Luther Ash James-Wildin (born 3 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL League One club Stevenage.
He signed his first professional contract with Notts County in May 2016, and spent the 2016–17 season on loan at non-League Northern Premier League club Grantham Town.
James-Wildin joined Stevenage for an undisclosed fee in May 2018 and helped the club earn promotion into League One during the 2022–23 season.
[3] He started playing football competitively at the age of seven with Sunday league youth team Highfield Rangers.
[5] A month into the 2016–17 season, on 19 September 2016, James-Wildin joined Grantham Town of the Northern Premier League on an initial one-month loan deal, in order to gain first-team experience.
[3] James-Wildin made his debut for Grantham in a 4–0 victory over Stratford Town in the FA Trophy on 1 November 2016, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in the match.
[7] He established himself as a first-team regular thereafter, scoring his first goal for the club when he gave Grantham the lead in an eventual 2–1 away victory over Coalville Town on 11 April 2017.
[9] Whilst still on loan at Grantham Town, James-Wildin was told that his one-year contract at Notts County would not be renewed and he subsequently left the club at the end of the 2016–17 season.
[12][13] He scored his first goal for Nuneaton on 27 February 2018, his second-half strike proving decisive in a 2–1 away win against AFC Telford United.
[18] He was the club's first choice right-back throughout the season,[19] making 41 appearances in all competitions as Stevenage finished in tenth position in League Two, one point off of the play-off places.