About Aidan Stone
Born 1999. Aidan Stone is a British association football player.
Career Early career Stone played as a centre-half in his youth until he put on extra weight at the age of 14 and decided to concentrate on goalkeeping. He played for Sporting Khalsa.
Burnley Stone was signed by Burnley to a one-year contract with the option of a further 12 months in June 2017. He signed a new one-year contract in April 2018. He joined Lancaster City in July 2018 in a loan deal to run the first half of the 2018β19 season. He made one FA Trophy appearance at Lancaster. He credited Nick Pope, Joe Hart and Tom Heaton for having a positive influence on his career, saying "it's nice to have them as colleagues but also as friends".
Mansfield Town Stone signed for Mansfield Town on 24 June 2019 after impressing manager John Dempster on trial, and was expected to provide competition for first-choice goalkeeper Conrad Logan whilst Bobby Olejnik recovered from a knee injury. He made his senior debut at Field Mill on 27 August in a Football League Trophy game against Everton U21; the match finished 1β1 with Everton winning the resulting penalty shoot-out 4β1. On 1 December, he joined Northern Premier League Division One North West club Widnes on a one-month loan deal, having been recommended to the club by Mansfield's Head of Recruitment Andy Burgess. He played five games for the "Whites". He made his English Football League debut on 15 February, in a 1β0 home win over Newport County.
He made 24 appearances in the 2020β21 season and was praised by manager Nigel Clough in April for recovering from a costly error in a 1β1 draw with Newport County to pick up the man of the match award for his performance in a 1β0 win at Stevenage. The following month he was named as the club's Football in the Community's PFA Community Champion for his championing of a healthy eating campaign with Wynndale Primary School. However, the club confirmed that Stone would not be offered a new contract. Stone described the decision as "a bit of a shock" as "I thought I'd done enough to earn a new contract".
Port Vale
On 25 June 2021, Port Vale announced that they had signed Stone on a one-year deal to start on 1 July, with the option of a further 12 months; manager Darrell Clarke said that "we are pleased to have secured Aidan's future at Vale Park and expect to have a healthy dose of competition now in the goalkeeping positions, following Lucas Covolan's arrival earlier in the week." He was given the chance to secure a starting place after Covolan was sent off on the opening day of the 2021β22 season. Covolan was returned to the starting eleven upon serving his suspension, only to be sent off yet again in January; Stone had to then sit on the bench behind new loan signing TomΓ‘Ε‘ HolΓ½ until giving an impressive performance upon being given his first league start in two months on 12 March. He remained in goal for the rest of the season and saved three penalties in the penalty shoot-out victory over Swindon Town in the play-off semi-final. He started in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium as Vale secured promotion with a 3β0 victory over Mansfield Town; Michael Baggaley of The Sentinel wrote that "[Stone had an] early mix up with Gibbons but retrieved the situation with a save from Murphy... spilled a ball into the area but Hall cleared off the line.... [Stone] has played a huge part in getting Vale this far". The club named him as Young Player of the Year and invoked their option to extend his contract by a further 12 months in June 2022. The club then gave Stone a new deal to run until 2024.
He lost his first-team spot to loan signing Jack Stevens early in the 2022β23 campaign, with Clarke claiming that further work with coach Carlo Nash would bring out Stone's potential as a "top half of League One goalie". Stevens remained first-choice goalkeeper for much of the campaign, though Stone was returned to the first XI in February, at which stage Clarke said that there was little to choose between the two. Stone ended the campaign with 26 appearances, twenty of which were in the league.
Notts County On 23 June 2023, Stone signed a two-year deal with League Two club Notts County, where he would compete with Sam Slocombe for a first-team place. He was sent off on his debut for the club as County were beaten 5β1 at Sutton United on the opening day of the 2023β24 season; he had brought down Scott Kashket following a poor back-pass. He was transfer-listed at the end of the season by new head coach Stuart Maynard.
He started the 2024β25 season on the sidelines as new signing Alex Bass was preferred in goal. On 25 September, he joined Boston United in the National League on loan until January. On 30 January 2025, Stone mutually terminated his contract with Notts County to pursue opportunities closer to his family home in the south-west.
Yeovil Town On 3 February 2025, Stone signed for National League side Yeovil Town. He said he wanted to help the club to regain their Football League status. Manager Mark Cooper said that Stone had settled in well at Huish Park. He played 17 games in what remained of the 2024β25 campaign.
Truro City On 1 August 2025, Stone joined newly promoted National League club Truro City on a one-year deal with an option to extend. Assistant manager Stewart Yetton said that Stone had been playing "brilliantly" after replacing Dan Lavercombe in the first XI. He featured 37 times in the 2025β26 season, Despite the relegation, his contract was extended.
Style of play Stone has been described as a vocal goalkeeper with good distribution skills. Premier League
Lancaster City (loan) 2018β19 NPL Premier Division
2019β20 League Two
2020β21 League Two
Widnes (loan) 2019β20 NPL Division One West
2021β22 League Two
2022β23 League One
2023β24 League Two
2024β25 League Two
23!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!26!!0 Boston United (loan) 2024β25 National League
Yeovil Town 2024β25
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