Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adam Mark Buxton[1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 May 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bootle | ||
Youth career | |||
–2010 | Wigan Athletic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Accrington Stanley | 45 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Portsmouth | 0 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Tranmere Rovers | 67 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Morecambe | 13 | (1) |
2020 | → York City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Prestatyn Town | ||
2021–2022 | Warrington Rylands | 19 | (5) |
2023– | Bootle | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:56, 18 February 2022 (UTC) |
Adam Mark Buxton (born 12 May 1992) is an English footballer plays as a right-back for Bootle.
Buxton began his career at Wigan Athletic, and experienced his first taste of first-team football when he was an unused substitute for an FA Cup tie against Hull City on 8 January 2011.[3] Buxton spent the rest of the season playing for the Wigan reserve team, and went on to captain the development squad throughout the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons.[2] He broke back into the first-team setup at the beginning of the 2013–14 season, travelling with the senior Wigan side on their pre-season tour of the United States, and featuring in several pre-season friendlies.[2] However, once the newly relegated side's season had started, Buxton found himself unable to make his way into the line-up for the first-team.
On 3 January 2014, League Two side Burton Albion took Buxton on loan from Wigan for one month.[4] He was issued the squad number 4, and made his professional debut on 14 January 2014 in a 4–1 defeat to AFC Bournemouth in the FA Cup.[5] Buxton made no further appearances for Burton, and was recalled by Wigan on 1 February 2014, at the completion of the initial one-month loan.[6]
Buxton was sent out on loan again a month later, joining another League Two side Accrington Stanley on 8 March 2014, on a one-month emergency loan deal.[7] He made his debut for the club the same day, starting in a 3–1 league win against Chesterfield. Accrington manager James Beattie said of Buxton's debut performance after the match: "I was very pleased with Adam's display at right-back on Saturday and I think everyone who was at the game saw how accomplished he was."[8] On 10 April 2014, Buxton's loan at Stanley was extended until the end of the 2013–14 season.[9] At the end of the season, Buxton was among five players to be released.[10]
After being released by Wigan Athletic, Buxton re-signed for Accrington Stanley on a one-year contract.[11] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss at AFC Wimbledon on 24 January 2015.[12] In August 2016 Buxton declined a contract extension with Accrington in favour of joining Portsmouth.[13] He mutually agreed to leave the club after struggling to make an impact and only played cup matches in his short stay.[14]
On 1 February 2017, Tranmere Rovers signed Buxton on a free transfer on a deal until the end of the season.[15]
On 29 June 2019, Buxton signed for League Two club Morecambe on an initial one-year deal.[16] Buxton scored his first goal for Morecambe on 28 September 2019, coming off the bench against Northampton Town to score Morecambe's first of their comeback in a 2–2 draw.[17] Buxton was made available to find a new club alongside teammate Andrew Tutte in January due to limited first team opportunities[18] and was released in June 2020.[19]
Buxton joined National League North side York City on loan until the end of the 2019/20 season.[20]
In the summer of 2021 he joined newly promoted Northern Premier League Division One West side Warrington Rylands on a free transfer from Prestatyn Town.[21]
Buxton joined Northern Premier League Division One West side Bootle F.C. on 26 May 2023 [22]
While predominantly a right-back, Buxton is a versatile defender, capable of also playing at left-back and centre-back.[4][23]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Wigan Athletic | 2010–11[24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2012–13[24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2013–14[25] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Burton Albion (loan) | 2013–14[25] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2013–14[25] | League Two | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
Accrington Stanley | 2014–15[26] | League Two | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 19 | 1 |
2015–16[27] | League Two | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
Portsmouth | 2016–17[28] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Tranmere Rovers | 2016–17[28] | National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
Tranmere Rovers