Reece Flanagan

Reece James Flanagan (born 19 October 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern League Premier Division Central club Redditch United.

Reece Flanagan

Flanagan with Redditch United in April 2023
Personal information
Full name	Reece James Flanagan[1]
Date of birth	(1994-10-19) 19 October 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Redditch United
Youth career
0000–2013	Walsall
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2018	Walsall	39	(0)
2014	→ Leamington (loan)	8	(2)
2018–2019	Leamington	31	(1)
2019–2020	Rushall Olympic	4	(0)
2020	Stratford Town	9	(1)
2020–2022	Hednesford Town	40	(9)
2022–2024	Redditch United	73	(26)
2024–2025	Halesown Town	17	(1)
2025–	Redditch United	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:50, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Playing career

Walsall

Flanagan scored his first goal for Walsall in an EFL Trophy tie against West Bromwich Albion Under-23s on 19 September 2017.^[3]

He was released by Walsall at the end of the 2017–18 season.^[4]

On 17 and 18 July 2018, Flanagan played for Grimsby Town on trial in their pre-season game with Sunderland and their Lincolnshire Senior Cup game with Cleethorpes Town.^[5][6]

Non League

On 15 October 2019, Flanagan signed for Rushall Olympic.^[7]

It was confirmed on 11 January 2020, that Reece had signed for fellow Southern League Premier Division Central side Stratford Town.^[8]

On 16 October 2020, he signed for fellow Southern League Premier Division side Hednesford Town on a free transfer.^[9]

On 2 June 2022, he was on the move again to join fellow Southern League Premier Division Central side Redditch United, joining his brother Calum who also joined the club months earlier in January. Redditch manager, Matt Clarke, described it as "a huge signing for the club".^[10]

In June 2025, Flanagan returned to Redditch United following a season with Halesowen Town.^[11]

Career statistics

As of end of 2024–25 season

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
Walsall	2013–14[12]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2014–15[13]	League One	16	0	0	0	1	0	1[a]	0	18	0
	2015–16[14]	League One	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
	2016–17[15]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18[16]	League One	9	0	0	0	0	0	4[b]	1	13	1
	Total		39	0	0	0	4	0	5	1	48	1
Leamington (loan)	2013–14[17]	Conference North	8	2	—		—		—		8	2
Leamington	2018–19[17][18]	National League North	30	1	—		—		2[c]	0	32	1
	2019–20[17]	National League North	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		39	3	0	0	—		2	0	41	3
Rushall Olympic	2019–20[19]	SL Premier Division Central	4	0	—		—		1[c]	1	5	1
Stratford Town	2019–20[19]	SL Premier Division Central	7	1	—		—		—		7	1
	2020–21[19]	SL Premier Division Central	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		9	1	0	0	—		—		9	1
Hednesford Town	2020–21[19]	SL Premier Division Central	3	0	—		—		2[c]	0	5	0
	2021–22[19]	SL Premier Division Central	37	9	0	0	—		4[d]	1	41	10
	Total		40	9	0	0	—		6	1	46	10
Redditch United	2022–23[19]	SL Premier Division Central	38	9	3	0	—		8[e]	4	49	13
	2023–24[19]	SL Premier Division Central	35	17	3	3	—		6[f]	3	44	23
	Total		73	26	6	3	0	0	14	7	93	36
Halesowen Town	2024–25[19]	SL Premier Division Central	17	1	0	0	—		1[g]	0	18	1
Career total			221	40	6	3	4	0	29	10	260	53

1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in EFL Trophy
3. Appearances in FA Trophy
4. One appearance and one goal in FA Trophy, one in Southern League Cup, one in Birmingham Senior Cup, one in Staffordshire Senior Cup
5. Three appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, three appearances and three goals in Birmingham Senior Cup, two appearances in Worcestershire Senior Cup
6. Four appearances and two goals in FA Trophy, one appearance in Birmingham Senior Cup, one appearance and one goal in Worcestershire Senior Cup
7. Appearance(s) in Southern League Premier Division Central play-offs

Honours

Walsall

• Football League Trophy runner-up: 2014–15^[20]