Sam Tickle

Samuel Lloyd Tickle (born 31 March 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wigan Athletic.

Tickle is a youth product of Wigan Athletic, having joined their youth academy in 2012. He was released at the end of the 2018 season. He then signed for Pilkington and was named player of the season as they won Cheshire Football League. During the 2018-19 season he was also selected as the No1 for England Schoolboys FA & represented his country making 5 appearances, conceding only once. In 2019, he rejoined Wigan Athletic, joining as a scholar.

He made his professional debut with Wigan in a 2–0 EFL Trophy loss to Crewe Alexandra on 5 October 2021.

On 19 March 2022, Tickle joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Nantwich Town on a youth loan until 14 April 2022.

In July 2022, he joined Northern Premier League side Warrington Rylands on loan until January 2023. He made two appearances for the club, but was recalled by Wigan following an injury to first-choice goalkeeper Ben Amos. He was named on the bench against Birmingham City on 20 August 2022. He returned to Warrington Rylands on loan until January, but after 4 appearances was recalled againdue to injuries to Jones and then Amos. He was named on the bench against Hull City and for the consecutive 10 games. Tickle has been selected by Wigan manager Shaun Maloney as his first-choice goalkeeper over Ben Amos for 2023-24.

In September 2023, Tickle was called up to the England under-21 squad for the first time.