| Tyrell Belford | |
| Fullname: | Tyrell Belford |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Nuneaton, England |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | –2009 |
| Youthclubs1: | Coventry City |
| Youthyears2: | 2009–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | Liverpool |
| Years1: | 2013–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Swindon Town |
| Caps1: | 46 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | → Southport (loan) |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs3: | Oxford City |
| Caps3: | 18 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2017 |
| Clubs4: | Nuneaton Town |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2017 |
| Clubs5: | Hinckley AFC |
| Caps5: | 15 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018 |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs7: | Romulus |
| Caps7: | 28 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2019– |
| Clubs8: | Hinckley AFC |
| Caps8: | 10 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2019–? |
| Clubs9: | Nuneaton Borough |
| Caps9: | 2 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2020–? |
| Clubs10: | Stratford Town |
| Years11: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs11: | Stafford Rangers |
| Caps11: | 2 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2010 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 12 January 2018 (UTC) |
Tyrell Belford (born 6 May 1994 in Nuneaton), is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Belford started his career as a junior with Coventry City before joining Liverpool's youth system in 2009.
Belford signed a two-year contract with Swindon Town on 31 July 2013 after being released from Liverpool[1] and later made his debut for the Wiltshire club when he played the whole 90 minutes of Swindon's 2–1 Football League Trophy victory over Plymouth Argyle.[2] On 28 June 2016, Belford joined National League side Southport on a season-long loan.[3] On the opening day of the 2016–17 campaign, Belford made his Southport debut in a 3–0 away defeat to newly relegated side Dagenham & Redbridge.[4] However, after appearing only nine times by November, due to a change in management, Belford returned to Swindon Town.
On 11 November 2016, Swindon Town announced that Belford would leave the club after a mutual termination within his contract.[5]
After being released from Swindon Town, Belford joined National League South side Oxford City on the same day.[6]
Tyrell joined Nuneaton Town the following year, but was released by mutual consent on 25 September 2017.[7] Following this Belford, had spells at Hinckley AFC and Swindon Supermarine, before announcing he would be taking a break from football.[8] He started the 2018–19 season at Romulus.[9]
In late 2019 he returned to Nuneaton Borough.[10]
He joined Stratford Town in June 2020[11] before a move to Stafford Rangers in December 2021.[12]
Belford represented England at both Under-16 and Under-17 level.[13]
He is the son of the Dale Belford and the brother of Cameron Belford, who also plays as a goalkeeper.[14]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Swindon Town | 2013–14 | League One | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[15] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Southport (loan) | 2016–17 | National League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oxford City | 2016–17 | National League South | 9 | 0 | — | — | 1[16] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Nuneaton Town | 2016–17 | National League North | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | National League North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Hinckley AFC | 2017–18 | Midland Football League Division One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Swindon Supermarine | 2017–18 | Southern Football League Division One West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career totals | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 0 | |||