Lewis Shipley

Following his move to Barrow, Shipley's current-season form is up 120% on last season (Season 5→11), while his Rating climbed 29→31. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 17).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Barrow · 24th	25	3	6.71	31	11
2024/25	Cheltenham · 15th	8	0	6.73	29	5
2023/24	Accrington ST · 17th	26	2	6.79	32	17

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

Lewis Shipley is a 22-year-old central defender at Barrow, rated 30.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 44th of 134 on scout potential in the League Two and 1495th of 1772 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (47.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.12 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Shipley.

Judged on this season alone, Shipley graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 18th of 33 of the 33 centre-backs in the League Two, on 3 clean sheets and 3.121 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 11). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, top 40% of the 33 centre-backs in the League Two. At 22 Shipley is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 3.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2023/24Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potentialTop 40% centre-backs · League Two Current season18th of 33 centre-backs · League Two 18th-best centre-back in the League Two 44th in the League Two · potential 13th-highest potential centre-back in the League Two 1495th-highest potential U-23 tracked

30.5

Ratingi

13th of 33 centre-backs

10.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

47.4%

Minutes

rotation minutes

3.12

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Barrow finished 24th of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

3.12

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.12 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (24th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 47.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 30.5, Shipley carries the 13th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two (top 40%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Barrow finished 24th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.12 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %47.4%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.138

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.138

Defensive actions / 903.121

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.138

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~3), then tapers with age. At 22, Shipley sits on 3.1, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Shipley's projected Rating — 30.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles29

Interceptions24

Blocks15

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

BBoston UnitedJul 2026 – now-

BarrowJun 2025 – Jul 2026Free

Norwich(back from loan)Jan 2025 – Jun 2025

Cheltenhamuntil Jan 2025

NorwichJul 2024 – Jan 2025

Accrington STuntil Jul 2024

About Lewis Shipley

Lewis Shipley is a 22-year-old centre-back who plays for Barrow, born on November 29, 2003. He is from England. Barrow currently sit 24th of 24 in the League Two.

This season

In the current season, Lewis Shipley has made 25 appearances with 3 goals and 0 assists across 1,961 minutes, with 3 yellow cards.

Lewis Shipley's next match is on August 28, 2026, when Barrow face Yeovil Town at home in the National League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Lewis Shipley at 30.5 with a Season form score of 10.7, ranking 44th of 134 centre-backs in the League Two. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 6 recorded seasons, Lewis Shipley has totalled 99 club appearances with 5 goals and 0 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 26 appearances for Accrington ST.

Lewis Shipley's career has also included time at BBoston United, Norwich, Cheltenham and Accrington ST.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Barrow finished 24th of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

Watch points