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Ben Armour

Ben Armour

Scottish footballer

Ben Armour (born 17 April 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish League Two club side Stranraer.

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Club career

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Armour started his career with Queen's Park[1]

He then joined Morton's youth academy, before making his debut in April 2017 as a late substitute against Dunfermline Athletic.[2]

Armour and goalkeeper Jamie McGowan signed a contract extension on 11 May 2017, for six months and one year respectively.[3]

The young striker scored his first goal for the club after coming on as a substitute on 1 July 2017; tapping in a rebound from close range in a pre-season friendly with Stenhousemuir.[4]

Armour signed a one-year contract in June 2018.[5] A month later, Armour scored his first competitive goal for the club in a 5-0 home win against Albion Rovers in the Scottish League Cup group stage.[6] He joined Scottish League One side Dumbarton on loan in January 2019, linking up with former manager Jim Duffy.[7]

Armour left Morton in June 2019 and then signed a one-year contract with Peterhead.[8]

He signed for Alloa Athletic in June 2021.[9]

In June 2022, Armour signed with Scottish League Two side Forfar Athletic on a one-year deal.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 February 2022
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References

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    "Ben Armour". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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    "Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 Greenock Morton". BBC Sport. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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    Mitchell, Jonathan (11 May 2017). "McGowan and Armour sign contract extensions". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
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    Mitchell, Jonathan (1 July 2017). "Match Report: Stenhousemuir 0-3 Morton". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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    Mitchell, Jonathan (12 June 2018). "Ben Armour signs one-year contract extension". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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    Jonathan Mitchell (28 July 2018). "Match report: Morton 5-0 Albion Rovers". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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    Galloway, Andy (11 January 2019). "SIGNING NEWS: ARMOUR CHECKS IN". Dumbarton Football Club.
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    Durent, Jamie (10 July 2019). "Peterhead add former Morton striker Ben Armour on one-year deal". Press & Journal. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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    "Squad update ii". 15 June 2021.
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    Coutts, Christopher. "Loons boost first team squad". www.forfarathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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    "Games played by Ben Armour in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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    "Games played by Ben Armour in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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    "Games played by Ben Armour in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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    "Games played by Ben Armour in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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    "Games played by Ben Armour in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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    "Games played by Ben Armour in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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    "Games played by Ben Armour in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 June 2022.


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