Nicholas Bignall

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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

Reading

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.[1] Bignall signed a two-year professional contract ahead of the 2008–09 season,[2] but spent much of the next three years away on loan from the Madejski Stadium.[3] 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.[3]

After signing a new two-year contract in April 2009,[4] Bignall made his debut for the Royals with a start in a League Cup first round match versus Burton Albion on 11 August 2009.[5] He scored two goals in the 5–1 victory.[5] He also started in the following round versus Barnsley,[5] before leaving the club on loan and returning early through injury on 21 December 2009.[6] 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.[5]

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.[7] He signed a new two-year contract in October 2010,[8] but subsequently spent much of the remainder of the 2010–11 season away on loan.[3][9] 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.[10][11] Bignall's contract expired in June 2012, but remained with the club on a non-contract basis in a bid to return to fitness.[12][13] He finally departed in 2014.[1]

Non-League football

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.[14][15] 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.[16] He departed for the final time during the 2015 off-season and had short spells with Lincoln City and Gainsborough Trinity,[16] before joining National League South club Hungerford Town in 2016.[17] He remained at Bulpit Lane until his departure at the end of the 2017–18 season.[18] After a year out of football,[19] Bignall played for Isthmian League South Central Division clubs Bracknell Town and Uxbridge during the 2019–20 season.[16][20]

Coaching career

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.[21]

Personal life

Bignall is colour blind.[21]

Career statistics

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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[5] Championship 1 0 — 2 2 — 3 2
2010–11[7] 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[22] League One 5 1 2 0 — — 7 1
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2008–09[22] League One 13 1 — — — 13 1
Stockport County (loan) 2009–10[5] League One 11 2 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 1] 1 13 3
Southampton (loan) 2010–11[7] League One 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Bournemouth (loan) 2010–11[7] League One 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Brentford (loan) 2010–11[7] League One 6 0 — — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 7 0
Exeter City (loan) 2011–12[23] League One 3 0 — 1 0 0 0 4 0
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2011–12[23] League One 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Basingstoke Town 2013–14[16] Conference South 9 3 — — 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 10 3
2014–15[16] 2 0 — — — 2 0
Total 11 3 — — 1 0 12 3
Sutton United 2014–15[16] Conference South 7 1 2 0 — — 9 1
Hayes & Yeading United 2014–15[16] Conference South 4 0 — — 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 5 0
Basingstoke Town 2014–15[16] Conference South 5 1 — — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 6 1
Total 16 4 — — 2 0 18 4
Lincoln City 2015–16[16] National League 0 0 — — 1[lower-alpha 5] 0 1 0
Gainsborough Trinity 2015–16[10] National League North 12 5 1 0 — 0 0 13 5
Hungerford Town 2016–17[16] National League South 17 3 2 0 — 2[lower-alpha 6] 1 21 4
2017–18[16] 33 9 3 1 — 1[lower-alpha 7] 0 37 10
Total 50 12 5 1 — 3 1 58 14
Gosport Borough (loan) 2016–17[10] National League South 2 0 — — — 2 0
Bracknell Town 2019–20[20] Isthmian League South Central Division 7 1 2 0 — 0 0 9 1
Uxbridge 2019–20[16] Isthmian League South Central Division 3 1 — — — 3 1
2020–21[24] 5 0 1 0 — 3[lower-alpha 7] 0 9 0
Total 8 1 1 0 — 3 0 12 0
Career total 154 28 12 1 4 2 12 2 182 33

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  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

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Honours

Basingstoke Town

References

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