Career
At under-21 level, Partington represented Wales on eight occasions between 2009 and 2012. Born in Portsmouth, Partington joined AFC Bournemouth in June 2006 after being released by Portsmouth. He made his first team debut for Bournemouth on 9 February 2008, against Luton Town.
Partington came on as a late substitute for Marvin Bartley.
On 5 April, Partington scored his first professional goal. This was a crucial goal at the Liberty Stadium in the 90th minute against top of the league side Swansea City.
On 7 May, Bournemouth manager Kevin Bond announced he had offered Partington, along with youth team goalkeeper Ryan Pryce and winger Josh McQuoid a professional contract with the club Partington made his full first team début against Bury on 20 December, scoring Bournemouth"s second goal of the game in the 44th minute.
On 29 October 2010, Partington joined Eastbourne Borough of the Conference National on an initial one-month"s loan in order to gain some first team experience.
The then Bournemouth manager Lee Bradbury offered Partington a new and improved two-and-a-half year contract on 4 February 2011 which he accepted. This will keep him at the club until the end of the 2012-2013 season. Partington"s contract was extended by a further two years in June 2013 by current manager Eddie Howe who has stated that he is keen for Partington to covert to a centre half.
To assist him in this on 1 January 2014 he signed for Conference Premier team Aldershot Town on a month"s loan after turning down two League clubs who wanted to sign him as a central midfielder.
He suffered an injury in a match against Dartford which required an operation to reconstruct his knee and kept him out for ten months. Partington signed for Eastleigh in January 2015, after recovering from a knee injury, on an initial one-month loan, which was extended until the end of the 2014-2015 season.
On 4 June 2015, Partington joined Eastleigh on a free transfer on a two-year deal after Bournemouth released him. He made his debut for the Wales under-19 team in July 2007 against Chile.
Aged only 17 years and 4 months he was made captain of the Welsh under-19 team for the game against Turkey in the Milk Cup and has captained his country at this level nine times since.
His first Welsh goal came in a 3–1 defeat against Hungary. On 2 February 2009, Partington was called up to the Wales under-21 squad for the first time by manager Brian Flynn for a friendly against Northern Ireland on 10 February. Because the match was cancelled, he made his under-21 debut on 31 March 2009 against Luxembourg at Llanelli"s Parc y Scarlets.
