Nathan Snowball
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Preston North End | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2025 | Morecambe | ||
| 2025– | Preston North End | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | Morecambe | 0 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Morpeth Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2025– | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Bamber Bridge FC (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2026– | → FC United of Manchester (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:00, 23 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Nathan Snowball is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Northern Premier League club FC United of Manchester on loan from EFL Championship club Preston North End.
Career
Snowball made his debut for Morecambe at the age of 16 in a 2–1 defeat to Carlisle United in an EFL Trophy group stage game at the Mazuma Mobile Stadium on 12 November 2024.[1] In December 2024, he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Morpeth Town on a one-month work experience loan. After being an unused substitute against Workington,[2] he started all of the next four league matches before returning to Morecambe.[3] He was named Morecambe Academy First Year Player of the Season at the end of the 2024–25 season.[4]
On 21 August 2025, Snowball joined Championship club Preston North End on a one-year scholarship, agreeing in advance to a two-year professional contract upon this initial scholarship's expiry.[5]
Career statistics
- As of match played 18 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Morecambe | 2024–25[6] | EFL League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Morpeth Town (loan) | 2024–25 | NPL Premier Division[7] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
References
- ↑ "MATCH REPORT: MORECAMBE 1-2 UNITED | Carlisle United Football Club". Carlisle United FC. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ↑ Jon Tait (29 December 2024). "Morpeth chalk up another point on the road". Northumberland Gazette. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ↑ "Mercer and Snowball return from work-experience loans". morecambefc.com. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ↑ @MorecambeFC (13 May 2025). "First up, it's the @ShrimpsAcademy First Year Player of the Season award. Congratulations to the winner, Nathan Snowball! 👏 #UTS 🦐" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 August 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ "Nathan Snowball And Olly Tonkin Sign". www.pnefc.net. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "Games played by Nathan Snowball in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ↑ "Morpeth Town – Appearances – Nathan Snowball". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2025.