{{short description|English footballer}} {{use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Adam Bygrave | image = | fullname = Adam Michael Bygrave | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Walthamstow, England | height = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = {{0|000}}?–2007| youthclubs1 = Reading | position = Defender | years1 = 2007–2008 |clubs1 = Reading |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2007–2008 |clubs2 = → Gillingham (loan) |caps2 = 15 |goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2008–2009 |clubs3 = Weymouth |caps3 = 16 |goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2009–2010 |clubs4 = Histon |caps4 = 34 |goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2010–2011 |clubs5 = Hayes & Yeading United |caps5 = 44 |goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2011–2012 |clubs6 = Farnborough |caps6 = 40 |goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2012–2016 |clubs7 = Hayes & Yeading United |caps7 = 18 |goals7 = 2 | club-update = 13:44, 11 September 2023 (UTC) }} '''Adam Michael Bygrave''' (born 24 February 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a defender.

==Career== Bygrave joined Reading's Youth Academy as a junior, and on 6 July 2007, he signed a one-year professional contract with Reading.<ref>{{cite news|date=6 July 2007 |url=http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1068670,00.html |title=Royals make six Academy signings |publisher=Reading F.C. |accessdate=20 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711122129/http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10306~1068670%2C00.html |archivedate=11 July 2007 }}</ref>

Bygrave joined Gillingham on loan on 20 November 2007 initially for one month.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 November 2007 |url=http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1171603,00.html |title=Defender makes loan move |publisher=Reading F.C. |accessdate=20 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215075441/http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10306~1171603%2C00.html |archivedate=15 December 2007 }}</ref> He made his league debut in Gillingham's 2–1 win over Hartlepool United on 24 November 2007,<ref>{{cite news | date=24 November 2007 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/7099981.stm | title=Gillingham 2–1 Hartlepool | publisher=BBC Sport | accessdate=24 November 2007}}</ref> and the loan was then extended for a second month,<ref>{{cite news|date=21 December 2007 |url=http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1195939,00.html |title=Bygrave gets extended stay |publisher=Reading F.C. |accessdate=21 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222050603/http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10306~1195939%2C00.html |archivedate=22 December 2007 }}</ref> then a third,<ref>{{cite news|date=21 January 2008 |url=http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1221202,00.html |title=Bygrave extends Gills stay |publisher=Reading F.C. |accessdate=21 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122230511/http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10306~1221202%2C00.html |archivedate=22 January 2008 }}</ref> then finally extended to the end of the 2007–08 season.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 January 2008 |url=http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1223923,00.html |title=Gills extend Bygrave loan deal |publisher=Reading F.C. |accessdate=24 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128165605/http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10306~1223923%2C00.html |archivedate=28 January 2008 }}</ref> However, the loan was then cut short, and Bygrave returned to Reading on 22 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news|date=22 April 2008 |url=http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1295406,00.html |title=Youngster back after loan |publisher=Reading F.C. |accessdate=23 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426033220/http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10306~1295406%2C00.html |archivedate=26 April 2008 }}</ref>

He was released by Reading at the end of his current contract,<ref>{{cite news|date=16 May 2008 |url=http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1314021,00.html |title=Four offered deals, six released |publisher=Reading F.C. |accessdate=16 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723085952/http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10306~1314021%2C00.html |archivedate=23 July 2008 }}</ref> and signed with Conference National side Weymouth on 25 May 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/weymouth/7419222.stm|title=Terras swoop for ex-Royal Bygrave|accessdate=25 May 2008|date=25 May 2008|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He signed for fellow Conference team Histon for a fee of £5,000 on 1 January 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/weymouth/7807075.stm|title=Lewer mulls over contract offer|accessdate=1 January 2009|date=1 January 2009|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

Bygrave signed for Hayes & Yeading United on 2 August 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hayes_and_yeading/8878931.stm |title=Trio sign contracts with Hayes and Yeading United |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 August 2010 |accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref>

Out of contract at the end of the 2010–11 season, he followed manager Garry Haylock to Farnborough.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.farnboroughfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1303:adam-bygrave-signs-for-farnborough&catid=1:latest&Itemid=196 |title=Farnborough Football Club |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>

On 27 August 2012 he was sacked by Farnborough after being found to have made "numerous racist, disabled and paedophile based comments on social networking sites which are totally unacceptable in any walk of life," and became a free agent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.farnboroughfc.co.uk/2012/08/club-statement-5/ |title=Club Statement |publisher=Farnborough F.C. |date=27 August 2012 |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19396418 |title=Farnborough's Adam Bygrave sacked for Facebook remarks |publisher=BBC News |date=28 August 2012 |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a402212/non-league-footballer-sacked-over-facebook-posts.html |title=Non-league footballer sacked over Facebook posts |publisher=Digital Spy |date=28 August 2012 |first=Andrew |last=Laughlin |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref> He re-signed for Hayes & Yeading United in December 2012 after serving a football ban for the offence.

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