Ex Files - Ben Kitchen Friday, 27th Jul 2007 01:26
We're trying to add all the players who played for us in 2005-6 to our archive of former players.
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Player Profile: Ben Kitchen |
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Name |
Ben Kitchen |
Position |
Winger |
Date
of Birth |
19th August 1986 |
Born |
Bolton |
Height |
unknown |
Weight |
unknown |
Signed
for Dale |
PNE |
Fee |
Free Transfer |
Debut |
Boston 1 Dale 1 - 07.05.05 |
Other
Clubs |
Preston North End |
Left
Spotland |
04.05.06 |
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Dale
Stats (to July 2007)
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League |
Cup |
Total |
Season |
App |
Sub |
Goals |
App |
Sub |
Goals |
App |
Sub |
Goals |
2005-2006 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
2004-2005 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Total |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
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Ben
joined the club early in the 2004-5 season on a free transfer from
Preston North End, and came to Spotland very much as a prospect, rather
than someone who was expected to challenge for a first team place
straight away, and became a regular in the reserves for the rest of the
season.
His reserve outings had him down as very much a right winger, but he was
given a first team chance on the last game of the 2004-5 season, when he
appeared on the left wing as a sub against Boston, and he impressed
everyone with his trickery which had the Boston defence in all sorts of
problems.
After a number of impressive performances in pre-season, he became a
regular in the first team squad in the early stages of the 2005-6
season, though he only had a couple of appearances off the bench to show
for it. He was laid low by an eye injury for a while which put a halt on
his progression for a while, though he came more into the reckoning
towards the close of the season.
He was given his first start for the club in April 2006, but he failed
to do enough to convince the management that he was worthy of another
deal, and he was released in May 2006 with a total of ten appearances
for the side most of which were as a left winger. |
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