Personal information | |||
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Full name | Craig Brian Raymond Stone[1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 December 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Gravesend, England | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ramsgate | ||
Youth career | |||
–2007 | Gillingham | ||
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) |
2015–2017 | Eastbourne Borough | 79 | (2) |
2017–2019 | Tonbridge Angels | 32 | (0) |
2019 | → Grays Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2019–2023 | Hastings United | 41 | (3) |
2023– | Ramsgate | ||
Managerial career | |||
2019–2021 | Gillingham (U18/U23) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:50, 3 November 2021 (UTC) |
Craig Brian Raymond Stone (born 29 December 1988) is an English footballer who plays for Ramsgate. He came through the Gillingham youth ranks, making his league debut as a 16-year-old in the 2005–06 season, and plays in central midfield or at right-back.
Stone joined Gillingham at the age of 10 and made his first appearance for the club in a 3–1 victory over Hartlepool United on 1 November 2005.[3][4] He signed his first professional contract in May 2007, a one-year deal with an option of another year.[3]
On 17 January 2008, Stone joined Brentford on a one-month loan, which was later extended for a second month.[5] 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.[6] On 21 February 2009, he broke his leg in a match against Wrexham and was expected to miss the remainder of the season.[7][8] A group of Ebbsfleet supporters got together to help Stone pass the time whilst out injured by purchasing a PlayStation 3.[9]
In February 2010, Stone joined Isthmian League club Maidstone United in a bid to regain fitness before returning to the professional game.[10] 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.[11]
In June 2015, Stone signed a two-year deal to join Eastbourne Borough of the National League South.[12] He was released at the end of his contract and dropped back down to the Isthmian League Premier Division to join Tonbridge Angels in May 2017.[13][14][15] He left Tonbridge at the end of the 2018–19 season, having helped them to achieve promotion to the National League South.
On leaving Tonbridge, he was scheduled to take up a player-coach role at Hastings United,[16][17] but he was subsequently offered the role of manager of the U18 and U23 teams at Gillingham, where he had already been coaching at the girls' academy.[18] He departed Gillingham in October 2021.[19]
In May 2023, Stone was promoted to the role of player-assistant manager at Hastings United.[20]