Morgan Kendall Penfold (born 3 December 1998) is an English professional footballer who recently played as a forward for Wisbech Town.
Career After an eight-year spell in the Peterborough United academy, Penfold made his first-team debut during a 6–1 EFL Trophy defeat against Norwich City U23s, replacing Marcus Maddison in the 72nd minute.
In October 2016, Penfold joined Southern League Premier Division side St Ives Town on a youth loan. On 22 October 2016, Penfold made his St Ives debut in their 4–1 away defeat against Hitchin Town, replacing Jordan Jarrold. Penfold went onto make eleven more league appearances for St Ives before returning to Peterborough in January 2017.
After several further loan spells, including a return to St Ives Town in 2019, he was released by Peterborough United at the end of the 2018–19 season.
Penfold then joined National League side Barrow, signing an initial two-year deal on 15 May 2019, forming part of their promotion winning side in 2020. In October 2020, he joined F.C. United of Manchester on a three month loan deal. Penfold retired from professional football in 2021 and works for Mick George Group in Peterborough.
Penfold came out of retirement and signed for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands club Spalding United in September 2022.
Penfold signed for United Counties League Premier Division North club Wisbech Town on dual-registration in November 2022.
On 20 December 2022, it was announced that Penfold had left the club.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPeterborough United2016–17League One00000010102017–18League One00000000002018–19League One0000000000Total0000001010St Ives Town (loan)2016–17Southern League Premier Division12000—3Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in Southern League Cup0150Biggleswade Town (loan)2017–18Southern League Premier Division14100—10151Boston United (loan)2017–18National League North1000—0010Grantham Town (loan)2018–19Northern Premier League2000—0020Bedford Town (loan)2018–19Southern League Division One Central3000—1040Hitchin Town (loan)2018–19Southern League Premier Division5000—1Appearance in Herts Charity Cup161St Ives Town (loan)2018–19Southern League Premier Division4000—0040Barrow2019–20National League3000—21512020–21League Two0000001010Total3000003161F.C. United of Manchester (loan)2020–21Northern Premier League3010—1050Career total4711000112592
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