Curtis Weston

Curtis James Weston (born 24 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays for Chesterfield.

Curtis Weston
Weston warming up before a match during his time at Gillingham
Personal information
Full name Curtis James Weston[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-24) 24 January 1987[1]
Place of birth Greenwich, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chesterfield
Number 8
Youth career
000?–2004 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Millwall 4 (0)
2006–2007 Swindon Town 27 (1)
2007–2008 Leeds United 7 (1)
2008 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 7 (0)
2008 → Gillingham (loan) 3 (0)
2008–2012 Gillingham 144 (15)
2012–2018 Barnet 213 (23)
2018– Chesterfield 44 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:35, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Playing career

Born in Greenwich, London, Weston attended Erith Secondary School, and was spotted by a Millwall scout when playing for the school team and subsequently joined Millwall's youth academy. In only his second appearance for Millwall's first team, he replaced player-manager Dennis Wise in the 89th minute of the 2004 FA Cup Final against Manchester United to become the youngest FA Cup finalist at the age of 17 years 119 days, beating the 125-year-old record of James F. M. Prinsep. He said "it's obviously the highlight of my career so far. I supported Manchester United as a kid so that made it even more special. I didn't get long on the pitch, but I got a few touches. I remember a sliding tackle on Ruud van Nistelrooy, and a 50–50 with Nicky Butt. I kept my shirt, and I also got Mikaël Silvestre's".[2]

Weston moved to Swindon Town in July 2006 when Dennis Wise, now managing Swindon, signed him again. Weston finally managed a run of appearances and scored his first professional goal in a game against Bristol Rovers.[3] He was released by Swindon a year later. Weston signed a two-year contract with Leeds United on 7 August 2007, the third time that Dennis Wise gave him a contract. [4] He scored his first goal for the club in their 3–0 win over Northampton Town in January 2008,[5] but his time with Leeds was not long. "Gary McAllister (the new Leeds manager after Wise left for Newcastle United), was straight with me. He just told me I wasn't in his plans and I should get myself another club," said Weston later.

Weston signed for Football League Championship team Scunthorpe United on loan, in March 2008. In August 2008, Weston joined Gillingham, initially on a one-month loan, before signing a two-year contract.[6] He said "when the chance came to go to Gillingham I grabbed it. ..being from the area, I knew the club, knew the set-up was good. It was the chance to move back to where my family is, and to play regular games". He made his Gillingham debut away to Bournemouth on 9 August 2008, and scored his first goal for the club on 28 December 2008 against Wycombe Wanderers.[7]

Weston signed for Barnet on 13 August 2012,[8] but saw a lack of first team action at first due to the arrival of John Oster and Edgar Davids soon afterwards. He played a prevalent role however, in Barnet's last fixtures of the season, starting their last game at Underhill, with his shot from outside the box hitting the post. He started the final game of the season against Northampton Town, which Barnet went on to lose 2–0, thus relegating them to the Conference. Weston spent six seasons with the Bees, during which time he held the captaincy and won the Conference Premier title in 2014–15. On 24 May 2018, it was confirmed that Weston had agreed to join Chesterfield for the 2018–19 season.[9]

Honours

Millwall

  • F.A. Cup runner-up: 2004

Gillingham

  • Football League Two play-offs winner: 2008–09

Barnet

Career statistics
As of match played 3 August 2019
Club performance League Cup League Cup Other Total
ClubSeasonLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
England League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Millwall 2003–04First Division 1010--20
2004–05Championship 3010--40
2005–06 00---00
Millwall total 4020000060
Swindon Town 2006–07 League Two 27120101[lower-alpha 1]0311
Leeds United 2007–08 League One 7120101[lower-alpha 1]0111
Scunthorpe United 2007–08 Championship 70---70
Gillingham 2008–09 League Two45540-3[lower-alpha 2]0525
2009–10League One 3963220-448
2010–11League Two 3340000-334
2011–12 30032101[lower-alpha 1]0352
Gillingham total 14715104304016419
Barnet 2012–13 League Two 2901010-310
2013–14Conference Premier 39410002[lower-alpha 3]0424
2014–15 46931--4910
2015–16League Two 37310201[lower-alpha 1]0413
2016–17 40610101[lower-alpha 1]1437
2017–18 221000000221
Barnet total 2132371404122825
Chesterfield 2018–19 National League 43240-2[lower-alpha 3]0492
2019–20 National League 1000-0010
Career total 451422759012149948
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in Football League Two playoffs
  3. Appearances in FA Trophy
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References
  1. Hugman, Barry J. (ed) (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. The Independent History Man 2 January 2009
  3. "Swindon 2-1 Bristol Rovers". BBC. 16 December 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. "Leeds sign Constantine & Weston". BBC Sport. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  5. "Leeds 3-0 Northampton". BBC. 5 January 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  6. Official Gillingham F.C. website Archived 5 August 2012 at Archive.today
  7. Gillingham 1–1 Wycombe match report from bbc.co.uk
  8. "BARNET MAKE DOUBLE SWOOP". Barnet F.C. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  9. Weston Signs For Spireites
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