| Lloyd Macklin | |
| Fullname: | Lloyd Joshua Macklin[1] |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Camberley, England |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2006–2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | Swindon Town |
| Years1: | 2007–2010 |
| Clubs1: | Swindon Town |
| Caps1: | 11 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Clubs2: | → Torquay United (loan) |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2010–2013 |
| Clubs3: | Torquay United |
| Caps3: | 30 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs4: | → Salisbury City (loan) |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2013 |
| Clubs5: | Farnborough |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2014–2016 |
| Caps7: | 62 |
| Goals7: | 8 |
| Years8: | 2016 |
| Caps8: | 16 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Years9: | 2016–2017 |
| Caps9: | 14 |
| Goals9: | 4 |
| Years10: | 2017 |
| Clubs10: | Welling United |
| Caps10: | 5 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2017–2018 |
| Caps11: | 6 |
| Goals11: | 5 |
| Years12: | 2018 |
| Clubs12: | Whitehawk |
| Caps12: | 8 |
| Goals12: | 3 |
| Totalcaps: | 170 |
| Totalgoals: | 25 |
Lloyd Joshua Macklin (born 2 August 1991) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League with Swindon Town and Torquay United.
Macklin went on a pre-season tour of Austria with Swindon Town in the summer of 2007 when he was only 15 years old. He came through the ranks at Swindon and made a senior appearance in the home pre-season friendly with Bristol City. He then became the youngest ever player to represent Swindon at first team level, when he came on as a substitute against Brentford in the Football League Trophy in September 2007. He went on to feature for the youth and reserve teams as the 2007-08 campaign was played out, and continued working his way up through 2008–09. He made a couple of first team appearances towards the end of 2008–09.[2]
On 19 February 2010, he joined Torquay United on loan for a month before joining on a permanent basis on 30 June 2010 as a free agent, following Swindon Town's failure to offer him a new contract. In October 2010, Macklin signed a contract extension that kept him at Plainmoor for a further two-years, until 2013. Macklin scored his first senior hat-trick for Torquay and in professional football against Cheltenham Town in the Football League Trophy on 30 August 2011, in a 4–3 defeat.[3] At the end of the 2012–13 season, Macklin was one of seven players who did not feature in manager Alan Knill's plans and as a result was released.
Macklin signed for Farnborough in October 2013, before joining Chippenham Town in December.[4] He was released by the Bluebirds a month later, after missing training.[5]
After a successful 2014-2015 pre-season with Basingstoke Town, Macklin signed for them ready for the start of the new campaign. After two seasons at the Camrose, he joined Hayes & Yeading in May 2016[6] before signing for Metropolitan Police in October 2016, scoring on his debut against Grays Athletic.[7]
Macklin signed for Welling United just after the start of the 2017–2018 season, but returned to Metropolitan Police in October 2017 after making just five appearances.[8]
Macklin signed for Brighton-based National League South side Whitehawk in March 2018[9] but announced his retirement at the end of the 2017–18 season.[10]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Swindon Town | 2007–08 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[11] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Swindon total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Torquay United (loan) | 2009–10 | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Torquay United | 2010–11 | League Two | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[12] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Torquay total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Salisbury City (loan) | 2011–12 | Conference South | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 1[13] | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Farnborough | 2013–14[14] | Conference South | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[15] | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Chippenham Town | 2013–14 | SFL - Premier Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Basingstoke Town | 2014–15 | Conference South | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 6[16] | 1 | 44 | 7 | ||
| 2015–16 | National League South | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 5[17] | 1 | 37 | 5 | |||
| Basingstoke total | 62 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 81 | 12 | |||
| Metropolitan Police | 2016–17 | Isthmian Premier Division | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
| Welling United | 2017–18 | National League South | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 126 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 158 | 15 | |||