| Arthur Read | |
| Fullname: | Arthur James Read[1] |
| Birth Date: | 3 November 1999[2] |
| Birth Place: | Camden, England |
| Height: | 1.78m (05.84feet)[3] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Colchester United |
| Clubnumber: | 16 |
| Youthyears1: | –2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Luton Town |
| Years1: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Luton Town |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Brentford |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs4: | → Stevenage (loan) |
| Caps4: | 31 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Stevenage |
| Caps5: | 30 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Colchester United |
| Caps6: | 63 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Club-Update: | 18:30, 17 August 2024 (UTC) |
Arthur James Read (born 3 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Colchester United. He is a product of the Luton Town academy.
A midfielder, Read began his career with Luton Town at under-9 level.[4] He progressed through the club's academy to the under-18 team and was awarded a scholarship in February 2016.[5] He made his first-team debut as a 90th-minute substitute for Jake Gray in a 3–1 home defeat to Millwall in an EFL Trophy group stage match on 8 November 2016,[6] and signed a three-year professional contract with the club two weeks later.[4] Read continued to play predominantly for the club's development and under-18 teams, with whom he won the Bedfordshire Premier Cup in 2016 and the Youth Alliance Cup in 2018.[7] [8] During the next two seasons, he made six further EFL Trophy appearances, and was loaned out to National League South club Hemel Hempstead Town for one month,[9] where he made five appearances. Read rejected the offer of a new development contract in the summer of 2019 and departed Kenilworth Road having made seven appearances and scored one goal.[10] [11]
Read joined Championship club Brentford on 12 July 2019 to play in their B team, signing a one-year contract with the option of a further year, for a compensation fee.[12] Having made 30 appearances and scored five goals in his first season with the B team, Brentford exercised the option to extend Read's contract in July 2020.[13] He spent the entire 2020–21 season away on loan and departed when his contract expired.[14]
On 10 September 2020, Read joined League Two club Stevenage on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[15] He made 38 appearances, scored two goals and joined the club on a permanent contract at the end of the season.
On 3 January 2023, Read signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with League Two side Colchester United.[16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Luton Town | 2016–17 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) | 2018–19[17] | National League South | 4 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Brentford | 2019–20 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Championship | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Stevenage (loan) | 2020–21 | League Two | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| Stevenage | 2021–22 | League Two | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | League Two | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 62 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 83 | 4 | |||
| 2022–23 | League Two | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | League Two | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25 | League Two | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 129 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 164 | 11 | |||
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