Joe Oastler

Joseph James Oastler (born 3 July 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays for AFC Totton as a defender.[2]

Joe Oastler
Personal information
Full name Joseph James Oastler[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-03) 3 July 1990[1]
Place of birth Portsmouth, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AFC Totton
Youth career
1998–2008 Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Bognor Regis Town 3 (0)
2008–2011 Queens Park Rangers 1 (0)
2009 → Salisbury City (loan) 11 (0)
2010–2011 → Torquay United (loan) 28 (0)
2011–2013 Torquay United 85 (1)
2013–2016 Aldershot Town 84 (3)
2016–2017 Gosport Borough 40 (1)
2017–2021 Oxford City 127 (6)
2021–2023 Havant & Waterloville 84 (8)
2023– AFC Totton 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:12, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Playing career

Oastler was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire.[1] He worked his way through the youth team of his local club Portsmouth, where he played from the age of eight; however, he was deemed surplus to requirements and was then released in March 2008. To retain fitness he joined Conference South club Bognor Regis Town, where he played three games, before joining the ranks of Queens Park Rangers in summer 2008.

He spent the first half of the 2009–10 season on loan at administration-stricken Salisbury City of the Conference National, along with teammate Lee Brown.[3] He made eleven appearances for the club, including eight starts, before returning to Loftus Road before the end of the calendar year. At one point the club had feared that Oastler had fallen victim to the swine flu pandemic.[4] On 20 April 2010 he made his debut in the Football League, replacing Ákos Buzsáky as a substitute in a 1–0 home win over Watford.[5] At the end of the season Neil Warnock offered him a new one-year deal, which he duly signed.[6] In October 2010 Oastler joined Torquay United signing on a month's loan[7] and making his debut on 9 October in a 3–3 away draw against Crewe.[8] He went on to make 19 starts and 12 sub appearances for Torquay, including a late cameo appearance in the Football League Two play-off final at Old Trafford.[9]

In June 2011, Queens Park Rangers announced his release.[10] Later that month, Oastler signed a permanent two-year deal with Torquay United.[11] Oastler scored a lob from the half-way line against Tiverton Town in a pre-season friendly for the Gulls and also scored in the 6–2 friendly win over Truro City. Oastler made his league debut as a full Torquay player in the 2–2 draw against Burton Albion on 6 August 2011. He was included in the League Two Team of the Week for 13/14 August 2011,[12] after a particularly impressive performance in the win over Bristol Rovers. He was released by Torquay at the end of the 2012–2013 season.[13] Oastler joined Aldershot Town for the 2013–2014 season and scored on his league debut against Grimsby Town. His impressive form at the start of the season earned him a call up to the England C team to face Latvia.

Oastler completed a move to Oxford City ahead of the 2017–18 season, missing just 20 minutes of football throughout his first campaign at the club.[14] Oastler ended the season by lifting the Oxfordshire Senior Cup as captain, and was made the permanent club captain ahead of 2018–19 season.[15]

After 4 seasons with Oxford City, Oastler moved to Havant & Waterlooville in May 2021.[16] He remained with the club until September 2023 when he joined Southern League Premier Division South club AFC Totton.[17]

Statistics
As of 28 June 2011.
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
England League FA Cup League Cup Total
2007–08Bognor Regis TownConference South30000030
2008–09Queens Park RangersChampionship00000000
2009–10Queens Park RangersChampionship10000010
2009–10Salisbury CityConference National1100000011
2010–11Queens Park RangersChampionship00001010
2010–11Torquay UnitedLeague Two2803000310
2011–12Torquay UnitedLeague Two4702010500
2012–13Torquay UnitedLeague Two3810010391
Total England 128150301361
Career total 128130301361

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 313. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. Bennett & Oastler sign Archived 22 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ oxfordcityfc.co.uk, 4 June 2017
  3. "QPR duo to extend Salisbury loans". BBC Sport. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  4. "Salisbury fear swine flu attack". BBC Sport. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  5. "QPR 1–0 Watford". BBC Sport. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  6. "BROWN & OASTLER PEN DEALS". qpr.co.uk. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  7. "QPR's Joe Oastler joins Torquay in one-month loan deal". BBC Sport. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  8. "Crewe 3–3 Torquay". BBC Sport. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  9. "Joe Oastler". BBC Sport. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  10. "Warnock lets eight leave QPR but extends Max Ehmer deal". BBC Sport. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  11. "Midfielder Joe Oastler joins Torquay on a two-year deal". BBC Sport. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  12. "League 2 Team of the Week". Football League. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  13. http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Danny-Stevens-players-released-Torquay-United/story-18937876-detail/story.html
  14. "Joe Oastler - Oxford City 1st Team - Oxford City Football Club". www.oxfordcityfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019.
  15. "Oxford City strike back to beat Kidlington in Oxon Senior Cup final".
  16. "Havant and Waterlooville FC Delighted To Sign Joe Oastler". havantandwaterloovillefc.co.uk. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  17. "JOE OASTLER DEPARTS". www.havantandwaterloovillefc.co.uk. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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