{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use British English|date=June 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Adam Cunnington | image = Cunnington, Adam.jpg | caption = Cunnington in 2012 | fullname = Adam Paul Cunnington<ref name="List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/11/2011 and 30/11/2011">{{Cite web | title = List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/11/2011 and 30/11/2011 | url = http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/2011/November-2011.ashx/November-2011.pdf | publisher = The Football Association | accessdate = 6 January 2012}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|10|7|df=y}}<ref name="A. Cunnington"/> | birth_place = Leighton Buzzard, England | height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}}<ref name="First Team">{{Cite web |title=First Team |url=http://www.daggers.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10692~55138,00.html |publisher=Dagenham & Redbridge F.C |accessdate=25 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506103218/http://www.daggers.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10692~55138%2C00.html |archivedate=6 May 2012 }}</ref> | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2006 | clubs1 = Barton Rovers | caps1 = 13 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = Leighton Town | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = Hitchin Town | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = Rothwell Town | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2007–2008 | clubs5 = Aylesbury United | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = Stamford | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2008–2010 | clubs7 = Barwell | caps7 = 40 | goals7 = 36 | years8 = 2010–2011 | clubs8 = Solihull Moors | caps8 = 22 | goals8 = 10 | years9 = 2011–2012 | clubs9 = Kettering Town | caps9 = 26 | goals9 = 6 | years10 = 2011–2012 | clubs10 = → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2012 | clubs11 = Dagenham & Redbridge | caps11 = 5 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2012 | clubs12 = → Alfreton Town (loan) | caps12 = 11 | goals12 = 2 | years13 = 2012–2013 | clubs13 = Tamworth | caps13 = 45 | goals13 = 21 | years14 = 2013–2015 | clubs14 = Cambridge United | caps14 = 31 | goals14 = 10 | years15 = 2014 | clubs15 = → Bristol Rovers (loan) | caps15 = 15 | goals15 = 3 | years16 = 2015 | clubs16 = Ebbsfleet United | caps16 = 26 | goals16 = 9 | years17 = 2015 | clubs17 = → Woking (loan) | caps17 = 3 | goals17 = 0 | years18 = 2015–2017 | clubs18 = Bromley | caps18 = 41 | goals18 = 8 | years19 = 2017–2019 | clubs19 = Billericay Town | caps19 = 37 | goals19 = 23 | years20 = 2019 | clubs20 = Dartford | caps20 = 11 | goals20 = 1 | years21 = 2019 | clubs21 = Hemel Hempstead Town | caps21 = 4 | goals21 = 0 | years22 = 2019–2020 | clubs22 = Romford | caps22 = 3 | goals22 = 0 | years23 = 2020 | clubs23 = Hornchurch | caps23 = 10 | goals23 = 4 | years24 = 2020 | clubs24 = Cheshunt | caps24 = 8 | goals24 = 1 | years25 = 2020–???? | clubs25 = Enfield Town | caps25 = 0 | goals25 = 0 }} '''Adam Paul Cunnington''' (born 7 October 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Bedford Town.
==Career== Born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire,<ref name="Adam Cunnington">{{Cite web | title = Adam Cunnington | url = http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/adam-cunnington/ | publisher = Aylesbury United F.C | accessdate = 6 January 2012}}</ref> Cunnington started his career with Barton Rovers during the 2005–06 season, in which he scored three goals in 22 appearances.<ref name="Season Archive">{{Cite web | title = Season Archive | url = http://www.bartonrovers.co.uk/club/60494/SeasonArchive | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721210006/http://www.bartonrovers.co.uk/club/60494/SeasonArchive | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 21 July 2011 | publisher = Barton Rovers F.C | accessdate = 7 January 2012}} Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.</ref> He started the 2006–07 season with five goals in 13 appearances for Barton,<ref name="Season Archive"/> before moving to Leighton Town.<ref name="Adam Cunnington"/> After scoring three goals in 13 appearances for Leighton he finished the season with Hitchin Town.<ref name="Adam Cunnington"/> Having made three appearances for Hitchin in the 2007–08 season he signed for Aylesbury United in September 2007.<ref name="Adam Cunnington"/> After making four appearances for the club he returned to former club Barton Rovers, before going on to finish the season with Rothwell Town, making one appearance for the club.<ref name="Adam Cunnington"/> Cunnington started the 2008–09 season with Stamford, before joining Barwell later that season.<ref name="Adam Cunnington"/> With Barwell in the 2009–10 season, he struck up a strike partnership with Kevin Charley that saw the pair score more than 50 goals, helping the club win the Midland Football Alliance title and reach the FA Vase semi-final.<ref name="Barwell facing life without key striker Adam Cunnington">{{Cite news | title = Barwell facing life without key striker Adam Cunnington | url = http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Barwell-facing-life-key-striker/story-12027703-detail/story.html | newspaper = Leicester Mercury | date = 23 July 2010 | accessdate = 6 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120913002650/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Barwell-facing-life-key-striker/story-12027703-detail/story.html | archive-date = 13 September 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
Cunnington joined Conference North side Solihull Moors in July 2010,<ref name="Barwell facing life without key striker Adam Cunnington"/> and having scored 10 goals in 22 appearances for the club he signed for Conference National side Kettering Town for an undisclosed fee on 1 February 2011, transfer deadline day.<ref name="A. Cunnington"/><ref name="Kettering Town sign Willy Gueret and Adam Cunnington">{{Cite news | title = Kettering Town sign Willy Gueret and Adam Cunnington | url = https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9384104.stm | work = BBC Sport | date = 1 February 2011 | access-date = 6 January 2012}}</ref> He made his Kettering debut on 26 February, starting the team's 2–0 victory at home over Newport County.<ref name="A. Cunnington"/> He only managed his first Kettering goal in the side's last game of the 2010–11 season, a 3–1 home victory over Southport on 30 April.<ref name="A. Cunnington"/> He finished the season with 14 appearances for Kettering.<ref name="A. Cunnington"/>
Having started the 2011–12 season with five goals in 13 appearances,<ref name="A. Cunnington"/> Cunnington joined League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge on loan on 24 November with a view to a permanent transfer.<ref name="Daggers move for Cunnington">{{Cite news | title = Daggers move for Cunnington | url = http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12691/7330845/Daggers-move-for-Cunnington | publisher = Sky Sports | date = 24 November 2011 | accessdate = 6 January 2012}}</ref> His debut came two days later after starting a 3–0 defeat away at Accrington Stanley.<ref name="A. Cunnington"/> After making four appearances for Dagenham he permanently moved to the club upon the loan's expiration on 4 January 2012, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.<ref name="A. Cunnington"/><ref name="Cunnington Move Becomes Permanent">{{Cite news |title=Cunnington Move Becomes Permanent |url=http://www.daggers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10692~2564410,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723175446/http://www.daggers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10692~2564410,00.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=23 July 2012 |publisher=Dagenham & Redbridge F.C |date=4 January 2012 |accessdate=6 January 2012 }}</ref> He joined Conference side Alfreton Town on a one-month loan on 9 March.<ref name="Reds bring in loan duo">{{Cite news |title=Reds bring in loan duo |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=83130 |work=Non-League Daily |date=9 March 2012 |accessdate=9 March 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309173556/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php |archivedate=9 March 2012 }}</ref>
For the 2012–13 season, Cunnington signed for Conference outfit Tamworth.<ref name="Lee Hendrie leads Tamworth arrivals">{{Cite news | title = Lee Hendrie leads Tamworth arrivals | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18775200 | work = BBC Sport | date = 9 July 2012 | access-date = 8 May 2013}}</ref> He enjoyed a successful season, ending up as the Conference second top-scorer with 21 goals.<ref name="English Conference Stats: Top Goal Scorers - 2012-13">{{Cite web | title = English Conference Stats: Top Goal Scorers – 2012–13 | url = http://espnfc.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.5/english-conference?cc=5739 | publisher = ESPN FC | accessdate = 10 May 2013}}</ref> Cunnington signed for Conference rivals Cambridge United on a two-year contract on 10 May 2013, becoming the club's fifth signing in a week.<ref name="Tamworth's Adam Cunnington joins Cambridge United">{{Cite news | title = Tamworth's Adam Cunnington joins Cambridge United | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22484685 | work = BBC Sport | date = 10 May 2013 | access-date = 10 May 2013}}</ref> and was part of the team that won promotion to League Two via the play-offs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cambridge 2–1 Gateshead |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27360422 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=18 May 2014 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
He featured in Cambridge's first three games of the 2014–15 season but the arrival of Jayden Stockley on loan AFC Bournemouth<ref>{{cite news |title=Bournemouth's Jayden Stockley makes Cambridge United move |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28895294 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref> saw him drop down the pecking order and he was loaned out to Conference Premier side Bristol Rovers on 22 August.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adam Cunnington: Cambridge striker signs for Bristol Rovers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28899213 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
After a spell at Ebbsfleet United, and a short loan at Woking, Cunnington signed for Bromley.
Cunnington then spent two years with Billericay Town before signing for Dartford on 2 August 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW SIGNING: Adam Cunnington |url=https://www.dartfordfc.com/new-signing-adam-cunnington/ |work=Dartford |publisher=Dartford F.C. Official Website |date=2 August 2019 |accessdate=2 August 2019}}</ref> On 8 October 2019, Dartford announced that Cunnington had left the club by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite news |title=PLAYER NEWS: Adam Cunnington |url=https://www.dartfordfc.com/player-news-adam-cunnington/ |work=Dartford |publisher=Dartford F.C. Official Website |date=8 October 2019 |accessdate=8 October 2019}}</ref>
On 9 October 2019, Cunnington joined Hemel Hempstead Town.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hemel Hempstead sign Cunnington after Dartford exit |url=http://nonleaguedaily.com/hemel-hempstead-sign-cunnington-after-dartford-exit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009134016/http://nonleaguedaily.com/hemel-hempstead-sign-cunnington-after-dartford-exit/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 October 2019 |work=Non League Daily |date=9 October 2019 |accessdate=9 October 2019}}</ref>
On 21 November 2019, Cunnington joined his third team of the 2019/20 season when he linked up with Romford.<ref>{{cite news |title=Romford sign striker Cunnington |url=http://nonleaguedaily.com/romford-sign-striker-cunnington/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122030442/http://nonleaguedaily.com/romford-sign-striker-cunnington/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=22 November 2019 |work=Non League Daily |date=21 November 2019 |accessdate=21 November 2019}}</ref> He left the club in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nonleague.today/news/details.php?news_id=5711|title = Non League Today I Three in – Three Out at Romford}}</ref> and joined Hornchurch.
At the beginning of the 2020/2021 season, Cunnington joined Isthmian Premier League side Cheshunt. He scored his first goals for the club in a 3–1 victory away to Long Melford in an FA Cup First Qualifying Round tie, scoring 2.
On 6 November 2020. Cunnington signed for Cheshunt's fiercest rivals, Enfield Town.
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 18 March 2017}}.<ref name="A. Cunnington">{{Cite news |title=A. Cunnington |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/adam-cunnington/145295/ |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=23 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Adam Cunnington"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Barton Rovers |2006–07 |Southern League Division One Midlands |13||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||13||5 |- |Leighton Town |2006–07 |Southern League Division One Midlands |12||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||13||3 |- |Hitchin Town |2007–08 |Southern League Premier Division |2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||2||0 |- |Rothwell Town |2007–08 |Southern League Division One Midlands |1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||1||0 |- |Aylesbury United |2007–08 |Southern League Division One Midlands |2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||3||0 |- |Solihull Moors |2010–11 |Conference North |22||10||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||22||10 |- |rowspan="3"|Kettering Town |2010–11 |Conference Premier |14||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||14||1 |- |2011–12 |Conference Premier |12||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1<ref group=lower-alpha name=FAT>Appearance(s) in FA Trophy</ref>||0||13||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !26!!6!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!1!!0!!27!!6 |- |Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) |2011–12 |League Two |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- |Dagenham & Redbridge |2011–12 |League Two |5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- |Alfreton Town (loan) |2011–12 |Conference Premier |11||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||11||2 |- |Tamworth |2012–13 |Conference Premier |45||21||1||0||colspan="2"|—||4<ref group=lower-alpha name=FAT/>||0||50||21 |- |rowspan="3"|Cambridge United |2013–14 |Conference Premier |24||8||4||1||colspan="2"|—||2<ref group=lower-alpha name=CPP>Appearance(s) in Conference Premier play-offs</ref>||0||30||9 |- |2014–15 |League Two |7||2||colspan="2"|—||1||0||0||0||8||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !31!!10!!4!!1!!1!!0!!2!!0!!38!!11 |- |Bristol Rovers (loan) |2014–15 |Conference Premier |15||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||16||3 |- |rowspan="3"|Ebbsfleet United |2014–15 |Conference South |16||9||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3<ref group=lower-alpha name=CPP/>||2||19||11 |- |2015–16 |National League South |10||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||12||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !26!!9!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!3!!2!!31!!11 |- |Woking (loan) |2015–16 |National League |3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||3||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Bromley |2015–16 |National League |20||5||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1<ref group=lower-alpha name=FAT/>||0||21||5 |- |2016–17 |National League |21||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||3<ref group=lower-alpha name=FAT/>||3||25||6 |- !colspan="2"|Total !41!!8!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!4!!3!!46!!11 |- |Billericay Town |2016–17 |Isthmian League Premier Division |14||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||1||16||7 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !186!!28!!7!!0!!0!!0!!13!!3!!206!!31 |}
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