# Levi Reid > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Levi_Reid > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Levi_Reid.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Reid > Source revision: 1353830112 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English footballer}} {{for|the American politician|Levi Reed}} {{Use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Levi Reid | image = | caption = | fullname = Levi Stanley Junior Reid{{Hugman|16520|accessdate=9 March 2017}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [Stafford](/source/Stafford), England | death_date = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}{{cite web |title=FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2004/05 |url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/flone/portv.htm |website=footballsquads.co.uk |accessdate=24 June 2019}} | position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder) | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2002–2003| youthclubs1 = [Port Vale](/source/Port_Vale_F.C.) | years1 = 2003–2005| clubs1 = [Port Vale](/source/Port_Vale_F.C.)| caps1 = 42| goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2005–2007| clubs2 = [Stafford Rangers](/source/Stafford_Rangers_F.C.)| caps2 = 36|goals2=1 | years3 = 2007–2008| clubs3 = [Macclesfield Town](/source/Macclesfield_Town_F.C.)| caps3=30|goals3=2 | years4 = 2008–2009| clubs4 = [Oxford United](/source/Oxford_United_F.C.)| caps4 = 10| goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2009–2011| clubs5 = [Stafford Rangers](/source/Stafford_Rangers_F.C.)| caps5 = | goals5= | years6 = 2011–2012| clubs6 = [Telford United](/source/AFC_Telford_United)| caps6 = 1| goals6=0 | years7 = 2011–2012| clubs7 = → [Chasetown](/source/Chasetown_F.C.) (loan)| caps7 = 5| goals7=0 | years8 = 2012| clubs8 = [Gainsborough Trinity](/source/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C.)| caps8 = 27| goals8=4 | years9 = 2012–201?| clubs9 = [Stafford Rangers](/source/Stafford_Rangers_F.C.)| caps9 = | goals9= }} '''Levi Stanley Junior Reid''' (born 19 December 1983) is an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who plays as a [midfielder](/source/midfielder). He played for [Port Vale](/source/Port_Vale_F.C.) between 2003 and 2005 before dropping into [non-League football](/source/non-League_football) with [Stafford Rangers](/source/Stafford_Rangers_F.C.). He signed with [Macclesfield Town](/source/Macclesfield_Town_F.C.), but moved on to [Oxford United](/source/Oxford_United_F.C.) the following year. In 2009, he returned to Rangers for another two years. He signed with Telford United in March 2011 before joining [Gainsborough Trinity](/source/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C.) in January 2012 following a [loan](/source/Loan_(sports)) spell at [Chasetown](/source/Chasetown_F.C.). He returned to Stafford Rangers in October 2012 and helped the club to win the [Northern Premier League](/source/Northern_Premier_League) Division One South in 2015–16. His brother, [Izak Reid](/source/Izak_Reid), is a professional footballer – the pair played together at Macclesfield. ==Career== ===Port Vale=== Reid started his career at [Port Vale](/source/Port_Vale_F.C.), rising from the youth ranks to make his first-team debut on the last day of the [2002–03](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_in_English_football) season, a 2–0 defeat at [Bristol City](/source/Bristol_City_F.C.). He came on as a 65th-minute [substitute](/source/substitute_(association_football)), replacing the veteran [John Durnin](/source/John_Durnin). He made his full debut on 8 November 2003, in an embarrassing 2–2 draw with [non-League](/source/non-League_football) [Ford United](/source/Redbridge_F.C.) at [Vale Park](/source/Vale_Park), during an [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) first round encounter. Reid made 14 appearances in the [2003–04](/source/2003%E2%80%9304_in_English_football) season. A regular in the first-team throughout the [2004–05](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_in_English_football) season, he scored his first senior goal in an FA Cup tie with [Kidderminster Harriers](/source/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C.) on 12 November. He was released in May 2005 by [manager](/source/Manager_(association_football)) [Martin Foyle](/source/Martin_Foyle),{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/4530931.stm|title=Vale boss Foyle releases quintet |date=9 May 2005|publisher=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|access-date=7 July 2009}} having made 49 appearances for the "Valiants" in all competitions. At his trial for affray later that year, his defence team stated that he had been released from his [contract](/source/Association_football_contracts) due to his part in a nightclub brawl.{{cite news|title=Soccer player in brawl escapes jail|url=http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Soccer-player-inbrbrawl-escapes-jail.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918234354/http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Soccer-player-inbrbrawl-escapes-jail.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2012|accessdate=22 April 2012|newspaper=Staffordshire Newsletter|date=15 December 2005}} ===Non-League=== Joining [Stafford Rangers](/source/Stafford_Rangers_F.C.), his strike in the [Conference North](/source/National_League_North) play-off final [penalty shoot-out](/source/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)) booked Rangers a place in the [Conference National](/source/National_League_(division)) for the [2006–07](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_Conference) season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2006/05/07/stafford_rangers_promotion_feature.shtml|title=Rangers return to Conference|date=8 May 2006|publisher=BBC Stoke & Staffordshire|access-date=7 July 2009}} Rangers struggled to adapt to their new division in 2006–07, though Reid was a regular in the latter half of the season. Reid made his return to the [English Football League](/source/English_Football_League) in [2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_in_English_football), joining [Macclesfield Town](/source/Macclesfield_Town_F.C.) on trial, who were managed by his former teammate [Ian Brightwell](/source/Ian_Brightwell).{{cite web|url=http://www.4thegame.com/club/macclesfield-town-fc/news/206466/reid_wins_silkmen_chance.html|title=Reid wins Silkmen chance|date=2 August 2007|work=4thegame.com|accessdate=7 July 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014173548/http://www.4thegame.com/club/macclesfield-town-fc/news/206466/reid_wins_silkmen_chance.html|archivedate=14 October 2007}} He impressed at the season's start and was offered a four-month deal.{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/6959176.stm|title=Reid earns new Macclesfield deal |date=22 August 2007|publisher=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|access-date=7 July 2009}} Enjoying regular football for the [League Two](/source/EFL_League_Two) club, he signed an end-of-season deal in December.{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/7166351.stm|title=Macclesfield give five new deals |date=31 December 2007|publisher=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|access-date=7 July 2009}} In August 2008 he joined [Oxford United](/source/Oxford_United_F.C.) on trial, alongside former Macclesfield teammate [Michael Husbands](/source/Michael_Husbands).{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7545504.stm|title=Oxford snap up Husbands and Reid |date=6 August 2008|publisher=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|access-date=7 July 2009}} Reid was given a six-month contract with Oxford,{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7592371.stm|title=Oxford secure Osborne loan deal |date=1 September 2008|publisher=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|access-date=7 July 2009}} but left late in September 2008 to help care for his sick baby back in [Stafford](/source/Stafford).{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7644898.stm|title=Reid and Osborne both depart U's |date=30 September 2008|publisher=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|access-date=7 July 2009}} In August 2009, he re-signed with Stafford Rangers. At the end of the [2009–10](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_Conference) campaign, he left the club to search for full-time football,{{cite news|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/07/01/levi-reid-not-training-with-rangers/|title=Levi Reid not training with Rangers|date=1 July 2010|work=Express and Star|accessdate=29 June 2011}} but returned to Rangers after his search was unsuccessful. Rangers were [relegated](/source/promotion_and_relegation) out of the Conference North at the end of the [2010–11](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_Conference) season. Reid won a short-term deal at [Telford United](/source/AFC_Telford_United) in March.{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/9443185.stm|title=Levi Reid hopes for long AFC Telford stay |date=1 April 2011|publisher=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|access-date=29 June 2011}} Telford won the Conference North play-offs to seal a place in the Conference National, and though Reid failed to make a first-team appearance he was still invited back to the club in the summer to try to prove himself worthy of a new deal.{{cite news|url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/afc-telford-united/2011/06/20/levi-reid-keen-to-make-up-for-lost-time-at-afc-telford/|title=Levi Reid keen to make up for lost time at AFC Telford|date=20 June 2011|work=Shropshire Star|accessdate=29 June 2011}} In September 2011, he was [loan](/source/Loan_(sports))ed out to [Chasetown](/source/Chasetown_F.C.) of the [Northern Premier League](/source/Northern_Premier_League) Premier Division.{{cite news |title=Chasetown FC set to face Kendal Town |url=https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2011/09/23/chasetown-fc-set-to-make-kendal-town-trip/ |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=Lichfield Live® |date=23 September 2011}} He made 11 appearances for the "Scholars", scoring one goal. On 3 January 2012, he joined Conference North side [Gainsborough Trinity](/source/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C.).{{cite web | url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/reid-moves-to-trinity-9544/ | title=Reid Moves to Trinity | publisher=Pitchero Non-League | date=3 January 2012 | accessdate=3 January 2012}}{{cite web | url=http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=6190 | title=Reid Joins Trinity | publisher=Football Conference | accessdate=3 January 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501234301/http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=6190 | archivedate=1 May 2012 }} [Steve Housham](/source/Steve_Housham)'s side qualified for the play-offs with a fourth-place finish in [2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_Conference), but lost 1–0 to [Nuneaton Town](/source/Nuneaton_Borough_F.C.) in the final. Reid was not amongst those players retained at the end of the season and thus departed [The Northolme](/source/The_Northolme).{{cite web|title=Retained List|url=http://www.gainsboroughtrinity.com/latest-gainsborough-trinity-news/retained-list.html|work=gainsboroughtrinity.com|accessdate=28 May 2012|archive-date=22 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522230918/http://www.gainsboroughtrinity.com/latest-gainsborough-trinity-news/retained-list.html/|url-status=dead}} He joined up with Stafford Rangers, now of the Northern Premier League, for a third time in October 2012.{{cite news|title=Rangers boss Clowes brings back wing men|url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Football-Rangers-boss-Clowes-brings-wing-men/story-17089524-detail/story.html|accessdate=16 October 2012|newspaper=[The Sentinel](/source/The_Sentinel_(Staffordshire))|date=16 October 2012}} The club finished 15th in [2012–13](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Northern_Premier_League), before being relegated at the end of the [2013–14](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Northern_Premier_League) season. Rangers ended the [2014–15](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Northern_Premier_League) season outside the Division One South play-offs on [goal difference](/source/goal_difference). They won [promotion](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) as champions in the [2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Northern_Premier_League) season, and Reid was voted Players' Player of the Year and Directors' Player of the Year.{{cite news|title=Pictures: Stafford Rangers' awards night|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/non-league/2016/04/25/pictures-stafford-rangers-awards-night/|accessdate=23 May 2016|work=Express & Star|date=25 April 2016}} Rangers finished 13th in the Northern Premier League Premier Division in [2016–17](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Northern_Premier_League) and then 14th in [2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Northern_Premier_League). ==Personal life== His younger brother, [Izak Reid](/source/Izak_Reid), is a professional footballer – the pair played together at [Macclesfield Town](/source/Macclesfield_Town_F.C.).{{cite news|last1=Neville|first1=Phil|title=Reid my mind|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/reid-my-mind-945146|accessdate=1 January 2016|work=Manchester Evening News|date=12 January 2013}} ==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{ENFA}}{{soccerbase|34345|Levi Reid}}{{Soccerway|levi-reid/55539}}{{cite web |title=Levi Reid – Chasetown FC 1st team |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/chasetown/teams/20991/player/l-reid-972301/19651 |website=pitchero.com |accessdate=12 October 2019}} |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|[FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|[Port Vale](/source/Port_Vale_F.C.)||[2002–03](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_Port_Vale_F.C._season)||[Second Division](/source/Football_League_Second_Division)||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |[2003–04](/source/2003%E2%80%9304_Port_Vale_F.C._season)||Second Division||11||0||3||0||0||0||14||0 |- |[2004–05](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_Port_Vale_F.C._season)||[League One](/source/EFL_League_One)||30||0||2||1||2||0||34||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !42!!0!!5!!1!!2!!0!!49!!1 |- |[Stafford Rangers](/source/Stafford_Rangers_F.C.)||[2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_Football_Conference)||[Conference National](/source/National_League_(division))||13||1||0||0||0||0||13||1 |- |[Macclesfield Town](/source/Macclesfield_Town_F.C.)||[2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_Macclesfield_Town_F.C._season)||[League Two](/source/EFL_League_Two)||31||2||1||0||3||0||35||2 |- |[Oxford United](/source/Oxford_United_F.C.)||[2008–09](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_Conference)||Conference National||10||2||0||0||0||0||10||2 |- |Stafford Rangers||[2010–11](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_Conference)||[Conference North](/source/National_League_North)||27||1||0||0||0||0||27||1 |- |[Chasetown](/source/Chasetown_F.C.) (loan)||[2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Northern_Premier_League)||[Northern Premier League](/source/Northern_Premier_League) Premier Division||5||0||1||0||5||1||11||1 |- |[Gainsborough Trinity](/source/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C.)||[2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_Conference)||Conference North||2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |} ==Honours== '''Stafford Rangers''' *[Conference North](/source/National_League_North) play-offs: [2005–06](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_Conference) *[Northern Premier League](/source/Northern_Premier_League) Division One South: [2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Northern_Premier_League) ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Levi}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Stafford Category:English men's footballers Category:Black British sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Port Vale F.C. players Category:Stafford Rangers F.C. players Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players Category:Oxford United F.C. players Category:AFC Telford United players Category:Chasetown F.C. players Category:Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Northern Premier League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:21st-century English sportsmen Category:21st-century Black British people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Levi Reid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Reid) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Reid?action=history)). 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