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==Club career==
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==Club career==
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===Arsenal===
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===Arsenal===
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Weston played for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] as a youth player, joining the club at the age of eleven after being spotted representing Surrey at county level,<ref name=”front” /><ref name=”haven” /> before he made his senior debut in the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] against [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] on 30 November 1999, [[Arsène Wenger]] bringing him on at half time to replace [[Oleh
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Weston played for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] as a youth player, joining the club at the age of eleven after being spotted representing Surrey at county level,<ref name=”front” /><ref name=”haven” /> before he made his senior debut in the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] against [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] on 30 November 1999, [[Arsène Wenger]] bringing him on at half time to replace [[Oleh Luzhnyi]]. Also making his debut for Arsenal that day was [[Ashley Cole]].<ref name=”boots”>{{Cite news |date=6 June 2007 |title=Have boots will travel: The other side of football’s summer sales |work=The Belfast Independent |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10782602.html |url-status=dead |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829110255/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10782602.html |archive-date=29 August 2018 |via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> His first start came on 14 May 2000 at [[St James’ Park]], he was taken off for fellow youngster [[Brian McGovern]] after 67 minutes – [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] finished 4–2 winners.<ref name=”unwin”>{{Cite web |last=Unwin |first=Will |date=24 March 2017 |title=’A hiding to nothing’ The story of Rhys Weston’s one PL game for Arsenal |url=https://www.planetfootball.com/in-depth/story-rhys-weston-one-pl-game-arsenal/ |access-date=28 August 2018 |website=planetfootball.com}}</ref> It was the final league game of [[1999–2000 FA Premier League|the season]] and neither side had anything to play for other than pride. It was to be his only [[Premier League|top flight]] appearance in English football.<ref name=”unwin” /> His first and only senior game at [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] came on 1 November 2000, in a 2–1 defeat to [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] in the League Cup third round. He was taken off to give [[Lee Canoville]] his debut after 74 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2000 |title=Arsenal 1–2 Ipswich |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/worthington_cup/1000608.stm |access-date=28 August 2018 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref>
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===Cardiff City===
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===Cardiff City===
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