Lainton playing for Bolton Wanderers during pre-season in 2011
Personal information
Full name
Robert Paul Lainton[1]
Date of birth
(1989-10-12) 12 October 1989 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth
Ashton-under-Lyne, England[1]
Height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Wrexham
Number
1
Youth career
2004–2010
Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2010–2013
Bolton Wanderers
0
(0)
2013–2016
Bury
31
(0)
2014
→ Burton Albion (loan)
14
(0)
2016–2017
Bury
7
(0)
2017
→ Cheltenham Town (loan)
1
(0)
2017–2018
Port Vale
6
(0)
2018
→ Wrexham (loan)
20
(0)
2018–2024
Wrexham
124
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:34, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
Robert Paul Lainton (born 12 October 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Wrexham. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2024.
He turned professional at Bolton Wanderers in March 2011 but never played a first-team game for the club. He joined Bury in July 2013 and would go on to play 45 games for the club over the next four seasons, 22 of which came in their 2014–15 promotion campaign out of League Two; he was a free agent for the first half of the 2016–17 season in between being released and re-signed by Bury. He also played 14 games on loan at Burton Albion in the second half of the 2013–14 season and played one game on an emergency loan at Cheltenham Town in April 2017. He signed with Port Vale in June 2017. After struggling with injury during his first season at the club, he was allowed to sign with Wrexham after a spell on loan at the Welsh club. He was named Wrexham's Player of the Season for the 2018–19 campaign. Wrexham won the National League title at the end of the 2022–23 campaign.
^ abc"Rob Lainton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^"Rob Lainton". Wrexham F.C. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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