Levi Stanley Junior Reid (born 19 December 1983) is an English

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who plays as a

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. He played for

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...

between 2003 and 2005 before dropping into

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with

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Division One West. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include ...

. He signed with

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an association football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Initially known as Macclesfield F.C., the club was formed in 1874 and from 1891 played home games at Moss Rose. It competed in the short ...

, but moved on to

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Oxford, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English football. Founded as Headingto ...

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 Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a Association football, football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the English Football League, Football League i ...

in January 2012 following a

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spell at

Chasetown Chasetown is a village in the town of Burntwood in Staffordshire, England. It is split between the civil parishes of Burntwood and Hammerwich. History Chasetown developed in the mid 19th century as a coal mining village. At first the village ...

. He returned to Stafford Rangers in October 2012 and helped the club to win the

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Division One South in 2015–16. His brother,

Izak Reid Izak George Reid (born 8 July 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Southern League Premier Division Central side Worcester City, where he plays as a midfielder. Playing career Reid came through the ranks at Macclesfield Town and becam ...

, is a professional footballer – the pair played together at Macclesfield.

Career

Port Vale

Reid started his career at

, rising from the youth ranks to make his first-team debut on the last day of the 2002–03 season, a 2–0 defeat at

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...

. He came on as a 65th-minute substitute, replacing the veteran

John Durnin John Paul Durnin (born 18 August 1965) is an English former footballer who scored 100 goals in 475 league appearances over a career spanning close to two decades. He began his career at Liverpool in 1986. He made just three minor cup appearan ...

. He made his full debut on 8 November 2003, in an embarrassing 2–2 draw with

non-League Non-League football describes association football, football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is ...

Ford United Redbridge Football Club is an English association football club based in Barkingside in the London Borough of Redbridge. Prior to July 2004 the club was known as Ford United F.C. The change of name was chosen to help associate the club within ...

Vale Park Vale Park is a football stadium in the area of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and it has been the home ground of Port Vale Football Club since its opening in 1950. It has a current capacity of 15,695, and was renovated durin ...

, during an

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first round encounter. Reid made 14 appearances in the 2003–04 season. A regular in the first-team throughout the 2004–05 season, he scored his first senior goal in an FA Cup tie with

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. Formed in ...

on 12 November. He was released in May 2005 by

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, having made 49 appearances for the "Valiants" in all competitions. At his trial for affray later the year, his defence team stated that he had been released from his

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due to his part in a nightclub brawl.

Non-League

Joining

, his strike in the

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play-off final

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booked Rangers a place in the

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for the 2006–07 season. 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

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in 2007–08, joining

on trial, who were managed by his former teammate Ian Brightwell. He impressed at the season's start and was offered a four-month deal. Enjoying regular football for the League Two club, he signed an end-of-season deal in December. In August 2008 he joined

on trial, alongside former Macclesfield teammate Michael Husbands. Reid was given a six-month contract with Oxford, but left late in September 2008 to help care for his sick baby back in

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...

. In August 2009 he re-signed with Stafford Rangers. At the end of the 2009–10 campaign he left the club to search for full-time football, but returned to Rangers after his search was unsuccessful. Rangers were

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out of the Conference North at the end of the

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season. Reid won a short-term deal at Telford United in March. 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. In September 2011, he was

ed out to

of the

Premier Division. He made 11 appearances for the "Scholars", scoring one goal. On 3 January 2012, he joined Conference North side

. Steve Housham's side qualified for the play-offs with a fourth-place finish in 2011–12, but lost 1–0 to

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in the final. Reid was not amongst those players retained at the end of the season and thus departed

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. He joined up with Stafford Rangers, now of the Northern Premier League, for a third time in October 2012. The club finished 15th in

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, before being relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season. Rangers ended the 2014–15 season outside the Division One South play-offs on

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. They won

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as champions in the 2015–16 season, and Reid was voted Players' Player of the Year and Directors' Player of the Year. He made his 250th appearance for the club in January 2017. Rangers finished 13th in the Northern Premier League Premier Division in 2016–17 and then 14th in 2017–18.

Personal life

His younger brother,

, is a professional footballer – the pair played together at

Career statistics

Honours

Stafford Rangers *

play-offs: 2005–06 *

Division One South: 2015–16

References

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