Ben House
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin House[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1999[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Guildford, England | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lincoln City | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Aldershot Town | ||
| 2016–2017 | Reading | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Reading | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2020 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Eastleigh | 54 | (13) |
| 2022– | Lincoln City | 75 | (19) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Scotland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Scotland U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:56, 29 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:13, 26 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
Benjamin House (born 5 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Lincoln City.
Born in England, he represented Scotland at youth international level.
Club career
[edit]Reading
[edit]Born in Guildford,[3] House started his career in the youth team of Aldershot Town before signing for the youth team of Reading in 2016.[4] In July 2017, House signed his first professional contract with Reading.[5] On 15 March 2018, House signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2020.[6]
On 4 January 2019, House joined Swindon Town on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[7]
On 12 November 2019, House joined Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until 1 January 2020.[8] On 30 January 2020, House returned to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan for the remainder of the season.[9]
On 2 July 2020, Reading announced House had left the club after his contract had expired.[10]
Eastleigh
[edit]In August 2020 he signed for Eastleigh.[11] House made his Eastleigh debut on 3 October 2020, an opening day 5–1 victory at Barnet where House also scored his first goal for the club, to make it 3–1 in the 56th minute of the game.[12] On 9 November, House was awarded National League Player of the Month award for October, scoring five league goals in his first month at the club.[13]
Lincoln City
[edit]On 24 January 2022, House signed for Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee.[14][15] He made his debut on 29 January 2022, coming off the bench against Burton Albion.[16] He scored his first goal for the club against Portsmouth on 15 April 2022.[17] During the 2022–23 season, he won the Player's Player of the Season award, as well as finishing as the club's top scorer.[18] On 2 August 2023, House signed a new contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2025.[19]
International career
[edit]House has represented Scotland at under-20 international youth level.[20] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[21]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 29 October 2024
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading U23 | 2017–18[22] | — | — | — | 2[a] | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Reading | 2018–19[23] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[24] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2018–19[23] | League Two | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 2019–20[2] | National League | 9 | 2 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Eastleigh | 2020–21[2] | National League | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 40 | 10 | |
| 2021–22[2] | National League | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | ||
| Total | 54 | 13 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 60 | 15 | |||
| Lincoln City | 2021–22[25] | League One | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23[26] | League One | 38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 44 | 13 | |
| 2023–24[27] | League One | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| 2024–25[28] | League One | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| Total | 75 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 20 | ||
| Career total | 143 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 163 | 37 | ||
Honours
[edit]Individual
- National League Player of the Month: October 2020[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 6 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e Ben House at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ Ben House at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ "ACADEMY RETURNS BIGGER & BETTER IN 2017–18". Aldershot Town F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Fresh Academy talent sign professional contracts". Reading F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "House and Driscoll sign up until 2020". Reading F.C. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Ben House & Canice Carroll: Swindon Town sign Reading and Brentford youngsters on loan". BBC Sport. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "House and Medford-Smith make National League loan moves". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "House heads back to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "🖋️ Contract update – New U23s contracts offered, two professional deals expire and all loanees agree to extensions until the end of July". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Eastleigh sign striker House and defender Bird | Non League Daily". Archived from the original on 12 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Barnet 1–5 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b "October's National League Monthly Award Winners Confirmed!". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Ben House Signs For The Imps". Lincoln City F.C. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Lincoln sign Eastleigh striker House" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Lincoln City boss issues transfer window verdict and makes long-term prediction". LincolnshireLive. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Lincoln City boss Michael Appleton makes Ben House admission after Portsmouth impact". LincolnshireLive. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Imps celebrate at End Of Season Awards". Lincoln City FC. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Imps seal House extension". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Ben House at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ "Scotland U21s 0 Mexico U22s 0 as Mikey Johnston misses last-gasp penalty – 3 talking points". Daily Record. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Ben House in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Games played by Ben House in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Ben House in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Ben House in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Ben House in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Ben House in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Ben House in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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