.[10] He returned to Vale Park in December, having played fourteen games for Hinckley, half of which were in the FA Cup. He joined Hinckley on a permanent basis in the summer after Vale manager Micky Adams 'reluctantly' opted not to offer him a new contract at the club.[11]

Non-league

He signed with Nantwich Town in February 2013, manager Jimmy Quinn stating that "he is ambitious and wants to fulfil his potential and realise dream of playing league football."[12] He joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club FC United of Manchester for the 2013–14 season, helping Karl Marginson's "Red Rebels" to a second-place finish in the league; they reached the play-off semi-finals, where they were beaten by Ashton United at Gigg Lane.

Chesterfield

Raglan signed with Chesterfield in April 2014, with manager Paul Cook describing him as "very much one for the future".[13] He made his League One debut on 30 August, coming on for Sam Hird 29 minutes into a 2–1 victory over former club Port Vale at Vale Park.[14] He marked another milestone against his former club, scoring his first Football League goal in a 3–0 win over Port Vale in the return fixture at the Proact Stadium on 10 January.[15] He made a total of 25 appearances in the 2014–15 season and helped the "Spireites" to the play-offs, where they were beaten by Preston North End at the semi-final stage.[16] He signed a new contract extension at the start of the 2015–16 season, keeping him tied to the club until summer 2017.[17] He underwent hernia surgery in February 2016.[18]

Oxford United

He joined Oxford United on a five-month loan deal on 31 August 2016.[19] Manager Michael Appleton said that "we were looking for someone to cover us at centre-half with Curtis Nelson, Aaron Martin and Joe Skarz all struggling right now and he fits the bill perfectly."[20] In January he extended his loan deal until the end of the season despite being kept out of the first team by the form of Chey Dunkley and Curtis Nelson.[21] He played a total of 16 games for the "U's" during the 2016–17 campaign, before being released by Chesterfield in May 2017.[22] He signed a two-year contract with Oxford the following month after stating that "I thoroughly enjoyed last season".[23]

He ruptured two ligaments on the eve of the new season and was ruled out of action for three months.[24] His injury left him unable to feature under manager Pep Clotet, and with the arrival of Robert Dickie caretaker-manager Derek Fazackerley felt that he had enough cover at centre-back to allow Raglan to look for game time elsewhere.[25][26] On 30 January 2018, he re-joined former club Port Vale in League Two on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season; manager Neil Aspin had quickly needed a centre-back to replace the recalled loanee Tom Anderson.[27] He made an excellent debut by helping the "Valiants" to keep a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw with Morecambe at Vale Park on 4 February.[28] However he was dropped after a poor performance in a 5–1 defeat to Cheltenham Town six days later, before making a good impression upon his return to the team four weeks later in place of the injured Kyle Howkins.[29]

Cheltenham Town

On 15 January 2019, he joined League Two side Cheltenham Town on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season, having played against the "Robins" earlier in the season in the EFL Trophy.[30] Oxford Head Coach Karl Robinson said that "we can't offer him that on a regular basis right now [because] we have Curtis Nelson and Rob Dickie playing regularly plus John Mousinho and Sam Long".[31] He went on to make 19 appearances for Cheltenham, being utilised on the right of a back three alongside Ben Tozer and Will Boyle by manager Michael Duff, helping the club to a 16th-place finish.[32][33] He was released by Oxford on 9 May and signed a two-year deal with Cheltenham five days later.[34][35]

He had a strong 2019–20 season and was named in five out of eleven journalists 'League Two team of the season (so far)' after the COVID-19 pandemic in England caused the season to be put on hiatus on 15 March.[36] The season was ended early with Cheltenham in the play-offs and Raglan scored the opening goal of the semi-finals, a 2–0 first leg victory at Northampton Town on 18 June.[37] However Cheltenham went on to lose the second leg at Whaddon Road by three goals to nil and were eliminated from the play-offs.[38]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 June 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 2011–12[39] League Two 0000000000
Hinckley United 2011–12[40] Conference North 61700010141
2012–13[41] Conference North 240000000240
Total 301700010381
F.C. United of Manchester 2013–14[42] Northern Premier Division 38500004[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]0425
Chesterfield 2014–15[43] League One 18160001[lower-alpha 3]0251
2015–16[44] League One 27030101[lower-alpha 3]0320
2016–17[45] League One 1000101[lower-alpha 3]030
Total 461902030601
Oxford United 2016–17[45] League One 160000000160
2017–18[46] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 3]010
2018–19[47] League One 1000004[lower-alpha 3]050
Total 170000050220
Port Vale (loan) 2017–18[46] League Two 100000000100
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2018–19[47] League Two 192000000192
Cheltenham Town 2019–20[48] League Two 35120104[lower-alpha 4]1422
Total 543201041614
Career total[lower-alpha 5] 195101803017123311
  1. Appearance/s in the FA Trophy
  2. Appearance/s in the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
  3. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  4. 2 Appearances in the EFL Trophy and 2 appearances and 1 goal in the play-offs
  5. Statistics for Nantwich Town not recorded
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