Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adam Christian Buckley | ||
Date of birth | 2 August 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1997 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1997 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | (0) |
1997–2001 | Grimsby Town | 15 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Lincoln City | 34 | (0) |
2003 | Brigg Town | ||
2003–2005 | Harrowby United | ||
2005–2006 | Stamford | ||
2006 | Spalding United | ||
2006–2007 | Bourne Town | ||
2007–2008 | Spalding United | ||
2008 | Lincoln Moorlands Railway | ||
2008–2009 | Sleaford Town | ||
2009–2010 | Lincoln Moorlands Railway | ||
2010–2011 | Sleaford Town | ||
2011–2012 | Nettleham | ||
2012 | Lincoln Moorlands Railway | ||
2012 | Gainsborough Town | ||
2012–2013 | Lincoln Moorlands Railway | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:03, 18 June 2008 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC) |
Adam Christian Buckley (born 2 August 1979) is an English former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder from 1996 to 2013.
Buckley played as a professional in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Lincoln City between 1998 and 2003, after coming through the youth ranks at West Bromwich Albion. He then forged a career in non-league football and has played for Brigg Town, Harrowby United, Stamford, Spalding United, Bourne Town, Lincoln Moorlands Railway, Sleaford Town, Nettleham and Gainsborough Town.
Buckley first got his break in the professional game with West Bromwich Albion as an academy player in 1996, This was while his father, Alan Buckley was the club's manager. With limited chances though he failed to make the grade and step up to the first team at Albion, prompting Buckley to eventually follow his father to Grimsby Town in 1997, when Alan re-took the managerial post at Blundell Park for the second time.
He made his debut for Grimsby in a First Division defeat to Swindon Town on 24 April 1998. He would make one further appearance that season in another away defeat, this time to Watford. The following season, Buckley was eased into first-team action by his father, and was a regular presence on the bench during the 1999–00 campaign. During his time with The Mariners Buckley was cast aside by Grimsby supporters as a player who only featured and played professionally because his father was the club's manager.