Alfred Bobson Bawling (born 21 September 1995) is a semi-professional footballer who plays for Haringey Borough as a midfielder.
Club career After competing in athletics at county level, Bawling decided to take up football and joined the Watford academy at a young age after being released by Chelsea in 2008. Bawling progressed through the youth set-up, and signed a two-year scholarship in 2012. and as part of his development moved to Wealdstone on a one-month work experience loan in December 2013 where he made a handful of appearances. Upon the expiration of his contract, Bawling was released by Watford at the end of the 2013–14 season.
After leaving Watford, Bawling went on trial at League One side Crawley Town in the summer of 2014 and later signed a one-year deal at the club. He made his professional debut as a half-time substitute in their 1–0 win at Barnsley on 9 August 2014. Three days later, Bawling made his first start for Crawley in their League Cup tie against Ipswich Town, featuring for 63 minutes before being replaced by Ryan Dickson in their 1–0 victory. On 30 May 2017, it was announced that Bawling would leave Crawley upon the expiry of his contract in June 2017.
On 31 May 2017, it was announced that Bawling had signed for Woking of the National League for the 2017–18 season. On 5 August 2017, Bawling made his Woking debut during their 2–1 home victory over Gateshead, featuring for 70 minutes before being replaced by Jamie Philpot. On 28 August 2017, during Woking's 4–1 victory over Torquay United, Bawling scored his first ever professional goal, placing his effort into the top right hand corner past goalkeeper, Dan Lavercombe.
On 16 May 2018, it was announced that Bawling would join National League South side Torquay United, following his release from Woking. Shortly into 2018/19, on 5 October 2018, Bawling joined Oxford City on a one-month loan, making an instant impact by scoring against Dartford on his debut.Bobson Bawling Joins Oxford City On Loan, torquayunited.com, 5 October 2018 The move was made permanent in November 2018.
Bawling joined St Albans City in the summer 2019 but left the club again on 12 October 2019 to join Enfield Town.NEW SIGNING: BOBSON BAWLING, enfieldtownfootballclub.co.uk, 12 October 2019
Following a two-year spell with Haringey Borough, Bawling joined Hendon in July 2022. He returned to Haringey just five months later following thirteen league appearances with Hendon.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Watford 2013–14 Championship000000—00 Wealdstone (loan) 2013–14 Isthmian League Premier Division3000—0030Crawley Town 2014–15 League One28000202Appearance in Football League Trophy0320 2015–16 League Two150001000160 2016–17 League Two28010103Appearances in EFL Trophy0330Total710104050810 Woking 2017–18 National League12110—00131 Torquay United 2018–19 National League South6000—0060 Oxford City (loan) 2018–19 National League South3021—0051 Oxford City 2018–19 National League South231——2Appearances in FA Trophy0251 St Albans City 2019–20 National League South11010—00120 Enfield Town 2019–20 Isthmian League Premier Division70——1Appearance in Alan Turvey Trophy080Haringey Borough 2020–21 Isthmian League Premier Division8343—52178 2021–22 Isthmian League Premier Division34600—3One appearance in FA Trophy, two in Alan Turvey Trophy0376Total51943—826314 Hendon 2022–23 Southern League Premier Division South13040—10180Haringey Borough 2022–23 Isthmian League Premier Division163———163 2023–24 Isthmian League Premier Division33140—5Two appearances in FA Trophy, three in Alan Turvey Trophy0421 2024–25 Isthmian League North Division15100—00151Total64540—50735Career total255161444022229522
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