Ben House
Personal information
Full name Benjamin House[1]
Date of birth (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999[2]
Place of birth Guildford, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Lincoln City
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2016 Aldershot Town
2016–2017 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Reading 0 (0)
2019 → Swindon Town (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 3 (2)
2020 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2022 Eastleigh 54 (13)
2022– Lincoln City 49 (13)
International career‡
2018 Scotland U20 1 (0)
2019 Scotland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:01, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:13, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Benjamin House (born 5 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lincoln City.

Born in England, he represented Scotland at youth international level.

Club career

Reading

Born in Guildford,[3] House started his career in the youth team of Aldershot Town before signing for the youth team of Reading in 2016.[4] In July 2017, House signed his first professional contract with Reading.[5] On 15 March 2018, House signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2020.[6]

On 4 January 2019, House joined Swindon Town on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[7]

On 12 November 2019, House joined Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until 1 January 2020.[8] On 30 January 2020, House returned to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan for the remainder of the season.[9]

On 2 July 2020, Reading announced House had left the club after his contract had expired.[10]

Eastleigh

In August 2020 he signed for Eastleigh.[11] House made his Eastleigh debut on 3 October 2020, an opening day 5–1 victory at Barnet where House also scored his first goal for the club, to make it 3–1 in the 56th minute of the game.[12] On 9 November, House was awarded National League Player of the Month award for October, scoring five league goals in his first month at the club.[13]

Lincoln City

On 24 January 2022, House signed for Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee.[14][15] He made his debut on 29 January 2022, coming off the bench against Burton Albion.[16] He scored his first goal for the club against Portsmouth on 15 April 2022.[17] During the 2022–23 season, he won the Player's Player of the Season award, as well as finishing as the club's top scorer.[18] On 2 August 2023, House signed a new contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2025.[19]

International career

House has represented Scotland at under-20 international youth level.[20] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading U23 2017–18[22] ———2[lower-alpha 1]121
Reading 2018–19[23] Championship 000000—00
2019–20[24] Championship 001000—10
Total 001000—10
Swindon Town (loan) 2018–19[23] League Two 60———60
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2019–20[2] National League 92——2[lower-alpha 2]0112
Eastleigh 2020–21[2] National League 37921—1[lower-alpha 2]04010
2021–22[2] National League 17431—00204
Total 541352—106015
Lincoln City 2021–22[25] League One 61———61
2022–23[26] League One 381200313[lower-alpha 1]04413
2023–24[27] League One 5000200070
Total 49130051305714
Career total 1182862518113732
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Individual

  • National League Player of the Month: October 2020[13]

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ben House at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Ben House at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "ACADEMY RETURNS BIGGER & BETTER IN 2017–18". Aldershot Town F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Fresh Academy talent sign professional contracts". Reading F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "House and Driscoll sign up until 2020". Reading F.C. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Ben House & Canice Carroll: Swindon Town sign Reading and Brentford youngsters on loan". BBC Sport. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "House and Medford-Smith make National League loan moves". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "House heads back to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "🖋️ Contract update – New U23s contracts offered, two professional deals expire and all loanees agree to extensions until the end of July". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Eastleigh sign striker House and defender Bird | Non League Daily".
  12. ↑ "Barnet 1–5 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. 1 2 "October's National League Monthly Award Winners Confirmed!". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Ben House Signs For The Imps". Lincoln City F.C. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "Lincoln sign Eastleigh striker House" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "Lincoln City boss issues transfer window verdict and makes long-term prediction". LincolnshireLive. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  17. ↑ "Lincoln City boss Michael Appleton makes Ben House admission after Portsmouth impact". LincolnshireLive. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  18. ↑ "Imps celebrate at End Of Season Awards". Lincoln City FC. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "Imps seal House extension". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  20. ↑ Ben House at the Scottish Football Association
  21. ↑ "Scotland U21s 0 Mexico U22s 0 as Mikey Johnston misses last-gasp penalty – 3 talking points". Daily Record. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  23. 1 2 "Games played by Ben House in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Ben House in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.


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