Reuben Reid

Reuben James Reid (born 26 July 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays for Southern Football League Premier South side Weston-super-Mare as a striker.

Born in Bristol, he has played in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Rochdale, Torquay United, Wycombe Wanderers, Brentford, Rotherham United, West Bromwich Albion, Peterborough United, Walsall, Oldham Athletic, Exeter City, Forest Green Rovers and Cheltenham Town.

Reid was born on July 26, 1988, in Bristol, England.

He attended Fairfield Grammar School and played cricket for Gloucestershire's second XI before pursuing a career in football.

Reid's father, Jake Reid, was also a professional footballer.

Jake played as a striker and had a brief spell at Plymouth Argyle in the early 1990s.

Reid was born in Bristol and attended Fairfield Grammar School.

He joined Plymouth Argyle early in the 2005–06 season after attending trials with Manchester United and Crystal Palace.

He soon impressed, playing for the youth team, with his quick feet, strong upper body, and regular goals.

Reid gave up the chance of a professional cricket career with Gloucestershire, having played for their second XI, to pursue his career with Argyle and was rewarded with a professional contract in February 2006, along with fellow trainees Scott Laird and Chris Zebroski.

He made his debut in the final game of the season against Ipswich Town.

He signed a one-year contract the following close-season, with a further year's extension being agree in September 2006.

On 5 October 2006 he joined Kidderminster Harriers on a one-month loan and scored on his debut for them two days later.

He was sent off in the final game of his loan spell, a 1–1 draw away to Exeter City and was recalled by Plymouth after being banned for three games.

On returning to Plymouth, Reid played in both FA Cup 3rd round ties against Peterborough United, as well as making a couple of league substitute appearances, before going out on loan for the rest of the 2006–07 season to Rochdale on 25 January 2007.

However, Rochdale ended his loan after a month, with Plymouth manager Ian Holloway reported as saying "They did not want him there any more. It is internal and I deal with it".

Reid was suspended by Holloway for two weeks on his return to Plymouth.

On 22 March 2007, Reid joined Torquay United on loan until the end of the season.

He made his debut as a second-half substitute for Ryan Dickson, also on loan from Plymouth, and scored a last minute winner as Torquay won 1–0 at home to Stockport County.

He started the next game, scoring as Torquay lost 2–1 at home to Walsall.

Reid played in Argyle's first two League Cup games of the 2007–08 season, before being loaned to Wycombe Wanderers on 31 August 2007 for the remainder of the season.

On 15 September 2007, Reid came on as a substitute to make his Wycombe debut against Macclesfield Town, and scored in the 89th minute.

Wycombe ended his loan spell early.

and Reid returned to Argyle in December only to be told by new Plymouth Argyle manager Paul Sturrock that he would be released at the end of the season.

He joined Brentford on a three-month loan deal on 31 January 2008.

He scored his first and only goal for the club in a 3–1 defeat at Darlington.

He had a trial with Oxford United in June 2008, but signed for Rotherham United on 22 July 2008, after impressing on trial during the 2008–09 pre-season.

He made an immediate impact to the squad, scoring the only goal as Rotherham won 1–0 at home to Lincoln City in the first game of the season.

He became an instant hit with the Millers' faithful, scoring both the equaliser and winning penalty against local rivals Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup.

In the next round, Reid scored the winning penalty again, this time to knock out Championship leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Reid scored his first ever hat-trick in the Millers' 5–1 demolition of relegation threatened Chester City, it was the first time he'd scored more than one goal in a game, the following weekend he scored again in Rotherham's 2–1 over promotion chasing Rochdale, he also smashed a penalty against the bar.

This goal took his tally to 13 for the season in all competitions.

In the Millers next home game against local rivals Chesterfield, Reid bagged two goals including a superb lob in the Millers' 3–0 win.

In the Millers next game, against Bury, he scored a penalty in a 1–1 draw.

Reid then added another two goals to his overall tally, when he scored in the Millers' mid-week 4–2 win over doomed Luton Town, and an audacious 30-yard strike in the 1–0 win over Aldershot Town, to take him to 19 in all competitions.

In the summer of 2009, Reid looked set to move to work under Ian Holloway at Blackpool but instead signed for West Bromwich Albion for an undisclosed amount.

Reid moved on loan to Peterborough United in January 2010 and was scheduled to remain there for three months, but was recalled by his parent club prior to the end of his 93 days.

On 23 January 2010, Reid made his debut for Peterborough in a 2–1 loss against Sheffield Wednesday.

Reid signed on loan for Walsall on 19 August 2010 until January 2011.

He made his West Brom debut away at Bury in the 1st round of the League Cup on 11 August, but struggled to nail down a first team place consistently due to high competition on the forward line.