Ben Dixon (footballer born 1974)

Football player infobox
playername= Ben Dixon


fullname = Benjamin Marcus Alexander Dixon
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|9|16
cityofbirth = Lincoln
countryofbirth = England
height =
position = Defender
currentclub = Grantham Town
youthyears = 1991-1993
youthclubs = Lincoln City
years = 1992-1996
1993-1994
1996-1998
1998
1998-2004
2004
2004-2005
2005-2007
2007-2008
clubs = Lincoln City
→ Witton Albion (loan)
Blackpool
Woodlands Wellington
Whitby Town
Gainsborough Trinity
Ossett Town
Lincoln United
Grantham Town
caps(goals) = 43 (0)
04 (0)
13 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = June 11, 2007

Benjamin Marcus Alexander Dixon (born September 16 1974 in Lincoln) is an English professional football player. Initially a left-winger, he converted first to a left-back and then a centre-half.

Career

Dixon began his career with Lincoln City in 1992. In four years with the Imps, he has made 43 league appearances.

In 1996, he joined Blackpool, then managed by Gary Megson, who had noticed Dixon during his brief spell with Lincoln. He remained at Bloomfield Road for two years, making thirteen appearances.

Dixon then moved to Singapore to play for Woodlands Wellington. Upon completion of the 1998 S-League season, he returned to England and joined Whitby Town where he spent six seasons, making a total of 237 appearances scoring 15 goals.

Dixon joined Gainsborough Trinity at the start of the 2004–05 season [cite web
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=19661
title=Mitchell goes for three
publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com
date=12 August, 2004
accessdate=2008-06-27] but his stay was brief, moving on to Ossett Town in October 2004. [cite web
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=21519
title=Richards brings in two new defenders
publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com
date=26 October, 2004
accessdate=2008-06-27] In January 2005, he moved to Lincoln United and remained at Ashby Avenue until the summer of 2007 when he followed his manager, John Wilkinson, and many of the United squad in moving to Grantham Town. It was initially thought that Dixon would retire from football in June 2008 following Grantham's unsuccessful bid for promotion [cite web
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=50918
title=Gingerbread changes
publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com
date=27 June,2008
accessdate=2008-06-27] but he has since reversed the decision and remains at the heart of Grantham's defence for the 2009-09 season.

References

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