Nicholas Andrew Awford (born 15 April 1995) is an English

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who plays for Baffins Milton Rovers as a

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Club career

Portsmouth

Awford was born in

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city status in the United Kingdom, city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is admi ...

, and began his footballing career at

's Academy. On 9 February 2011, Awford signed a two-year scholarship deal with ''Pompey''. Although he then spent most of the 2012–13 season with the Academy (managed by his father,

Andy Awford Andrew Terry Awford (born 14 July 1972) is an English football coach and former footballer who was most recently the Youth Academy and Development Manager at Luton Town. Prior to this, he was the manager of Portsmouth, a club where he spent the ...

), Nick Awford was promoted to the first team squad on 6 April 2013. He was named among the substitutes in a 0–0 draw against

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, but he did not leave the bench. He was also on the bench in the following weekend, in a 3–2 away loss against

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. Awford made his Portsmouth debut on 20 April, replacing

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in the dying minutes of a 3–0 home win against

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. It was his maiden appearance of the campaign. On 30 August, Awford was loaned to

Gosport Borough Gosport Borough Football Club is a professional football club based in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and is an FA Charter Standard Community Club. They are currently members of the an ...

, in a one-month deal. Two months later, he joined

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on the same terms. On 27 February 2015, after having another temporary spell at

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, Awford was released by Portsmouth.

Havant & Waterlooville

A day after being released by Pompey, Awford joined

Havant & Waterlooville Havant & Waterlooville Football Club is a professional football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, after relegation from the National League in the 2 ...

in a permanent deal until the end of the season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Awford, Nick 1995 births Living people Footballers from Portsmouth English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders English Football League players National League (English football) players Portsmouth F.C. players Gosport Borough F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Bognor Regis Town F.C. players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Winchester City F.C. players Petersfield Town F.C. players Baffins Milton Rovers F.C. players