Sam Ashford

Samuel Kenneth Ashford (born 21 December 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre forward or winger for EFL League Two club Crawley Town. He previously played for Tottenham Hotspur's academy and has played in the National League South with East Thurrock United, Concord Rangers and Hemel Hempstead Town. He is an England C international.

Club Career

Ashford joined the academy of Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 8 before leaving the club as a teenager.

After spells with Maldon & Tiptree, Heybridge Swifts and Essex Senior League side Stansted, where he scored 32 goals in 68 appearances, Ashford joined Witham Town in 2017. In November 2017, Ashford joined Brightlingsea Regent, before leaving the club in February 2018, having made only a handful of appearances as a result of injury. He rejoined Witham Town later that year.

In January 2019, Ashford joined National League South side East Thurrock United, before joining fellow National League South side and local rivals Concord Rangers later that year, where he made 8 appearances, scoring 3 goals. While signed to Concord Rangers he returned briefly to Witham Town for the final game of the 2018–19 season, scoring in that game, after Concord failed to make the play-offs. Ashford signed for fellow National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town in the summer of 2019. Ashford scored for Hemel on the opening game of the 2019–20 season in a 4–1 victory over Hungerford Town. He scored 10 goals in 29 league appearances across the 2019–20 season.

Following the expiry of his contract at Hemel Hempstead Town, Ashford joined League Two side Crawley Town in summer 2020 on a two-year contract. On his debut for the club on 5 September, Ashford scored Crawley's only goal of their 3–1 home defeat to Millwall in the EFL Cup.

On 5 March 2021, Ashford joined Woking on loan until the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Woking the following day on his debut, heading in the opening goal of a 3–0 win over King's Lyn