Sam Slocombe

Sam Oliver Slocombe (born 5 June 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two side Notts County. He began his career with Bottesford Town in the Northern Counties East Football League. In 2008, he moved to his hometown club Scunthorpe United. Slocombe had made over 130 appearances for Scunthorpe and was the club's longest-serving player, before being released by them in 2015.

Sam Slocombe

Personal information
Full name	Sam Oliver Slocombe[1]
Date of birth	(1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth	Scunthorpe, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Notts County
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–2008	Bottesford Town
2008–2015	Scunthorpe United	115	(0)
2015–2016	Oxford United	23	(0)
2016–2017	Blackpool	34	(0)
2017–2019	Bristol Rovers	25	(0)
2018–2019	→ Lincoln City (loan)	0	(0)
2019–	Notts County	139	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:51, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Career

Scunthorpe United

Slocombe was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.^[1] On 15 August 2008, he signed with League One side Scunthorpe United from Bottesford Town for £3,000 and a pre-season friendly.^[2] He made his first team debut on 22 September 2009, in a League Cup clash with Port Vale, replacing Joe Murphy, following a 25th minute injury to Murphy. He made his league debut in the Championship match against Blackpool on 7 November 2009, replacing Michael O'Connor after Murphy was sent off for deliberate handball.^[3] On 5 May 2015 it was announced that Slocombe wouldn't be offered a new deal and was free to leave the club.^[4]

Oxford United

Slocombe signed for Oxford United, then in League Two, on a two-year contract on 12 June 2015 which was announced by two young fans called Ben and Daniel Mathews.^[5]

Blackpool

On 19 July 2016, shortly after leaving Oxford United by mutual consent, Slocombe signed a one-year deal with League Two club Blackpool. His contract has an option of a further twelve months.

Bristol Rovers

On 6 July 2017, after being released by Blackpool, Slocombe signed for Bristol Rovers on a free transfer. He was one of two keepers signed by Rovers on this day, with Adam Smith joining him. He made his debut in Rovers' third game of the season, a 3–2 victory away at Bury.^[6] On 21 August 2018, Slocombe joined League Two side Lincoln City on an initial seven-day emergency loan deal.^[7] His loan spell was terminated with Lincoln on 9 January 2019.^[8] Slocombe was one of 9 players who departed the club at the end of their contract at the end of the 2018–19 season.^[9][10]

Notts County

On 1 August 2019, Slocombe signed for National League side Notts County.^[11]

On 20 May 2025, Notts County said the player would be released in June when his contract expired.^[12]

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
Scunthorpe United	2008–09[13]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2009–10[14]	Championship	1	0	0	0	1	0	—		2	0
	2010–11[15]	Championship	2	0	0	0	1	0	—		3	0
	2011–12[16]	League One	28	0	2	0	0	0	—		30	0
	2012–13[17]	League One	29	0	1	0	2	0	1[a]	0	33	0
	2013–14[18]	League Two	46	0	2	0	1	0	1[a]	0	50	0
	2014–15[19]	League One	9	0	5	0	1	0	—		15	0
	Total		115	0	10	0	6	0	2	0	133	0
Oxford United	2015–16[20]	League Two	23	0	2	0	2	0	1[a]	0	28	0
Blackpool	2016–17[21]	League Two	34	0	5	0	2	0	5[b]	0	46	0
Bristol Rovers	2017–18[22]	League One	23	0	0	0	2	0	2[c]	0	27	0
	2018–19[23]	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		25	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	29	0
Lincoln City (loan)	2018–19[23]	League Two	0	0	0	0	1	0	4[c]	0	5	0
Notts County	2019–20[24]	National League	26	0	3	0	—		1[d]	0	30	0
Career total			223	0	20	0	13	0	15	0	272	0

1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
2. Two appearances in the EFL Trophy and three in the League Two play-offs
3. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
4. Appearance in the FA Trophy

Honours

Scunthorpe United

• Football League Two second-place promotion: 2013–14^[25]

Oxford United

• Football League Trophy runner-up: 2015–16^[26]

Blackpool

• EFL League Two play-offs: 2017^[27]

Notts County

• National League play-offs: 2023^[28]