Rhys Meynell (born 17 August 1988) is a former English professional footballer who is Assistant Manager at Worsbrough Bridge Athletic.

Rhys Meynell
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-08-17) 17 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic
Youth career
Barnsley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Barnsley 0 (0)
2007Ossett Albion (loan)
2008Gretna (loan) 16 (1)
2008–2009 Stalybridge Celtic 39 (0)
2009 AFC Telford United 0 (0)
2009–2010 Chester City x[1] (x)
2010 Galway United 32 (1)
2010–2012 Stalybridge Celtic 50 (2)
2012–2014 Guiseley
2014–2015 Harrogate Town
2015Buxton (loan)
2015–2016 Shaw Lane
2016 Frickley Athletic 0 (0)
2016 Goole
2016– Frickley Athletic 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:15, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Career

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Meynell started his career at Barnsley, where he move up from the club's academy to the reserves, which he captained on a number of occasions in the 2007/08 season.[2]

He spent time on loan at non-league Ossett Albion in 2007,[3] before joining Scottish Premier League side Gretna on loan for the second half of the 2007–08 season on 31 January 2008.[4]

After being released by Barnsley[2] he went on trial at Greenock Morton, Oxford United,[5] Cheltenham Town[6] and Barnet[7] before signing with Conference North side Stalybridge Celtic on 8 August 2008. He made his first appearance for the club coming on as substitute against Tamworth on 12 August 2008.

It was announced he had signed for Telford United at the end of the season on 23 June 2009[8] but he quickly joined Chester City,[9] having taken part in just one training session at Telford.[10]

In February 2010, he was signed by Galway United a week before the beginning of the 2010 League of Ireland season.[11] On 20 December 2010 he rejoined Stalybridge Celtic.[12] His second debut for the club came on 1 January 2011 when he played the full match against Hyde.[13]

In May 2012 he joined Guiseley as a defensive midfielder but with guiseley struggling with no left back after injury of Andy Mcwilliams he took the Left Back Role.in the 2013/14 season Mark Bower Signed ex Leeds left back Ben Parker, Meynell has coped with this healthy competition.[14] After Guiseley released him at the end of the 2013/2014 season, he joined Harrogate on a free transfer.

In September 2016 he rejoined Frickley Athletic.[15]

In August 2023 he joined Worsbrough Bridge Athletic as Assistant Manager.

References

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  1. ^ All Chester City players' statistics for the 2009–10 season were expunged after Chester were expelled from the Conference National for breaking league regulations
  2. ^ a b "Meynell to leave Oakwell this summer". Barnsley F.C. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Meynell leaves Tykes for Ossett". BBC Sport. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Gretna add two loan youngsters". BBC Sport. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  5. ^ "New faces on trial". Oxford United F.C. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Fifth trialist added for friendly". Cheltenham Town F.C. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Meynell set for Bees chance". football.co.uk. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  8. ^ "AFC Telford clinch double signing". BBC Sport. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  9. ^ "Chester City FC: Mick Wadsworth signs four more". Chester Chronicle. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  10. ^ Hudson, Chris (2 July 2009). "Smith in rage as Meynell walks". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  11. ^ "Bobby returns". Galway United F.C. 27 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  12. ^ "Celtic return for Meynell". Non League Daily. 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Stalybridge Celtic 1-2 Hyde". Stalybridge Celtic. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  14. ^ "Lions Capture Two, Release Three". NonLeagueDaily.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ "New Frickley boss brings in trio ahead of debut". nonleaguedaily.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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