Callum Morton
Personal information
Full name Callum Damian Peter Morton[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-19) 19 January 2000[2]
Place of birth Torquay, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Forest Green Rovers
(on loan from Salford City)
Number 39
Youth career
2015–2017 Yeovil Town
2017–2018 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Braintree Town (loan) 14 (5)
2020 → Northampton Town (loan) 9 (5)
2020–2021 → Lincoln City (loan) 17 (2)
2021–2022 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 18 (4)
2022 → Peterborough United (loan) 7 (0)
2022–2023 Fleetwood Town 20 (2)
2023– Salford City 14 (0)
2023– → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 11 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Callum Damian Peter Morton (born 19 January 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Forest Green Rovers, on loan from Salford City.

Morton began his career with the youth team of Yeovil Town, before signing for West Bromwich Albion. Durring his four years with Albion, he had spells on loan at Braintree Town, Northampton Town, Lincoln City, Fleetwood Town, and Peterborough United. He returned to Fleetwood on a permanent contract in 2022, but left after six months to sign for Salford.

Career

Born in Torquay, England,[3] Morton joined the youth academy of Yeovil Town in 2015 signing a two-year scholarship in February 2016.[4] In January 2017, after scoring against them the previous month in Yeovil's 3–2 FA Youth Cup victory,[5] Morton signed for West Bromwich Albion for an undisclosed fee.[6]

In January 2020, Morton joined Northampton Town on loan.[7] In June 2020 he won the EFL League Two Play-offs with Northampton; he scored twice in the semi-final second leg against Cheltenham Town to help them overturn a 2–0 first leg deficit, and then scored once in the final as they defeated Exeter City 4–0.[8][9]

On 4 September 2020, it was announced that Morton, alongside West Brom team mate Alex Palmer, had joined Lincoln City on loan for the season.[10][11] He made his debut for Lincoln the next day, coming off the bench in the first round of the EFL Cup.[12] In the following round he would score his first goal for Lincoln in a 5–0 win over Bradford City.[13] On 25 September, it was announced that Morton had suffered a shoulder injury and would miss a number of games.[14] On 3 November 2020, Lincoln stated that Morton's injury had not improved as much as hoped, and that surgery might be required.[15] In January 2021 it was announced that his recovery was nearing its end and that it was hoped he would be available to play in February.[16] He would return to action on 2 March 2021, coming off the bench against Fleetwood Town and scoring a goal.[17]

He moved on loan to Fleetwood in July 2021.[18] After scoring seven goals in twenty-two appearances in all competitions, Morton was recalled by West Brom on 8 January 2022.[19] On 13 January, Morton joined Championship side Peterborough United on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[20][21]

In June 2022 it was announced that he would return to Fleetwood on a permanent contract on 1 July, signing a three-year contract for an undisclosed transfer fee.[22]

On 13 January 2023, Morton signed a two-and-a-half year contract with League Two side Salford City.[23][24] He moved on loan to Forest Green Rovers in September 2023.[25]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Bromwich Albion 2017–18[26] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19[27] Championship 000000—00
2019–20[28] Championship 000000—00
2020–21[29] Premier League 000000—00
2021–22[30] Championship 000000—00
Total 000000—00
West Bromwich Albion U23 2017–18[26] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
2018–19[27] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
Braintree Town (loan) 2018–19[2] National League 14500—1[lower-alpha 2]0155
Northampton Town (loan) 2019–20[28] League Two 9500003[lower-alpha 3]3128
Lincoln City (loan) 2020–21[29] League One 17200212[lower-alpha 4]0213
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2021–22[30] League One 18410102[lower-alpha 1]3227
Peterborough United (loan) 2021–22[30] Championship 700000—70
Fleetwood Town 2022–23[31] League One 20230001[lower-alpha 1]0242
Salford City 2022–23[31] League Two 14000002[lower-alpha 3]0160
2023–24[32] League Two 0000000000
Total 140000020160
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2023–24[32] League Two 11321002[lower-alpha 1]0154
Career total 11021613119613829
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy
  3. 1 2 Appearances in League Two play-offs
  4. ↑ One appearance in EFL Trophy, one appearances in League One play-offs

Honours

Northampton Town

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players as at 18th May 2019" (PDF). efl.com. The English Football League. p. 41. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "C. Morton: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Thomas, David (31 January 2020). "Torquay United loan duo will stay to the end of the season". Devon Live. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Torquay Teenager Given Yeovil Town Scholarship". Ciderspace (an independent Yeovil Town FC website). 12 February 2016. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "It was such a proud moment". ytfc.net. Yeovil Town F.C. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "West Brom: Who is Albion's latest academy recruit Callum Morton?". Birmingham Mail. Reach plc. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "James Olayinka & Callum Morton: Northampton Town loan Arsenal and West Brom youngsters". BBC Sport. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Cheltenham 0–3 Northampton". BBC Sport. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "Exeter 0–4 Northampton". BBC Sport. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Premier League Duo Sign for The Imps on Loan". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Lincoln sign Howarth, Palmer and Morton". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "MATCH REPORT: Crewe v The Imps – Carabao Cup 1st Round". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "REPORT: Bradford City V The Imps". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  14. ↑ "Michael Appleton 'fears the worst' over Lincoln City striker's injury". Lincolnshire Live. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  15. ↑ "Lincoln City boss issues injury update on Callum Morton and Max Melbourne". Lincolnshire Live. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  16. ↑ Whiley, Mark (22 January 2021). "Morton set to return to Imps to complete injury recovery". LincolnshireLive.
  17. ↑ Whiley, Mark (3 March 2021). "Callum Morton an 'option' to start for Lincoln City after stunning return to action". LincolnshireLive.
  18. ↑ "Fleetwood sign Baggies forward Morton". BBC Sport.
  19. ↑ "Morton recalled by West Brom after loan spell with Town". www.fleetwoodtownfc.com. 8 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "Morton completes loan move from Baggies". Peterborough United FC. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  21. ↑ "Posh sign WBA forward Morton on loan". BBC Sport.
  22. ↑ "Fleetwood sign West Brom striker Morton". BBC Sport.
  23. ↑ "Callum Morton signs for Salford City". Salford City FC. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  24. ↑ "Salford City sign Fleetwood forward Morton". BBC Sport.
  25. ↑ "Forest Green sign former Coventry full-back Dabo" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Callum Morton in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Callum Morton in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  28. 1 2 "Games played by Callum Morton in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  29. 1 2 "Games played by Callum Morton in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  30. 1 2 3 "Games played by Callum Morton in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  31. 1 2 "Games played by Callum Morton in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  32. 1 2 "Games played by Callum Morton in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  33. ↑ Pilnick, Brent (29 June 2020). "Exeter City 0–4 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  34. ↑ "Sky Bet League Two: Manager and Player of the Month winners". English Football League. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.


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