Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Lloyd Tickle [1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Warrington, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wigan Athletic | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2018 | Wigan Athletic | ||
2019–2021 | Wigan Athletic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Pilkington | 21 | (0) |
2021– | Wigan Athletic | 47 | (0) |
2022 | → Nantwich Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2022 | → Warrington Rylands (loan) | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2024- | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:15, 9 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:01, 27 March 2024 (UTC) |
Samuel Lloyd Tickle (born 31 March 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wigan Athletic.
Sam Tickle is a youth product of Wigan Athletic, having joined their youth academy in 2012. He was released at the end of the 2018 season. He then signed for Pilkington, making 21 league appearances [2] and was named player of the season as they won the Cheshire Football League. [3] During the 2018–19 season he was also selected as the number one for England Schoolboys FA & represented his country making five appearances, conceding only once. In 2019, he rejoined Wigan Athletic, joining as a scholar. [4]
He made his professional debut with Wigan in a 2–0 EFL Trophy loss to Crewe Alexandra on 5 October 2021. [5]
On 19 March 2022, Tickle joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Nantwich Town on a youth loan until 14 April 2022. [6]
In July 2022, he joined Northern Premier League side Warrington Rylands on loan until January 2023. [7] He made two appearances for the club, [8] but was recalled by Wigan following an injury to first-choice goalkeeper Ben Amos. He was named on the bench against Birmingham City on 20 August 2022. He returned to Warrington Rylands on loan until January, but after four appearances was recalled again due to injuries to Jones and then Amos. He was named on the bench against Hull City and for the consecutive 10 games. [9]
Despite off-the-field issues within the club, Tickle signed a new contract with Wigan Athletic in April 2023. [10] On 8 May 2023, the final day of the 2022–23 season, Tickle was handed his league debut, keeping a clean sheet as already relegated Wigan held Rotherham United to a goalless draw. [11]
Ahead of the 2023–24 season, Tickle was handed the number one shirt, manager Shaun Maloney revealing that he had known since his arrival that the goalkeeper would be his first-choice. [12] [13] Following a highly impressive debut season that saw him labelled the best goalkeeper in the English Football League by his manager, [14] Tickle was named Wigan's Player of the Year, the first goalkeeper to win the award in thirteen years. [15] Following the conclusion of the season, he signed a new four-year contract amid reported interest from a number of Championship clubs. [16] [17]
In September 2023, Tickle was called up to the England under-21 squad for the first time. [18] He made his U21 debut on 26 March 2024, playing the duration of a 7–0 win 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification win over Luxembourg at the Toughsheet Community Stadium. [19]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Wigan Athletic | 2020–21 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021–22 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | League One | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 52 | 0 | |
Total | 47 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
Nantwich Town (loan) | 2021–22 | Northern Premier Division | 7 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Warrington Rylands (loan) | 2022–23 | Northern Premier Division | 6 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Career total | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 0 |
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