Luke Higham (born 21 October 1996) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". People who live in Bamber Bri ...

Playing career

Higham, a former

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

season ticket holder, signed his first professional contract at Blackpool in May 2015 after ten years association with the club. He made his first team debut for the "Seasiders" on 6 October, in a 2–1

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victory over

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 ...

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 ...

. He was released by Blackpool in May 2017, along with nine of his teammates. In February 2018, Higham was loaned to

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Higham, Luke Living people English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Blackpool F.C. players English Football League players 1996 births Marine A.F.C. players Bamber Bridge F.C. players Lancaster City F.C. players F.C. United of Manchester players Fleetwood Town F.C. players Nuneaton Town F.C. players AFC Telford United players Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Footballers from Blackpool 21st-century English sportsmen