'''Luke Anthony Cleve Medley''' (born 21 June 1989) is an English [[association football|footballer]] who isplays currentlyas a player[[striker (association football)|striker]] for [[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere]].
As a junior, he was on the books of [[Welwyn Garden City F.C.|Welwyn Garden City]], [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]] and [[Tottenham Hotspur]]. He joined [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] in 2007, and later the same year scored with his first touch in [[The Football League|league]] football. He played on loan for [[Cambridge City F.C.|Cambridge City]], but left Bradford after just one season to return to [[London]], and re-signed for Barnet. During his time with Barnet, he had loan spells twice at [[Havant & Waterlooville F.C.|Havant & Waterlooville]] and [[Woking F.C.|Woking]] before he dropped back into non-league to sign for [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]], [[Kidderminster Harriers F.C.|Kidderminster Harriers]] and [[Bromley F.C.|Bromley]].
==Career==
===Early career===
Born in [[Greenwich]], [[London]], Medley attended [[Southgate College]],<ref name="college">{{cite web |url=http://www.southgate.ac.uk/cms/publish/article_560.html |title=Southgate college students sign for Spurs |date=28 November 2006 |publisher=Southgate College}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> where he played for the college [[association football|football]] side which lost in the 2006 English Colleges' Football League Championship Final to [[Gateshead College]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.southgate.ac.uk/cms/publish/printer_461.html |title=Southgate suffer cup final heartache |date=23 May 2006 |publisher=Southgate College |first=Gavin |last=Willacy}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Medley also played for [[Welwyn Garden City F.C.|Welwyn Garden City]], making his debut at the age of 16.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=19 August 2006 |title=Haverhill Rovers v Welwyn Garden City |journal=Haverhill Rovers Matchday Programme |publisher=Haverhill Rovers Football Club |url=http://www.hamletcroft.co.uk/19-08-06vWelwyn.doc |format=DOC |accessdate=18 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013141813/http://hamletcroft.co.uk/19-08-06vWelwyn.doc |archivedate=13 October 2006 }}</ref> During his time with Welwyn Garden City, the club was removed from the 2005–06 [[FA Vase|Football Association Challenge Vase]] competition, after Medley played against [[Newmarket Town F.C.|Newmarket Town]] despite being not registered by the qualification date.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFAVase/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2006/02/Vase_protest.htm |title=Protest upheld |date=3 February 2006 |publisher=The Football Association}}</ref>
Medley left Welwyn Garden City in 2006 to join [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]'s London-based Protec Football Academy,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.2176459.0.medley_hopes_to_strike_right_note.php |title=Medley hopes to strike right note |date=7 April 2008 |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker}}</ref> where he stayed for eight months, before graduating to the youth side of [[Premier League]]'s [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], along with [[defender (football)|defender]] Chris Casey.<ref name="college"/> Medley was released by Tottenham and was instead picked up by [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] under the caretaker management of [[David Wetherall]] following a trial.<ref name="contract offer">{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2318877.0..php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505055306/http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2318877.0..php |url-status=dead |archivedate=5 May 2013 |title=Medley turns down City offer |date=5 June 2008 |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker}}</ref>
