Ben Dickenson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brennan Peter Dickenson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1993[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Ferndown, England | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
| Playing position |
Left-back Winger Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Colchester United | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Southampton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Dorchester Town | 22 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2013 | → AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2014 | → Northampton Town | 13 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Gillingham | 67 | (2) |
| 2016– | Colchester United | 12 | (5) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:39, 26 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
Brennan Peter "Ben" Dickenson (born 26 February 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back, winger or striker for League Two side Colchester United.
Dickenson's career began at Southampton before moving on to Conference South side Dorchester Town. He earned a move to Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion. He failed to break into the Brighton first team, instead heading out on loan to Chesterfield, AFC Wimbledon and Northampton Town. He was released in 2014, joining League One side Gillingham. He joined Colchester United after two seasons with the Kent club.
Career
Brighton & Hove Albion
Born in Ferndown,[2] former Southampton trainee Dickenson signed for Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion in January 2012 for an undisclosed fee. He had scored five goals in 22 Conference South games during the first half of the 2011–12 season.[4] He joined League Two side Chesterfield on a one-month loan deal on 8 November 2012.[5] He scored on his professional debut on 10 November after replacing Mark Randall 61 minutes into a 3–2 defeat by Bristol Rovers.[6] He made five starts and six substitute appearances during his time with the Spireites.[7]
AFC Wimbledon signed Dickenson on loan for one-month in February 2013.[8] He made his debut on 23 February in Wimbledon's 1–0 win at Dagenham & Redbridge,[9] before scoring in consecutive games, first against Cheltenham Town in a 2–1 defeat,[10] and then a week later in a 3–2 home win over York City.[11] In all, Dickenson made seven appearances for the Dons,[7] before agreeing a one-year contract extension with Brighton at the end of the season.[12]
Still without a first-team appearance for Brighton, Dickenson was allowed to leave on loan for League Two once again, this time for Northampton Town until the end of the 2013–14 season on 8 February 2014.[13] He made his debut the same day as Northampton fell to a 2–0 home defeat by Plymouth Argyle.[14] He scored one goal for the club, in a 2–0 win against Hartlepool United on 22 February,[15] and made 13 league appearances.[16]
In May 2014, Dickenson had a contract clause invoked extending his contract by one season.[17]
Gillingham
Gillingham paid an undisclosed fee to bring Dickenson to the League One club on a two-year contract on 30 June 2014, just weeks after extending his Brighton contract.[18] He made his debut on 9 August 2014 as a 77th-minute substitute for Jake Hessenthaler in Gillingham's 4–2 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons.[19] He scored in his second game in his first start for the club with a first-half goal against Yeovil Town in the League Cup. He was withdrawn at half-time after picking up a slight injury.[20]
Dickenson scored his second Gillingham goal on 7 October in their 3–3 Football League Trophy draw with Colchester United,[21] before scoring his third and final goal of the campaign on the last day of the season when three goals late goals handed a 3–1 victory to Gillingham over Notts County.[22] He had made 42 appearances during the season.[23]
Bradley Garmston ousted Dickenson from the left-back position which he had become accustomed to playing for Gillingham by November 2015, with manager Justin Edinburgh saying that "choosing between them is probably the most difficult decision."[24] Dickenson had made 18 appearances from August through early November, but found his opportunities limited until March 2016, when a return to first-team action eventually yielded 36 appearances in total.[25] Dickenson was released by Gillingham in May 2016.[26]
Colchester United
After being released by Gillingham, Dickenson joined League Two side Colchester United on a two-year contract.[27] He made his debut for Colchester on 9 August 2016 in their 4–0 EFL Cup defeat to his former club Brighton,[28] before scoring his first goal on his league debut four days later in Colchester's 2–0 win at home to Cambridge United.[29] His performance was recognised by the English Football League when he was named in the Team of the Week for all three divisions.[30] He scored a brace in his next match on 16 August as he helped his side to a 3–2 win over Grimsby Town at the Colchester Community Stadium.[31] As a result of his performance, he was named in the EFL Team of the Week for the second week in succession.[32] He was also nominated for the League Two 'Player of the Month' award after three goals and an assist in his four league appearances in August.[33]
Dickenson scored his fourth goal of the season on 22 November in Colchester's 3–0 win at Cheltenham Town.[34]
Style of play
Chesterfield manager Paul Cook described Dickenson as "a very energetic, left-sided midfielder or left-sided striker who will bring a lot of balance to the team and a lot of energy going forward".[35] He played at left-back for Gillingham, keeping regular left-back Bradley Garmston out of the first-team.[27]
Career statistics
- As of match played 26 November 2016
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dorchester Town | 2011–12[36] | Conference South | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2012–13[7] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013–14[16] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chesterfield (loan) | 2012–13[7] | League Two | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 2012–13[7] | League Two | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Northampton Town (loan) | 2013–14[16] | League Two | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Gillingham | 2014–15[23] | League One | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 42 | 3 |
| 2015–16[25] | League One | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| Total | 67 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 78 | 4 | ||
| Colchester United | 2016–17[37] | League Two | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Career total | 134 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 148 | 18 | ||
- 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy
References
- ↑ "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS AS AT 16TH MAY 2015" (PDF). The Football League. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- 1 2 Ben Dickenson career statistics at Soccerbase
- ↑ "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Brighton sign Dorchester striker Ben Dickenson". BBC Sport. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Chesterfield sign Brighton winger Brennan Dickenson". BBC Sport. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Bristol Rovers 3–2 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ "AFC Wimbledon sign Brighton's Brennan Dickenson on loan". BBC Sport. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Dagenham & Redbridge 0–1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Cheltenham 2–1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "AFC Wimbledon 3–2 York". BBC Sport. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Tighe, Adam (21 May 2013). "New Deals for Development Squad Players". Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ↑ "Brennan Dickenson: Northampton Town to sign Brighton winger". BBC Sport. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Northampton Town 0–2 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Aloia, Andrew (22 February 2014). "Northampton Town 2–0 Hartlepool United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ "Contract news: Brighton release six players but offer a new deal to Matt Upson". Sky Sports. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ Cawdell, Luke (30 June 2014). "Brighton & Hove Albion winger Brennan Dickenson signs for Gillingham on a two-year-deal". KentOnline. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Milton Keynes Dons 4–2 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ Cawdell, Luke (12 August 2014). "Yeovil Town 1 Gillingham 2 – match report". KentOnline. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ Cawdell, Luke (7 October 2014). "Colchester United 3 Gillingham 3 – Gills win 4–2 on penalties". KentOnline. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ "Gillingham 3–1 Notts County". BBC Sport. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ Tucker, Craig (14 November 2015). "Gillingham's Bradley Garmston set to play at left-back ahead of Brennan Dickenson against Bury in League 1". KentOnline. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ Cawdell, Luke (10 May 2016). "Doug Loft, Jermaine McGlashan, Glenn Morris and Brennan Dickenson are to be released by Gillingham". KentOnline. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- 1 2 Cawdell, Luke (29 June 2016). "Brennan Dickenson signs for Colchester United following his release by Gillingham". KentOnline. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ "Brighton & Hove Albion 4–0 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Colchester United 2–0 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ Butcher, Alex (15 August 2016). "Sky Bet EFL: Team of the Week". EFL. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Colchester United 3–2 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ Butcher, Alex (18 August 2016). "SKY BET EFL: TEAM OF MIDWEEK". EFL. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (6 September 2016). "Colchester United head coach John McGreal and winger Brennan Dickenson in contention to scoop Sky Bet League Two monthly awards". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ↑ "Cheltenham Town 0–3 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "Spireites Snap Up Brighton Winger". Chesterfield FC. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "B. Dickenson". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ "Games played by Ben Dickenson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
