Ben House

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Ben House
Personal information
Full name Benjamin House[1]
Date of birth (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Guildford, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Lincoln City
Number 18
Youth career
–2016 Aldershot Town
2016–2017 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Reading 0 (0)
2019 → Swindon Town (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 3 (2)
2020 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2022 Eastleigh 54 (13)
2022– Lincoln City 120 (23)
International career‡
2018 Scotland U20 1 (0)
2019 Scotland U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:22, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:13, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Benjamin House (born 5 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Lincoln City.

Born in England, he represented Scotland at youth international level.

Club career

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Reading

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Born in Guildford,[3] House started his career in the youth team of Aldershot Town before signing for the youth team of Reading in 2016.[4] In July 2017, House signed his first professional contract with Reading.[5] On 15 March 2018, House signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2020.[6]

On 4 January 2019, House joined Swindon Town on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[7]

On 12 November 2019, House joined Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until 1 January 2020.[8] On 30 January 2020, House returned to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan for the remainder of the season.[9]

On 2 July 2020, Reading announced House had left the club after his contract had expired.[10]

Eastleigh

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In August 2020 he signed for Eastleigh.[11] House made his Eastleigh debut on 3 October 2020, an opening day 5–1 victory at Barnet where House also scored his first goal for the club, to make it 3–1 in the 56th minute of the game.[12] On 9 November, House was awarded National League Player of the Month award for October, scoring five league goals in his first month at the club.[13]

Lincoln City

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On 24 January 2022, House signed for Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee.[14][15] He made his debut on 29 January 2022, coming off the bench against Burton Albion.[16] He scored his first goal for the club against Portsmouth on 15 April 2022.[17] During the 2022–23 season, he won the Player's Player of the Season award, as well as finishing as the club's top scorer.[18] On 2 August 2023, House signed a new contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2025.[19] Following the end of the 2024–25 season an option was taken up in his contract.[20]

In October 2025, he signed a new contract until the summer of 2028, following good form at the start to the 2025–26 campaign.[21]

International career

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House has represented Scotland at under-20 international youth level.[22] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[23]

Career statistics

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As of 29 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reading U23 2017–18[24] — — — 2[a] 1 2 1
Reading 2018–19[25] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[26] Championship 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Swindon Town (loan) 2018–19[25] League Two 6 0 — — — 6 0
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2019–20[2] National League 9 2 — — 2[b] 0 11 2
Eastleigh 2020–21[2] National League 37 9 2 1 — 1[b] 0 40 10
2021–22[2] National League 17 4 3 1 — 0 0 20 4
Total 54 13 5 2 — 1 0 60 15
Lincoln City 2021–22[27] League One 6 1 — — — 6 1
2022–23[28] League One 38 12 0 0 3 1 3[a] 0 44 13
2023–24[29] League One 20 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 2
2024–25[30] League One 41 6 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 44 6
2025–26[31] League One 15 2 1 0 2 1 1[a] 1 19 4
Total 120 23 1 0 8 2 6 1 135 26
Career total 188 37 7 2 8 2 11 2 214 43
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ a b Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

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Individual

  • National League Player of the Month: October 2020[13]

References

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