Ross Worner

Ross Worner

200px Worner playing for Charlton Athletic in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Ross Nicholas Worner
Date of birth	(1989-10-03) 3 October 1989
Place of birth	Hindhead, Surrey, England
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Sutton United
Youth career
2003–2007	Woking
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Woking	61	(0)
2007	→ Westfield (loan)
2010–2011	Charlton Athletic	9	(0)
2011–2013	Aldershot Town	23	(0)
2012	→ Eastbourne Borough (loan)	7	(0)
2012–2013	→ Farnborough (loan)	7	(0)
2013–2015	AFC Wimbledon	50	(0)
2014	→ Woking (loan)	16	(0)
2015–	Sutton United	35	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:46, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Ross Nicholas Worner (born 3 October 1989) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League South club Sutton United.

Career

Early years

Worner came through the youth academy of Conference side Woking, having joined the club at the age of 14. The Goalkeeper made his league debut at the age of 17 as a substitute for the injured Nick Gindre in the 25th minute of match against Cambridge United on 25 August 2007, managing to keep a clean–sheet as both sides settled for a 0–0 draw. He also spent a brief loan spell at Combined Counties League side Westfield, for whom he made 3 league appearances. Worner would go on to make a further 15 league appearances for the Cards in the 2007–08 season. As a result, Worner earned himself a full-time contract with the club, keeping him until 2008-09 season.

After an injury struck season in 2008–09, he came back and was made first team goalkeeper by Graham Baker. He made 52 appearances during the season. He was awarded Manager's Player of the Year and Supporters' Club Player at the end of season awards.

Charlton Athletic

On 5 August, Worner signed for Charlton Athletic for an undisclosed fee. On 10 August, Worner made his first team debut in the League Cup against Shrewsbury Town and let in four goals as the Addicks gave away a 3–0 lead to lose 4–3. He made his first league appearance in a 3–1 defeat away to Huddersfield Town on 28 August 2010. His first Charlton win was against Dagenham & Redbridge in the 1–0 victory in the Football League Trophy on 31 August 2010.

On 10 May 2011, Worner was released from Charlton Athletic having not being offered a new contract.

Aldershot Town

He signed a two–year deal with Aldershot Town on 2 June 2011.

Worner made his debut in an Aldershot Town shirt in a 2–0 win over Carlisle United in a League Cup on 30 August 2011 where Worner kept a clean sheet. Worner made his league debut for Aldershot in a win over Cheltenham Town 1–0 which also kept a clean sheet. On 5 November 2011, Worner received a straight red card in a 2–0 defeat to Rotherham United after a challenge on Alex Revell on a 55th minutes and after coming of the pitch, was replaced by Jamie Collins who is not a goalkeeper. Worner served a 4 match ban and Jamie Young took his place in goal. Worner made his return in goal for Aldershot in a 0–0 draw against Plymouth Argyle on 31 December 2011. Since then, Worner established himself as a first choice goalkeeper the club. Due to his good performance for the club, Worner signed a new deal with the club that will keep him at the club until the end of the 2013/14 season. However, his first season was cut short as he made 22 appearance after he suffered a back injury ruled out of the rest of the season.

At the new season, the club would find themselves in the bottom of the league. In November after 10 months out, Worner recovered from the injury, which delighted manager Holdsworth, to welcome him back to the squad and played his first match in a youth match of Aldershot in a 4–1 win over Alresford Town. However, manager Holdsworth expected him to leave the club on loan to get first team experience. On 14 December 2012, Worner joined Conference South side Eastbourne Borough. On 1 April, Worner was recalled by the club, which his return as in goal for Aldershot's match in a 3–2 win over Oxford. Though making one appearance for the club, Worner was released by the club in the wake of the club's administration.

AFC Wimbledon

On 21 June 2013, Worner signed for League Two side AFC Wimbledon. Upon joining the club, Worner was given number one shirt for the club.

He made his debut for "The Dons" on the opening day of the 2013–14 season, a 1–1 draw against Torquay United at Plainmoor on 3 August 2013. Worner soon established himself as a first choice goalkeeper that saw him received praise from the club's management. His performance even saw him earned a nomination for the Sky Bet League 2 Player of the Month award. In his first season, resulting him awarded Junior Dons Player of the Year along with Barry Fuller, Worner made forty-five league appearance for the club and missed one game in what turns out to be Seb Brown's farewell season against Morecambe on 26 April 2014.

However, in his second season saw Worner lose his first choice goalkeeper place to James Shea and as a result on 10 September 2014, Worner returned to Woking on a one-month emergency loan with the club's contracted goalkeepers Jake Cole and Aaron Howe out injured. Two days after signing for the club, Worner made his Woking return, wearing number 30 shirt, in a 1-0 win over Chester. The loan was extended by a further month once this had expired, as Aaron Howe had not recovered from his injury caused playing against Aldershot Town. Shortly after his loan period ended, he was recalled by the club again in November for a month to help cover because of goalkeeper injuries. On 28 November 2014, Worner re-signed for Woking on loan for the second time this season. Worner went on to make seven more appearance for the club before returning to his parent.

Upon returning to his parent club, Worner continued to be out of the first team and played in the reserve until he made his first appearance of the season, in a 2-1 loss against Mansfield Town on 17 March 2015. It came after the club's first choice goalkeeper, Shea, was injured. Worner made first five appearance for the club for the rest of the season. At the end of the 2014-15 season, Worner was released by the club after two season.

Sutton United

After being released by AFC Wimbledon, Worner joined Sutton United after they lost their first choice keeper, Jason Brown, who took a coaching position with Gillingham.

Worner picked up the Reusch Goalkeeper of the Year 2015–16 award on the 23 May 2016 at The Non-League Paper's National Game Awards in association with The NLFA for keeping 26 clean sheets himself.

Honours

Club

Sutton United

• National League South Champions (1): 2015-16 (promotion to National League)

Individual

• Reusch Goalkeeper of the Year 2015–16

External links

• Ross Worner career statistics at Soccerbase
• Ross Worner at Soccerway