Ben Pollock (born 6 January 1998) is an English

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who plays as a defender for club

Spennymoor Town Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, in the North East of England. They currently compete in and currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field. The club began playing in the Northern L ...

Career

Pollock spent his youth with

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road ...

, and

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional Association football, football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football league system, English football. The club was ...

, before he signed his first professional contract with

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartl ...

in May 2016, following a successful trial spell. He made his senior debut in a 1–0 defeat to Sunderland U23 in an

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group match at Victoria Park on 4 October 2016. On 27 July 2017, Pollock scored for

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in t ...

in a 7–0 win against Winterton Rangers whilst on trial. During the same pre-season, Pollock also went on trial with

Harrogate Town Harrogate Town A.F.C. is a professional association football club in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed the Sulphurites, due to the ...

. In July 2018, Pollock signed for

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Division Two club

Billingham Synthonia Billingham Synthonia Football Club is a football club based in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England. Nicknamed the "Synners", they are currently members of the and play at the Stokesley Sports Complex in Stokesley, North Yorkshire. History T ...

after his father,

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, took over the club as chairman and manager. While at the club, Pollock made the transition from a defender to a centre midfielder. On 4 October 2019, following 37 appearances for Billingham Synthonia, Pollock joined

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side

Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a populatio ...

after his move to then

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side

Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–1 ...

fell through. He was made available for Hereford's

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third qualifying round tie at Tamworth the following day. He won the club's Player of the Year award for the 2021–22 season. Pollock announced his departure from the club on 1 June 2022. Pollock signed for

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is know ...

on 7 June 2022. On 20 June 2023, Pollock signed for

Style of play

Pollock is a versatile footballer and can play centre back, right back and centre midfield.

Personal life

Ben's father, Jamie Pollock, is also a former professional footballer. His brother,

Mattie Pollock Mattie William Pollock (born 28 September 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Watford. Pollock was the product of the youth academies of Middlesbrough and Leeds United before joinin ...

, plays for Watford.

Career statistics

References

External links

Spennymoor Town profile

Boston United profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pollock, Ben 1998 births Living people Footballers from Bolton English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Middlesbrough F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Dunston UTS F.C. players Billingham Synthonia F.C. players Hereford F.C. players Boston United F.C. players English Football League players Spennymoor Town F.C. players