Craig Stone

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Craig Stone
Personal information
Full name Craig Brian Raymond Stone[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-29) 29 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Gravesend, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Eastbourne Borough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Gillingham 15 (0)
2008 → Brentford (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2009 Ebbsfleet United 23 (0)
2010 Maidstone United 4 (0)
2010–2013 Ebbsfleet United 112 (1)
2013–2015 Dover Athletic 62 (1)
2015– Eastbourne Borough 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:10, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Craig Brian Raymond Stone (born 29 December 1988) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Eastbourne Borough. He came through the Gillingham youth ranks, making his league debut as a 16-year-old in the 2005–06 season away to Hartlepool United, and plays in central midfield.

Career

Stone joined Gillingham at the age of 10 and impressed sufficiently to be added to the first team squad for the 2006–07 season. He made his first start for the club in a 1–1 draw away to Bournemouth on 28 April 2007. He signed his first professional contract in May 2007, a one-year deal with an option of another year.

On 17 January 2008 Stone joined Brentford on a month's loan, which was later extended for a second month.[2] On his return to Priestfield Stadium he still could not command a regular place in the team and he was released at the end of his contract, and joined non-League club Ebbsfleet United in time for the 2008–09 season.[3] On 21 February 2009, he broke his leg in a match against Wrexham and was expected to miss the remainder of the season.[4][5] The leg break came in a challenge with former Gillingham team-mate Andrew Crofts, whose cousin is Stone's partner. After breaking his leg a group of Ebbsfleet supporters got together to help Stone pass the time whilst out injured by purchasing a PlayStation 3.[6]

In February 2010, Stone joined Isthmian League club Maidstone United in a bid to regain fitness before returning to the professional game. He joined up with The Stones' caretaker management team of Pete Nott and Tony Cornwell, who coached him as a youngster. In August of the same year, he re-joined Ebbsfleet United.[7]

In June 2015, Stone signed a two-year deal to join Eastbourne Borough of the National League South.[8]

References

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