Morgan Penfold
Personal information
Full name Morgan Kendall Penfold[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-03) 3 December 1998
Place of birth Whittlesey, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2008–2016 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Peterborough United 0 (0)
2016–2017 → St Ives Town (loan) 12 (0)
2017–2018 → Biggleswade Town (loan) 14 (1)
2017–2018 → Boston United (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Grantham Town (loan) 2 (0)
2019 → Bedford Town (loan) 3 (0)
2019 → Hitchin Town (loan) 5 (0)
2019 → St Ives Town (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2021 Barrow 3 (0)
2020–2021 → F.C United of Manchester (loan) 4 (0)
2022 Spalding United 2 (0)
2022 → Wisbech Town (dual-registration) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:27, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Morgan Kendall Penfold (born 3 December 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker who recently played for Wisbech Town.

Club career

After an eight-year spell in the Peterborough United academy, Penfold made his first-team debut during a 6–1 EFL Trophy defeat against Norwich City U23s, replacing Marcus Maddison in the 72nd minute.[3]

In October 2016, Penfold joined Southern League Premier Division side St Ives Town on a youth loan.[2] On 22 October 2016, Penfold made his St Ives debut in their 4–1 away defeat against Hitchin Town, replacing Jordan Jarrold.[4] Penfold went onto make eleven more league appearances for St Ives before returning to Peterborough in January 2017.

After several further loan spells, including a return to St Ives Town in 2019,[5] he was released by Peterborough United at the end of the 2018–19 season.[6]

Penfold then joined National League side Barrow, signing an initial two-year deal on 15 May 2019, forming part of their promotion winning side in 2020.[7] In October 2020, he joined F.C. United of Manchester on a three month loan deal.[8] Penfold retired from professional football in 2021 and works for Mick George Group in Peterborough.[9]

Penfold came out of retirement and signed for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands club Spalding United in September 2022.[10]

Penfold signed for United Counties League Premier Division North club Wisbech Town on dual-registration in November 2022.[11]

On December 20, 2022, it was announced that Penfold had left the club.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 December 2020
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 2016–17[13] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2017–18[13] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19[13] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0000001010
St Ives Town (loan) 2016–17[14] Southern League Premier Division 12000—3[lower-alpha 2]0150
Biggleswade Town (loan) 2017–18[14] Southern League Premier Division 14100—1[lower-alpha 3]0151
Boston United (loan) 2017–18[13] National League North 1000—0010
Grantham Town (loan) 2018–19[15] Northern Premier League 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Bedford Town (loan) 2018–19[14] Southern League Division One Central 3 0 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 4 0
Hitchin Town (loan) 2018–19[14] Southern League Premier Division 5 0 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 5] 1 6 1
St Ives Town (loan) 2018–19[14] Southern League Premier Division 4 0 0 0 — 0 0 4 0
Barrow 2019–20[13] National League 3 0 0 0 — 2[lower-alpha 4] 1 5 1
2020–21[13] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
Total 3000003161
F.C. United of Manchester (loan) 2020–21[16] Northern Premier League 3 0 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 5 0
Career total 4711000112592
  1. 1 2 Appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in Southern League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in Southern League Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearance in FA Trophy
  5. ↑ Appearance in Herts Charity Cup

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Club List Of Registered Players" (PDF). English Football League. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Ogbonna and Penfold will give St Ives Town a big lift – Marheineke". Cambridge News. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Peterborough United vs. Norwich City U23". Soccerway. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hitchin Town 4 St Ives Town 1". Hitchin Town Official Site. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Penfold returns to Westwood Road". 28 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Peterborough United: Aaron Chapman among five transfer-listed as four released". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Barrow AFC make first summer signing as striker Morgan Penfold joins on two-year contract". nwemail.co.uk. 15 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Player news: Morgan Penfold signs three month loan deal". www.fc-utd.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "WAMITAB qualified - Recruitment". 17 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Spalding United defeat Dereham Town in the FA Trophy with late winner from Elliot Sandy". Spalding Today. 26 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Late drama as sub Onyon nets added on time winner for 10-men Wisbech Town against Sherwood Colliery". Fenland Citizen. 12 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Wisbech Town sign Rob Conyard from March Town ahead of Christmas games, with Parson Drove also gearing up for Boxing Day fixture". Fenland Citizen. 20 December 2022.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "M. Penfold". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "Morgan Penfold". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "StackPath". www.granthamtownfc.com. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "Fixtures and Results - First Team | FC United of Manchester". www.fc-utd.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2020.


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