| Reece Gray | |
| Upright: | 0.9 |
| Fullname: | Reece Anthony Gray[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1992 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Oldham, England |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 2010–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Rochdale |
| Caps1: | 13 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs2: | → Hyde (loan) |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2013 |
| Clubs3: | → Hyde (loan) |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs4: | → Halifax Town (loan) |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs5: | Hyde United |
| Caps5: | 14 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2016 |
| Clubs6: | Ashton United |
| Years7: | 2016–? |
| Clubs7: | Northwich Victoria |
| Club-Update: | 17:23, 8 May 2014 (UTC) |
Reece Anthony Gray (born 1 September 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a forward. He played for Rochdale in the Football League. In a loan spell with Hyde in the 2011–12 season he won a Conference North winners medal.
Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, Gray made his debut for Rochdale on 1 May 2010 in the Football League Two defeat against Burton Albion at Spotland Stadium.[2] [3] He played his second game a week later, coming off the bench in a 1–0 away defeat to Barnet.[4] He scored his first goal for the club almost a year later, on 7 May 2011, scoring the winner as his side beat AFC Bournemouth.[5]
On 16 December 2011, he joined Conference North side Hyde on a one-month loan deal.[6] [7] He made his debut for the club on 17 December, in a 4–2 win over Vauxhall Motors.[8] He was set to miss his second game for Hyde on 26 December, due to a suspension that had to be served from his sending off for Rochdale's reserve team,[9] but after Hyde had been in negotiations with the Football Association, it was over-turned in time for him to play in Hyde's derby fixture with Stalybridge Celtic on Boxing Day.[10] Gray would serve the suspension upon his return to Rochdale.[10] On 1 January 2012, in the return fixture at Stalybridge, he scored his first goal for the club, scoring the opener as Hyde came out as 3–1 winners.[11] He played five games scoring the one goal in his time with Hyde, before returning to Rochdale on 16 January 2012, after his month's loan deal had expired.[12]
After returning to Rochdale, Gray made two appearances towards the back end of the 2011–12 season. His first coming in a 2–1 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons on 28 April 2012.[13] He scored his first Rochdale goal of the season in a 2–1 defeat to Leyton Orient on 5 May.[14] He was given the number 10 shirt by Rochdale during pre-season building up to the 2012–13 season, but in August 2012 he suffered a dislocated ankle, a fractured tibula and a snapped medial ligament in behind-closed-doors fixture with Liverpool, forcing the game to be abandoned and ruling Gray out for about 6 months.[15] He made his comeback from the injury on 20 April 2013, in a 3–0 defeat to Oxford United.[16]
On 3 October 2013, he re-joined Hyde on a one-month loan deal.[17] He made his second debut for the club two days later starting in a 3–0 defeat to Braintree Town at Ewen Fields.[18] He scored his first and only goal on the loan spell on 16 November, scoring in a 3–2 defeat away to Woking.[19] On 28 November 2013, Gray signed for Conference Premier side Halifax Town on a loan deal until January 2014.[20] He made his debut for the club on 7 December, receiving a red card in a 4–3 defeat to Woking at The Shay.[21] He scored his first goal for Halifax on 28 December in a 5–1 win over Lincoln City.[22]
On 7 May 2014, Gray was released by Rochdale after their promotion to League One.[23]
On 29 August 2014, he signed for Conference North side Hyde United on a permanent deal.[24] He made his debut coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with Tamworth.[25]
In March 2016 he joined Ashton United[26]
He then joined Northwich Victoria.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Rochdale | 2009–10 | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | League One | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | League One | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Hyde United (loan) | 2011–12[27] | Conference North | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | |||