Benjamin David Gill (born 4 October 1987) is an English

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. He plays either as a central midfielder or central defender and most recently played for

Chalfont St Peter Chalfont St Peter is a large village and civil parish in southeastern Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts which also includes Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont. The villages lie between High Wycombe a ...

Career

Born in

Harrow Harrow may refer to: Places * Harrow, Victoria, Australia * Harrow, Ontario, Canada * The Harrow, County Wexford, a village in Ireland * London Borough of Harrow, England * Harrow, London, a town in London * Harrow (UK Parliament constituency) * ...

, Benjamin David Gill started his career as a youth player at

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but was released in July 2005 and joined the academy of

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side

Watford Watford () is a town and non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a smal ...

. Whilst still an academy scholar Gill made his first team debut in a League Cup victory against

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

on 20 September 2005, coming on as a substitute.Soccerbase: Ben Gill
/ref> Gill went on to make two further substitute appearances in the League Cup and

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respectively, against

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sides

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...

and

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

. Watford were promoted to the Premiership at the end of 2005–06 season and Gill was awarded a professional contract. In October 2006, Ben joined then

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side

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the U’s, the club h ...

on a month's loan, to cover injuries sustained by the Yellows. Gill was involved in 4 matches, starting 3 times. After his return, Gill was unable to break into the first-team. At the end of the season he was released and subsequently signed a two-year contract with

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side

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1887, ...

, on 15 May 2007. He played fifteen times for the club before being he was released early from his contract in January 2009. Gill signed for

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1896 as Crawley Foo ...

in February 2009, signing until the end of the 2009. Signed on non-contract terms for Weymouth, in March 2009 until the end of the season. In July 2009 Ben signed with Interblock from Slovenia. His spell in Slovenia was ended in September 2010 however, when he returned to England and signed for

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. Formed in October 188 ...

. After only a few games for Forest Green, Gill departed

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and spent a small amount of time at

Rayners Lane Rayners Lane is a suburban district in the London Borough of Harrow that forms the western part of Harrow, London, Harrow in northwest London. Located between Pinner and West Harrow, it takes its name from a road in the area, also called Rayners ...

before moving on to Isthmian Premier Division side

Wealdstone Wealdstone () is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is located just north of Harrow, London, Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald, west of Belmont, Harrow, Belmont and Kenton, London, Kenton, ...

in November 2010. After making 12 league appearances he left Wealdstone. Gill then spent time training with Lincoln City. In October 2021, Gill signed for

and was then loaned to Ascot United for their

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match at home to

North Greenford United North Greenford United Football Club is a association football, football club based in Greenford in the London Borough of Ealing, England. They play in the . The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association. History Establis ...

. Ben made his debut for The Saints on 23 November 2021 in their home

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional Association football, football league covering Greater London, East of England, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, th ...

match against Bedfont Sports. Gill took over as caretaker manager of Chalfont St Peter on 7 February 2022 after the resignation of Aaron Steadman.

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at PrvaLiga * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Ben 1987 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Harrow People from Harrow, London English men's footballers Arsenal F.C. players Watford F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players NK IB 1975 Ljubljana players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Rayners Lane F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Chalfont St Peter A.F.C. players Ascot United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia People educated at The John Lyon School Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders English expatriate men's footballers Chalfont St Peter A.F.C. managers 21st-century English sportsmen