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Pierce Bird
Personal information
Full name Pierce Michael Bird[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-16) 16 April 1999 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Notts County
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Dunkirk 3 (0)
2016–2017 AFC Dunkirk 30 (6)
2017– Notts County 21 (0)
2017–2019 → Leek Town (loan) 3 (0)
2018 → Alfreton Town (loan) 4 (1)
2018 → Grantham Town (loan) 2 (0)
2019 → Boston United (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2018– Northern Ireland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:26, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:21, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Pierce Michael Bird (born 16 April 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for National League side Notts County.

Career

Dunkirk

Bird played for Dunkirk of the East Midlands Counties League and also their reserve side, AFC Dunkirk of the Nottinghamshire Senior League.[3][4] He made his senior debut for Dunkirk on 9 August 2016 in the 3-2 home win against Holbrook Sports.[5] On 17 August 2016 in the away win at Cotgrave he made his debut for AFC Dunkirk.[6]

Notts County

Bird sealed a trial at League Two side Notts County, and scored the winning goal in the pre-season win at York City,[7] On 31 July it was announced that Bird had secured a one-year contract at Notts County after impressing during his trial period.[8] On 7 November 2017, Bird made his Notts County debut in the EFL Trophy match at Lincoln City, scoring an own goal.[9] On 26 December 2017, Bird made his Football League debut as an 87th minute substitute in the 4-1 win at Morecambe.[10]

On 29 May 2018, Bird signed a two-year contract with Notts County.[11]

Loan to Leek Town

On 9 September 2017, Bird joined Northern Premier League Division One South side Leek Town on a one-month loan, making his debut the same day in a 3-1 away win at Gresley.[12][13]

Loan to Alfreton Town

On 5 January 2018, Bird joined National League North side Alfreton Town on a month youth loan.[14] He made his debut the next day in the 3-0 win away at North Ferriby United, and also scored the third Alfreton goal.[15]

Loan to Grantham Town

On 1 November 2018, Bird joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Grantham Town on a one-month loan.[16] He made his debut on 3 November in the 0-2 defeat to Warrington Town.[17]

Loan to Boston United

On 22 November 2019, Bird joined National League North side Boston United until the end of the year.[18] He made his debut the next day in the F.A. Trophy 0-1 defeat at Atherton Collieries, and was substituted after 32 minutes, due to a head injury.[19]On 19 December 2019, Bird was recalled from his loan spell.[20]

International career

On 30 August 2018, Bird received a call-up for the Northern Ireland under-21 squad for upcoming games against Luxembourg and Spain. Bird is eligible to represent Northern Ireland at international level through his grandparents.[21][22]

On 6 September 2018, in the friendly against Luxembourg under-21 he made his debut in a 1-0 win. Bird was substituted in the 70th minute.[23]

He made his competitive debut on 11 September 2018 as a 78th minute substitute in Northern Ireland under-21s 2-1 victory away to Spain under-21 in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition.[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 December 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dunkirk 2016–17[25] East Midlands Counties League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
AFC Dunkirk 2016–17[26] Notts Senior League Premier Division 30 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 35 7
Notts County 2017–18[27] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
2018–19[28] League Two 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
2019–20[29] National League 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 20 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22 0
Leek Town (loan) 2017–18[30] Northern Premier League Division One South 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Alfreton Town (loan) 2017–18[31] National League North 4 1 — — — 4 1
Grantham Town (loan) 2018–19[32] Northern Premier League Premier Division 2 0 — — — 2 0
Boston United (loan) 2019-20[31] National League North 1 0 2 0 — 1 0 4 0
Career total 63 7 2 0 1 0 7 1 73 8
  1. ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2018 and 31/01/2018". The FA. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Pierce Bird". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ "East Midlands Counties League-Player season totals-Dunkirk". www.fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. ^ "East Midlands Counties League-Player season totals-AFCDunkirk". www.fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. ^ "East Midlands Counties League-Dunkirk v Holbrook Sports". www.fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Notts Senior League-Cotgrave v AFC Dunkirk". www.fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Trialist Pierce Bird seals Notts County win at York City". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Notts County secure deal for trialist Pierce Bird". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Lincoln 2 Notts 1". nottscountyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Morecambe 1 Notts 4". nottscountyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Ross signs new deal". Notts County. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Bird joins Leek". nottscountyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Gresley 1 Leek 3". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Notts County defender Pierce Bird seals loan move to Alfreton". nottinghampost.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  15. ^ "North Ferriby United 0 Alfreton Town 3". alfretontownfc.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Duo head out on loan". nottscountyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Grantham lose to Warrington in final 10 minutes". granthamjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Loan switch for Pierce". nottscountyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  19. ^ "COLLS v PILGRIMS: Late goal knocks Boston United out of FA Trophy". bostonstandard.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Bird back, Turner out". nottscountyfc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  21. ^ "Notts County defender Pierce Bird wins Northern Ireland under-21 call-up". nottinghampost.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  22. ^ "Five players called up to u21 squad for crucial Spain game". irishfa.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  23. ^ "Smyth and Holden link up for Northern Ireland U21s". irishfa.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  24. ^ "Bird goes international". nottscounty.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  25. ^ http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayTeam2.do?selectedStatisticDisplayMode=1&selectedOrgStatRecordingTypeID_ForSort=&teamID=282022474
  26. ^ http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayTeam2.do?divisionseason=166272582&id=771738891&seasonTeamID=726043430
  27. ^ "Games played by Pierce Bird in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  28. ^ "Games played by Pierce Bird in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  29. ^ "Games played by Pierce Bird in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  30. ^ https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/leektown/teams/17802/fixtures-results?season=44573
  31. ^ a b "P. Bird: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  32. ^ [1]
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