Ben Barclay
English association football player (born 1996)
Benjamin Philip Barclay (born 7 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for the academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion as an overage player.
Career
Brighton & Hove Albion
Barclay played regularly for Brighton U23s and made a number of appearances for the Sussex club in the Premier League 2 prior to his inclusion to the senior squad. The former Manchester City youth player was included in Chris Hughton's 25-man squad for the 2018–19 Premier League season.
He made his Brighton and professional debut on 29 August 2018, starting and playing the whole match of the 1–0 home loss against fellow Premier League outfit Southampton in the EFL Cup, with Charlie Austin scoring the late winner.
Notts County (loan)
On 4 January 2019, Barclay joined Notts County on loan until the end of the season. Barclay made his Notts County debut a day after joining the club in a League Two fixture away against Essex side Colchester United where it eventually finished 3–3, in what also happened to be his first ever league match. On 19 April 2019, Barclay scored his first ever professional goal scoring in the 94th minute in a 2–1 home defeat to MK Dons.
In the next match, which was away to Crawley Town, Barclay was sent off for violent conduct. He was sent off at 1–1, the scoreline it finished. As a result of the suspension he missed the final two games of the season where Notts County were relegated to the National League after a 3–1 away defeat to Swindon Town in the final game of the season.
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