Edward 'Eddie' Ferns (born 18 April 1991) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a winger for Cumbernauld United.

Eddie Ferns
Personal information
Full name Edward Ferns
Date of birth (1991-04-18) 18 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) van driver
Team information
Current team
Darvel Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Drumchapel Amateur
2012–2016 Alloa Athletic 85 (3)
2015Albion Rovers (loan) 9 (1)
2016–2017 Stirling Albion 16 (1)
2017 Arbroath 11 (0)
2017–2018 Stenhousemuir 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:06, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Career

edit

Ferns began his footballing career at Drumchapel Amateur, and signed with Alloa Athletic on 14 September 2012.[1] He made his senior debut a day later, in a 0–2 home loss against Stenhousemuir,[2] and was a part of the side who achieved promotion to the Scottish Championship in his first season. He made his Championship debut on 24 August 2013, scoring the last of a 3–1 home win over Cowdenbeath.[3] On 25 February 2015, Ferns moved to Scottish League Two side, Albion Rovers on loan. At the end of the 2015–16 season, Ferns chose to leave Alloa in favour of signing for rivals Stirling Albion.[4] Ferns left Stirling in January 2017, signing for fellow Scottish League Two side Arbroath shortly after.[5]

Career statistics

edit
As of match played 28 October
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alloa Athletic 2012–13 Second Division 20 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 21 0
2013–14 Championship 23 3 2 0 1 0 1[b] 0 27 3
2014–15 16 0 3 0 1 0 2[b] 0 22 0
2015–16 26 1 1 0 1 0 2[b] 0 30 1
Alloa total 85 4 6 0 3 0 6 0 100 4
Albion Rovers (loan) 2014–15 League Two 9 1 9 1
Stirling Albion 2016–17 League Two 16 1 2 1 4 1 1[b] 0 23 3
Arbroath 2016–17 League Two 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Stenhousemuir 2017–18 League Two 10 0 1 0 3 0 1[b] 0 15 0
Career total 131 6 9 1 10 1 8 0 158 8
  1. ^ Appearance in the First Division play-offs
  2. ^ a b c d e Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

edit
Arbroath

References

edit
  1. ^ Manager makes new signing Archived 26 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Alloa Athletic FC, 14 September 2012
  2. ^ Alloa Athletic 0–2 Stenhousemuir; SPFL, 15 September 2013
  3. ^ Alloa Athletic 3–1 Cowdenbeath; BBC Sport, 24 August 2013
  4. ^ Lafferty, Graeme (18 May 2016). "New Binos star Ferns has no fears about crossing rivalry divide". Stirling News. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. ^ Cran, George (10 January 2017). "Dundee set to shake off any rustiness in Arbroath clash". Evening Telegraph. DC Thomson Co Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
edit