Terry Paul Hawkridge (born 23 February 1990) is an English professional

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who plays as a winger for club Eastwood. He previously played in the

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for

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was formed in ...

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...

and

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football, football club in Nottingham, England, which competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of Football in England, English football, following promotion and relegation, promotion ...

, and in

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for Carlton Town,

Hucknall Town Hucknall Town Football Club is a football club based in the town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. The club is a member of the and plays at the RM Stadium. History Hucknall Town were renamed from Hucknall Colliery Welfare in 1987 and for ...

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 ...

, Lincoln City,

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, Basford United,

Matlock Town Matlock Town Football Club is a association football, football club based in Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Nicknamed 'the Gladiators', they are currently members of the and play at Causeway Lane. History The club was esta ...

and

Worksop Town Worksop Town Football Club is an English football club based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The team play in the . They are nicknamed ''The Tigers'' and play their home games at Sandy Lane in Worksop. History Previous clubs The club claims it w ...

Career

Non-league

Hawkridge was born in

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, Nottinghamshire. After playing youth football for

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and

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

, he signed a one-year senior contract with Carlton Town in August 2008. He was released a year later, after appearing just twice with the first team, and subsequently signed for

. However, in September 2010, Hawkridge returned to Carlton Town, after he was deemed surplus to requirements at Hucknall. Hawkridge signed for

of the

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in August 2012. He scored 6 goals from in 37 league matches, and was an instrumental part of the team.

Scunthorpe United

On 4 June 2013, Hawkridge signed a one-year deal with League Two club

for an undisclosed fee, along with Trinity teammate Luke Waterfall who had both followed chairman Peter Swann to the club. He made his professional debut on 3 August, providing assists for both goals in a 2–0 home win against

Lincoln City

Hawkridge joined Lincoln City on 1 September 2015

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until the following January. This was then followed by an 18-month contract to take him to the end of the 2016–17 season. In the last game of that season, and his last game for Lincoln, Hawkridge scored both goals as Lincoln won the

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title.

Notts County

On 18 May 2017, Hawkridge signed a two-year contract with

. His contract was terminated in January 2019.

Solihull Moors

Hawkridge next signed for Solihull Moors.

Later career

After 18 months with Solihull Moors, Hawkridge signed for

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club

on 1 September 2020. He moved on to Basford United of the

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a year later. On 17 January 2022, he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division rivals Matlock Town for an undisclosed fee along with

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. Hawkridge joined Northern Premier League Division One East club

on 11 June 2022. On 14 November 2024, Hawkridge signed for

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Premier Division North club Eastwood for an undisclosed fee.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Lincoln City *

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: 2016–17 Worksop Town *

Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup The Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup is a county cup competition involving teams within the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association. Originally named the Sheffield Challenge Cup, it is the 5th oldest surviving cup competition ...

: 2023–24

References

External links

Scunthorpe United official profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkridge, Terry 1990 births Living people Footballers from Nottingham English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Carlton Town F.C. players Hucknall Town F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Solihull Moors F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Basford United F.C. players Matlock Town F.C. players Worksop Town F.C. players Eastwood C.F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Counties East Football League players Northern Premier League players 21st-century English sportsmen