Ben Hinchliffe
Personal information
Full name	Ben Hinchliffe
Date of birth	October 9, 1988 (1988-10-09) (age 21)
Place of birth	Preston, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Worcester City
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006–2007 2006 2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–	Preston North End → Kendal Town (loan) → Tranmere Rovers (loan) Derby County Oxford United Worcester City	00 (0) 10 (0) 02 (0) 00 (0) 07 (0) 015 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:46, 3 February 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Ben Hinchliffe (born October 9, 1988 in Preston, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Worcester City. His position is goalkeeper.

Contents 1 Footballing career 2 Preston North End 2.1 Tranmere Rovers 3 Derby County 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Footballing career

[edit] Preston North End

In April 2006, Hinchliffe was given a one-year professional contract with Preston North Endafter impression in the youth and reserve teams.^[1]. Despite being givena squad number, he was loaned out to Northern Premier League Premier Division oufit Kendal Town at the start of the 2006-07 season. Hinchcliffe made 10 UniBond League matches, giving some impressive performances before returning to Deepdale in October 2006, and needed knee surgery after picking an injury.^[2]

[edit] Tranmere Rovers

On recovery, in February 2007, Hinchliffe joined League One team Tranmere Rovers on loan originally for one month as cover after John Achterberg picked up a knee injury,^[3], though this was twice extended, initially for another month^[4] and then until the end of the season.^[5]. Hinchliffe made his Tranmere and Football League début on 28 April, 2007, as a 21st minute Substitute in the 1-1 draw versus Crewe Alexandra, following fellow goalkeeper Gavin Ward's dismissal for handling outside the box.^[6], Hinchcliffe made his full a week later in a 3-1 victory versus Brentford.^[7], his last game at club. Upon his return to Preston, Hinchliffe was released, along with five other players, on 8 May 2007.^[8]

[edit] Derby County

On 10 July, 2007, Hinchliffe joined newly promoted Premier League side Derby County on a two-year contract, teaming up with former Preston North End manager Billy Davies.^[9] He was released from his contract at the end of the 2007/08 season by new manager Paul Jewell. He subsequently joined Oxford United on non-contract terms.^[10]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ben Hinchliffe's career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Hinchliffe, Ben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH	October 9, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Preston, Lancashire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH