Eden Bailey
Personal information
Full name Eden Mark Bailey[1]
Date of birth (2004-02-04) 4 February 2004[2]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[3]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2012–2020 Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Port Vale 1 (0)
2022 → Newcastle Town (loan) 9 (1)
2022–2023 Altrincham 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Hanley Town (loan) 7 (2)
2023 → Mossley (loan) 9 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:01, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Eden Mark Bailey (born 4 February 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Bailey made his competitive debut at Port Vale in August 2021, though was released at the end of the 2021–22 season following a short loan spell with Newcastle Town. He signed with Altrincham in November 2022 and was loaned out to Hanley Town and Mossley in the 2022–23 season.

Career

Port Vale

Bailey began his career at Port Vale at the age of eight, and was named as Youth Player of the Year for the 2020–21 season.[4][5] He made his first-team debut on 10 August 2021, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for James Wilson in a 2–1 defeat to Sunderland in an EFL Cup first round fixture at Vale Park.[6] He made his League Two debut as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat at Newport County on 11 December.[7] On 12 March 2022, he joined Newcastle Town of the Northern Premier League Division One West on an initial one-month loan deal; he made his debut for Castle later that day in a 2–0 home defeat to Bootle.[8] Port Vale youth team manager Billy Paynter said that "he played on the left of a three and was a threat, he had a very good game" and had recovered well from an ankle injury that had kept him out of action for two months earlier in the season.[9] On 19 March, he scored his first career goal with a header 12 minutes into a 2–2 draw at Mossley.[10] He played a total of nine games for Newcastle.[11] He was not offered a professional contract when his youth team contract expired in June 2022.[12]

Altrincham

On 17 November 2022, Bailey signed for National League club Altrincham, immediately joining Hanley Town of the Northern Premier League Division One West on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[4] Altrincham manager Phil Parkinson said that he had "a real diamond on our hands".[4] He was recalled in March.[13] On 17 March, he joined Mossley on loan for the rest of the season, having scored against Mossley on his debut for Hanley.[14][15] He was released at the end of the 2022–23 season.[16]

Style of play

Bailey has been described by Altrincham manager Phil Parkinson as "a modern-day centre-forward" who can "hold the ball up, run the channels and, most importantly, score goals".[4]

Personal life

His grandfather, Terry Bailey, played professionally for Port Vale in the 1970s and his father, Mark Bailey, played professionally for Rochdale, Lincoln City and Macclesfield Town.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 April 2022
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 2020–21[18]EFL League Two0000000000
2021–22[19]EFL League Two1000100020
Total 1000100020
Newcastle Town (loan) 2021–22[11]Northern Premier League
Division One West		9100000091
Altrincham 2022–23[2]National League0000000000
Hanley Town (loan) 2022–23[20]Northern Premier League
Division One West		7200000072
Mossley (loan) 2022–23[21]Northern Premier League
Division One West		9500000095
Career total 268001000278

    References

    1. ↑ "Club List Of Registered Players" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
    2. 1 2 3 Eden Bailey at Soccerway
    3. ↑ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2020/2021". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
    4. 1 2 3 4 Edwards, John (17 November 2022). "Eden project for Alty as Phil snaps up teenage hot-shot Bailey". altrinchamfc.com. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
    5. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (8 May 2021). "Port Vale player-of-the-year awards winners as trophies are handed out". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
    6. ↑ "Port Vale 1-2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
    7. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (12 December 2021). "Huge test for Port Vale squad ahead of transfer window". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
    8. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (14 March 2022). "Port Vale striker Eden Bailey gets loan chance at Newcastle Town". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
    9. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (18 March 2022). "Scouting report on Port Vale's Eden Bailey in Newcastle Town loan". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
    10. ↑ "Mossley v Newcastle Town". www.mossleyweb.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
    11. 1 2 "Newcastle Town | Appearances | Eden Bailey | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
    12. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (24 June 2022). "Port Vale release youth players as they invest in academy". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
    13. ↑ Scott, Richard (19 March 2023). "Hanley Town out of the bottom four with an important victory over Bootle". Moorlands Radio. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
    14. ↑ "Eden joins Mossley on loan". Altrincham FC. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
    15. ↑ "Eden Bailey joins on Loan!". Mossley AFC. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
    16. ↑ "WHO'S STAYING, WHO'S LEAVING - HERE'S YOUR ALTY RETAINED LIST". altrinchamfc.com. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
    17. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (10 November 2020). "Port Vale v Liverpool under-21s EFL Trophy LIVE as Vale hit back to lead". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
    18. ↑ "Games played by Eden Bailey in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
    19. ↑ "Games played by Eden Bailey in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
    20. ↑ "Hanley Town | Appearances | Eden Bailey | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
    21. ↑ "Mossley | Appearances | Eden Bailey | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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