Nicholas Bignall

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Nicholas Bignall
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Colin Bignall[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Reading, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward, left winger
Youth career
0000–2008 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Reading 1 (0)
2008 → Northampton Town (loan) 5 (1)
2009 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 13 (3)
2009 → Stockport County (loan) 11 (3)
2010 → Southampton (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011 → Bournemouth (loan) 5 (1)
2011 → Brentford (loan) 6 (1)
2011 → Exeter City (loan) 3 (0)
2011 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 1 (0)
2014 Basingstoke Town 11 (3)
2014–2015 Sutton United 7 (1)
2015 Hayes & Yeading United 4 (0)
2015 Basingstoke Town 5 (1)
2015 Lincoln City 0 (0)
2015–2016 Gainsborough Trinity 12 (5)
2016–2018 Hungerford Town 50 (12)
2017 → Biggleswade Town (loan) (1)
2017 → Gosport Borough (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2020 Bracknell Town 7 (1)
2020 Uxbridge 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicholas Colin Bignall (born 11 July 1990) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward. A product of the Reading academy, he played on loan for a number of Football League clubs before recurring injuries forced him to drop into non-League football.

Playing career[edit]

Reading[edit]

A forward or left winger, Bignall began his career in the academy at Reading and scored 20 goals for the U18 during the course of his two-year scholarship.[3] Bignall signed a two-year professional contract ahead of the 2008–09 season,[4] but spent much of the next three years away on loan from the Madejski Stadium.[5] He made 53 appearances and scored five goals for League One clubs Northampton Town, Cheltenham Town, Stockport County, Southampton, Bournemouth, Brentford, Exeter City and Wycombe Wanderers.[5]

After signing a new two-year contract in April 2009,[6] Bignall made his debut for the Royals with a start in a League Cup first round match versus Burton Albion on 11 August 2009.[7] He scored two goals in the 5–1 victory.[7] He also started in the following round versus Barnsley,[7] before leaving the club on loan and returning early through injury on 21 December 2009.[8] He returned to fitness in January 2010 and made one further appearance during the 2009–10 season, as a substitute for Simon Church after 74 minutes of a 1–0 victory over Barnsley on 30 January.[7]

Bignall made what would be his final Reading appearance early in the 2010–11 season, with a start in a 1–0 League Cup first round extra time victory over Torquay United on 11 August 2010.[9] He signed a new two-year contract in October 2010,[10] but subsequently spent much of the remainder of the 2010–11 season away on loan.[5][11] Bignall failed to receive a call into the first team squad during the early months of the 2011–12 season and suffered a season-ending injury while away on loan in October 2011.[12][13] Bignall's contract expired in June 2012, but remained with the club on a non-contract basis in a bid to return to fitness.[14][15] He finally departed in 2014.[3]

Non-League football[edit]

In March 2014, Bignall dropped into non-League football to join Conference South club Basingstoke Town and he was a part of the squad which won the 2013–14 Hampshire Senior Cup.[16][17] He departed the club early in the 2014–15 season and had short spells with National League South clubs Sutton United and Hayes & Yeading United, before returning to The Camrose late in the campaign.[18] He departed for the final time during the 2015 off-season and had short spells with Lincoln City and Gainsborough Trinity,[18] before joining National League South club Hungerford Town in 2016.[19] He remained at Bulpit Lane until his departure at the end of the 2017–18 season.[20] After a year out of football,[21] Bignall played for Isthmian League South Central Division clubs Bracknell Town and Uxbridge during the 2019–20 season.[18][22]

Coaching career[edit]

In September 2018, it was reported that Bignall had returned to Reading to coach in the club's academy, as part of a coaching degree course at Oxford Brookes University.[23]

Personal life[edit]

Bignall is colour blind.[23]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 8 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reading 2009–10[7] Championship 1 0 — 2 2 — 3 2
2010–11[9] 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 2
Northampton Town (loan) 2008–09[24] League One 5 1 2 0 — — 7 1
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2008–09[24] League One 13 1 — — — 13 1
Stockport County (loan) 2009–10[7] League One 11 2 1 0 — 1[a] 1 13 3
Southampton (loan) 2010–11[9] League One 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Bournemouth (loan) 2010–11[9] League One 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Brentford (loan) 2010–11[9] League One 6 0 — — 1[a] 0 7 0
Exeter City (loan) 2011–12[25] League One 3 0 — 1 0 0 0 4 0
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2011–12[25] League One 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Basingstoke Town 2013–14[18] Conference South 9 3 — — 1[b] 0 10 3
2014–15[18] 2 0 — — — 2 0
Total 11 3 — — 1 0 12 3
Sutton United 2014–15[18] Conference South 7 1 2 0 — — 9 1
Hayes & Yeading United 2014–15[18] Conference South 4 0 — — 1[c] 0 5 0
Basingstoke Town 2014–15[18] Conference South 5 1 — — 1[d] 0 6 1
Total 16 4 — — 2 0 18 4
Lincoln City 2015–16[18] National League 0 0 — — 1[e] 0 1 0
Gainsborough Trinity 2015–16[12] National League North 12 5 1 0 — 0 0 13 5
Hungerford Town 2016–17[18] National League South 17 3 2 0 — 2[f] 1 21 4
2017–18[18] 33 9 3 1 — 1[g] 0 37 10
Total 50 12 5 1 — 3 1 58 14
Gosport Borough (loan) 2016–17[12] National League South 2 0 — — — 2 0
Bracknell Town 2019–20[22] Isthmian League South Central Division 7 1 2 0 — 0 0 9 1
Uxbridge 2019–20[18] Isthmian League South Central Division 3 1 — — — 3 1
2020–21[26] 5 0 1 0 — 3[g] 0 9 0
Total 8 1 1 0 — 3 0 12 0
Career total 154 28 12 1 4 2 12 2 182 33
  1. ^ a b Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance in Hampshire Senior Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup
  4. ^ Appearance in Conference South play-offs
  5. ^ Appearance in Lincolnshire Senior Cup
  6. ^ Appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  7. ^ a b Appearance in FA Trophy

Honours[edit]

Basingstoke Town

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nicholas Bignall". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Reading Squad". ESPN. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Nicholas Bignall". Reading FC. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Striker Nicholas Bignall signs Reading extension". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. ^ a b c Nicholas Bignall at Soccerbase
  6. ^ "New contract for Bignall". readingfc.co.uk. 20 April 2009. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Games played by Nicholas Bignall in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Nick returns to Reading". stockportcounty.com. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Games played by Nicholas Bignall in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Bignall signs new contract". readingfc.co.uk. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Loans update". brentfordfc.co.uk. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  12. ^ a b c Nicholas Bignall at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Bignall returns to Reading". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Squad Submitted". Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  15. ^ "Bignall's two-year steps". Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  16. ^ Boyman, John (21 March 2014). "Basingstoke Town sign former Reading striker Nicholas Bignall". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  17. ^ a b Boyman, John. "Report – Basingstoke Town 3–2 Havant and Waterlooville". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Nicholas Bignall Profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  19. ^ "Pre season reveals successful new signing Nicholas Bignall". www.hungerfordtown.com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  20. ^ "Nicholas Bignall signs FA Contract with the Crusaders". www.hungerfordtown.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Nicholas Bignall a striking signing for Bracknell Town". Football in Berkshire. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  22. ^ a b "Bracknell Town | Appearances | Nicholas Bignall | 2019–2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  23. ^ a b "The Colourful Game | Bignall on colour blindness". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  24. ^ a b "Games played by Nicholas Bignall in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  25. ^ a b "Games played by Nicholas Bignall in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  26. ^ "Uxbridge | Appearances | Nicholas Bignall | 2020–2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

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