Graham Stack

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Personal information
Graham Stack
Date of birth	September 26, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Hampstead, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Leeds United (on loan from Reading)
Number	23
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2006 2002–2003 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006– 2006	Arsenal → KSK Beveren (loan) → Millwall (loan) → Reading (loan) Reading → Leeds United (loan)	00 (0) 0? (?) 26 (0) 01 (0) 00 (0) 12 (0)
National team²
2003	Republic of Ireland U21	03 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:27, 5 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20:02, 2 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Graham Stack (born 26 September 1981 in Hampstead, London) is a Republic of Ireland U21 international football goalkeeper currently on loan at Leeds United from Reading.

He joined Arsenal for the start of the 2000-01 season, but for the following, 2001-02, he was plagued with injury and loaned out to Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren along with some other Arsenal players. In December 2001, Stack came under physical attack during a Beveren match, as hooligans charged at him. He punched one of the hooligans in the face, and riot police were quickly on the scene.

His Arsenal debut came in a League Cup match against Rotherham United on 28 October 2003, a match his team won 9-8 on penalties. He continued to play all five of Arsenal's matches in that competition.

On 4 July 2004 he was loaned to Millwall for the entirety of the 2004-05 season and went to Reading on loan at the start of the 2005-06 season.

In September 2005, Stack was cleared of one count of rape and one of sexual assault by a jury at Croydon Crown Court.^[1] Stack was accused of attacking a 22 year old law student at his Beckenham flat in September 2004 after meeting her at a West End nightclub.

He joined Reading permanently on 30 December 2005 on a contract that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2008. During that season, he made four appearances in the League Cup and three in the FA Cup. Stack signed a three month loan deal with Championship side Leeds United on 27 October 2006, which was extended to the end of the 2006-07 season on 29 January 2007.^[2]