Lewis Ward
Personal information
Full name Lewis Moore Ward[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Swindon Town
Number 44
Youth career
Reading
2012–2013 → Portsmouth (youth loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Reading 0 (0)
2014 → Whitehawk (loan) 0 (0)
2016 → Sutton United (loan)
2016 → Fylkir (loan) 3 (0)
2016 → Margate (loan) 13 (0)
2017 → Margate (loan) 6 (0)
2017 → Hungerford Town (loan) 10 (0)
2017 → Hungerford Town (loan) 17 (0)
2017–2018 → Aldershot Town (loan) 25 (0)
2018–2019 → Northampton Town (loan) 0 (0)
2019 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 12 (0)
2019–2021 Exeter City 28 (0)
2021 → Portsmouth (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2022 Swindon Town 9 (0)
2022–2023 Sutton United 9 (0)
2023– Swindon Town 5 (0)
International career‡
2013 England U16 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 April 2013

Lewis Moore Ward (born 5 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swindon Town.

Career

Reading

Ward began his career with Reading, and has a youth loan with Portsmouth during the 2012–13 season.[3]

He joined Whitehawk on loan on 10 October 2014, in a deal that lasted until 7 November 2014.[4] He made two FA Cup appearances, conceding four goals in each game.[5]

On 5 May 2016, Ward joined Icelandic Úrvalsdeild side Fylkir on loan until 26 June 2016.[6]

Ward signed on loan for Margate in August 2016,[7] before having two spells with Hungerford Town, the second beginning in August 2017.[8]

Ward moved on loan to Aldershot Town in November 2017, originally until January 2018,[9] but this was later extended until the end of the season.[10] Aldershot made it to the play-offs, losing out to Ebbsfleet United after a penalty shoot out. Initially Aldershot went ahead 3–1 on penalties due to two saves by Ward, however Ward himself hit the post with the deciding penalty.[11]

On 22 June 2018, Ward signed a new contract with Reading, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2020.[12]

Ward joined Northampton Town on a season-long loan on 27 July 2018.[13] He made his professional debut on 14 August 2018, in the EFL Cup, and made four further appearances in the EFL Trophy.[14] On 14 January 2019, Reading announced that Ward's loan with Northampton Town had ended early, and that he would join Forest Green Rovers on loan for the remainder of the season.[15][16]

Exeter City

On 20 June 2019, Ward signed for Exeter City on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[17][18] On 5 October 2019, Ward suffered a broken arm in a League Two fixture against Crewe Alexandra. The injury came in the 86th minute, and Ward continued until the end of the match.[19][20]

He was replaced in the starting XI by Jonny Maxted, but returned to the lineup in February 2020 when Maxted suffered an injury in the pre-match warmup away at Swindon Town, by which time Ward had recovered to match fitness.[21]

In January 2021 he moved on loan to Portsmouth.[3]

On 12 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Exeter at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract.[22]

Swindon Town

On 27 July 2021, Ward signed for Swindon Town on a one-year contract following a trial.[23] He made his league debut at Forest Green Rovers on 9 October 2021, keeping a clean sheet and saving a penalty.[24]

Sutton United

He transferred to Sutton United on 1 September 2022 for an undisclosed fee.[25] His contact was mutual terminated on 31 January 2023.[26]

Return to Swindon Town

On 22 August 2023 he re-signed for Swindon Town.[27]

Personal life

Ward has obtained a degree in Sports Journalism from the University of Staffordshire.[28][29]

Career statistics

As of 6 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2014–15[30] Championship 0000000000
2015–16[31] Championship 0000000000
2016–17[32] Championship 0000000000
2017–18[33] Championship 0000000000
2018–19[14] Championship 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Whitehawk (loan) 2014–15[5] Conference South 0020000020
Fylkir (loan) 2016[34] Úrvalsdeild 3000000030
Margate (loan) 2016–17[34] National League South 190100000200
Hungerford Town (loan) 2016–17[34] National League South 100000000100
Hungerford Town (loan) 2017–18[34] National League South 170000000170
Aldershot Town (loan) 2017–18[33][34] National League 25000001[lower-alpha 1]0260
Northampton Town (loan) 2018–19[14] League Two 0000104[lower-alpha 2]050
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2018–19[14] League Two 12000002[lower-alpha 1]0140
Exeter City 2019–20[35] League Two 20000003[lower-alpha 3]0230
2020–21[36] League Two 80101000100
Total 280101030330
Portsmouth (loan) 2020–21[36] League One 0000000000
Swindon Town 2021–22[37] League Two 90101060170
Sutton United 2022–23[38] League Two 90101010120
Swindon Town 2023–24[39] League Two 5000003080
Career total 137060402001670
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the play-offs.
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  3. ↑ Two appearances in the EFL Trophy, one appearance in the play-offs.

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Seckington, Kaylee (29 March 2017). "Why a young goalkeeper's height isn't that important, by Reading and Aldershot Town 6ft 5ins ("and a bit") shot stopper". Surrey Live. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Pompey announce signing of Exeter and ex-Reading goalkeeper Lewis Ward". www.portsmouth.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "One in, one out at Whitehawk". The Argus. 10 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 Official matchday programme, Whitehawk v Basingstoke Town, 29 April 2015
  6. ↑ "Lewis on loan in Iceland". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Stokes, Mark (3 August 2016). "Reading Academy goalkeeper Lewis Ward signs for Margate". Kent Online. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Smith, Anthony (1 August 2017). "Reading FC: Lewis Ward and Rob Dickie loaned out by Royals boss Jaap Stam". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Lewis Ward: Reading goalkeeper joins Aldershot Town on loan". BBC Sport. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Lewis Ward: Aldershot extend Reading goalkeeper's loan until the end of the season". BBC Sport. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Aldershot Town 1-1 Ebbsfleet United (4-5 pens)". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "Goalkeeper Ward extends Royals deal". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Lewis Ward links up with Northampton Town on loan". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Ward Starts Fresh New Loan". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  16. ↑ "Lewis Ward: Reading keeper joins Forest Green Rovers on loan until end of the season". BBC Sport. 14 January 2019.
  17. ↑ James, Stuart (21 June 2019). "'He can go on to bigger and better things' Matt Taylor's view on new Exeter City goalkeeper Lewis Ward". Devon Live. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  18. ↑ "Lewis Ward: Exeter City sign Reading goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 21 June 2019.
  19. ↑ "Injury update: Lewis Ward". www.exetercityfc.co.uk. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  20. ↑ "Lewis Ward: Exeter City goalkeeper played on despite having broken arm". BBC Sport. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  21. ↑ "📝 Match Report: Swindon Town 2 Exeter City 1". www.exetercityfc.co.uk.
  22. ↑ "📝 Retained List announced".
  23. ↑ "LEWIS WARD JOINS TOWN". Swindon Town F.C. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  24. ↑ "Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Swindon Town". BBC Sport.
  25. ↑ "Goalkeeper Ward moves to Sutton from Swindon". BBC Sport.
  26. ↑ "Deadline day update". www.suttonunited.net.
  27. ↑ "Lewis Ward rejoins Town". www.swindontownfc.co.uk.
  28. ↑ Adams, Luke (22 June 2018). "Lewis Ward signed a new deal with Reading FC after a strong loan spell at Aldershot". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  29. ↑ Seckington, Kaylee (26 February 2018). "Why I'm preparing for life after football, by Reading and Aldershot Town goalkeeper Lewis Ward". Get Surrey. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  33. 1 2 "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 Lewis Ward at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  36. 1 2 "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  37. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  38. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  39. ↑ "Games played by Lewis Ward in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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