Ashley Sammons

Ashley Sammons

Personal information
Full name	Ashley George Sammons
Date of birth	(1991-11-10) 10 November 1991
Place of birth	Solihull, England
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Redditch United
Number	10
Youth career
–2009	Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007-2012	Birmingham City	0	(0)
2012	Hereford United	9	(1)
2012–2013	Worcester City	2	(0)
2013	Redditch United	7	(2)
2013	Worcester City	2	(0)
2013-2015	Redditch United	76	(30)
2015	Corby Town	14	(7)
2015-	Redditch United	5	(1)
International career
2007	England U17	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Ashley George Sammons (born 10 November 1991) is an English footballer who currently plays for Southern League side Redditch United, where he plays as a midfielder.

He made his first-team debut in the League Cup in September 2009, and has represented his country at under-17 level.

Personal life

Sammons was born in Solihull where he attended Langley School. His older brother Greg played rugby union for Leicester Tigers.

Playing career

Club career

Sammons joined Birmingham City's youth academy after being spotted playing for his local under-10s team. He progressed through the academy teams, playing for the under-18s while still a schoolboy, and was in the starting eleven for the 5–0 victory over Burton Albion in the final of the Birmingham Senior Cup; though nominally a reserve team, several first-team players were included. In November 2008 Sammons signed his first professional contract, to expire in the summer of 2011. He was given a squad number and included among the substitutes for the FA Cup match against Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 2009, but remained unused. He captained the under-18 team to the semi-final of the 2008–09 FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 6–1 on aggregate to their Liverpool counterparts; Sammons scored Birmingham's goal, "curling a 30-yard shot" past the Liverpool goalkeeper.

Though included in the squads for pre-season friendlies, he did not initially receive a squad number for the 2009–10 season. After manager Alex McLeish named only six of the permitted seven substitutes for the League Cup match at Southampton, because they "could fill the squad with younger players that have just stepped up from the Academy but they're not ready", Sammons told the Birmingham Mail that he disagreed, feeling that he, Jordon Mutch and Mitchell McPike were all capable of playing first-team football. Three weeks later he was named on the bench for the Premier League match at Hull City, but again remained unused. He made his first-team debut in the starting eleven for the League Cup third-round match at Sunderland on 22 September 2009, McLeish describing the player as "a disciplined passer of the ball [who's] got good energy", stressing that although he didn't "just want to throw young players jerseys every time we have an injury crisis", in this case it was deserved.

He made no further first-team appearances before a knee injury disrupted his 2010–11 season, at the end of which he signed a new one-year contract. He was released when that contract expired at the end of the 2011–12 season. On 10 August 2012, Sammons signed for Football Conference side Hereford United.

He was released by Hereford on 8 October 2012 after making nine appearances and scoring one goal.

Sammons then joined Football Conference North side Worcester City on 27 December 2012.

After a short stay with Worcester City Sammons left to join Redditch United in March 2013.

In May 2015 Sammons left Redditch United to join National League side Corby Town, after a short stay with Corby Town Sammons rejoined Redditch United in November 2015

International career

As a 15-year-old, Sammons played three matches for the England under-17 team in the 2007 Nordic Tournament, against their Icelandic, Finnish and Swedish counterparts.

Honours

Birmingham City

• Birmingham Senior Cup winner: 2008

External links

• Ashley Sammons career statistics at Soccerbase
• Profile at Birmingham City F.C.
• The youth team player with more than a hint of David Beckham about him Birmingham Mail article from March 2009

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