Wright Joins Macclesfield Town

18th May 2009

There has been a rumour circulating around Lincoln for the past few days that today has turned out to be correct: Ben Wright has signed for Macclesfield Town.

Wright was one of seven players released earlier this month by Lincoln City FC; he has wasted little time in fixing himself up for next season. Macclesfield are of course managed by former Imps' boss Keith Alexander although Wright signed for Lincoln after Alexander left the club. However, Alexander still lives in Lincoln so obviously keeps an eye on The Imps.

Wright signed for Lincoln City FC from Norwegian club IK Start in August 2007. He was hailed by then Imps' boss John Schofield as a terrific signing. Strange then, that Schofield was reluctant to play Wright - a mistake that probably helped lose Schofield his job.

When Peter Jackson took over as Lincoln City manager in October 2007, he recalled Wright to the starting line-up. Wright repaid Jackson's faith with several vital goals during the 2007/08 season. He finished the club's leading goalscorer with 15 strikes to his name and those goals helped Lincoln City retain their Football League status.

Wright began his career at non-league Kettering Town in 1998. It was not long before Bristol City paid Kettering £30,000 for him. However, during his two years at Bristol City, Wright made just two substitute appearances for them. He was also loaned out to Woking for a short while.

In June 2001, Wright moved to Norwegian club Viking, where he played in the UEFA Cup. He later transferred to fellow Norwegian slide IK Start, from which Lincoln signed him August 2007.

Once Wright's Lincoln City FC career was underway, he scored 15 goals during the 2007/08 season, to help lift Lincoln clear of relegation from the Football League. Unfortunately, he was unable to build on this momentum and scored just three goals during the 2008/09 season despite being a regular in the matchday squad.

Wright paid the price for his failure in front of goal when he was released by Lincoln City in May 2009.

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