Josh Coley

Joshua Maxwell Coley (born 24 July 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League Two club Sutton United.

Josh Coley
Personal information
Full name Joshua Maxwell Coley[1]
Date of birth (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998
Place of birth Stevenage, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Sutton United
Number 31
Youth career
York City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Arlesey Town Reserves 12 (0)
2015–2016 Letchworth Garden City Eagles
2016–2018 Hitchin Town 9 (0)
2016 → Histon (loan) 5 (0)
2017 → Arlesey Town (loan)
2017 → Langford (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2018 → Baldock Town (loan) 35 (17)
2018–2020 Norwich City 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 7 (0)
2020 Stotfold 5 (2)
2020–2021 Maidenhead United 37 (5)
2021–2023 Exeter City 27 (0)
2022–2023 → Harrogate Town (loan) 11 (0)
2023– Sutton United 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:22, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Career

Coley was born in Stevenage but grew up in York. He was in the youth team at York City before returning south.[2] Coley began his senior career in the Spartan South Midlands Football League with Arlesey Town Reserves, before moving on to Letchworth Garden City Eagles in the Herts Senior County League.[3]

In 2016 he joined Southern Football League side Hitchin Town. Coley only made a handful of appearances for the Canaries, and spent most of his time out on loan with Histon, Arlesey Town, Langford and Baldock Town,[4] where he scored 21 goals in all competitions in the 2017–18 season, combining non-league football with working as a bricklayer.[5]

After impressing in a trial, he signed a one-year deal with Norwich City in July 2018,[6] and featured regularly for their under-23 side, scoring once in twenty appearances. Coley's contract was extended for another year in February 2019.[7]

In June 2019, he joined Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic on a year-long loan deal,[8] with his first appearance coming in a Scottish League Cup match with St Mirren where he played the full 90 minutes of his side's 3–2 victory.[9] Coley briefly returned to Norwich in January 2020,[10] before having his contract cancelled by mutual consent in February.[11] Shortly after, he signed for Spartan South Midlands Football League side Stotfold.[12]

In July 2020, Coley signed for National League side Maidenhead United.[13] On 12 October 2020, he scored his first goal for the club to give his side their first win of the season against Wrexham.[14]

On 8 June 2021, it was announced that Coley had signed for Exeter City on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[15]

On 1 September 2022, he joined EFL League Two's Harrogate Town on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[16] Coley was recalled in January 2023.[17]

On 30 June 2023, Coley signed for League Two club Sutton United for an undisclosed fee.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 October 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arlesey Town Reserves 2014–15 SSML Division One 12000003[lower-alpha 1]1151
Letchworth Eagles 2015–16 HSCL Premier Division No data currently available
Hitchin Town 2016–17 Southern League Premier Division 8010002[lower-alpha 2]0110
2017–18 Southern League Premier Division 1000000010
Hitchin total 90100020120
Histon (loan) 2016–17 Southern League Division One Central 5000001[lower-alpha 3]060
Arlesey Town (loan) 2016–17 Southern League Division One Central No data currently available
Langford (loan) 2017–18 SSML Division One 100000—10
Baldock Town (loan) 2017–18 SSML Division One 3517200011[lower-alpha 4]44821
Norwich City 2018–19[20] EFL Championship 000000—00
2019–20[20] Premier League 000000—00
Norwich total 0000000000
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2019–20[21] Scottish Championship 70004100111
Stotfold 2019–20 SSML Division One 5200002[lower-alpha 5]274
Maidenhead United 2020–21[22] National League 37510—1[lower-alpha 6]0395
Exeter City 2021–22[23] EFL League Two 18020003[lower-alpha 7]2232
2022–23[24] EFL League One 4000211[lower-alpha 7]071
Exeter total 220202142303
Harrogate Town (loan) 2022–23[25] EFL League Two 6000000060
Career Total 13924606224917535
  1. Two appearances and one goal in SSML Division One Cup; one appearance in SSML Challenge Trophy
  2. One appearance in Southern League Cup; one appearance in Herts Charity Cup
  3. One appearance in Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup
  4. Three appearances and one goal in FA Vase, four appearances and two goals in Herts Centenary Trophy, two appearances and one goal in SSML Division One Cup, one appearance in Herts Charity Shield, one appearance in SSML Challenge Trophy
  5. One appearance and two goals in SSML Division One Cup; one appearance in Bedfordshire Senior Trophy
  6. Appearances in FA Trophy
  7. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Exeter City

References
  1. "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "From Barcelona to Parscelona | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". dafc.co.uk.
  3. "Josh Coley signed with Norwich City FC – Letchworth Eagles YFC". www.letchwortheagles.org.uk.
  4. "First Team Squad: Josh Coley". Dunfermline Athletic FC. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  5. Freezer, David (28 February 2019). "'I was making my money laying bricks' – City youngster adjusting to professional demands". The Pink Un.
  6. Yousif, Layth (25 July 2018). "Baldock Town boss Luke Gregson hails Josh Coley as talented winger signs pro deal with Championship side Norwich City". The Comet. Archant. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  7. "Academy stars commit futures to Norwich City".
  8. Hart, Ross (21 June 2019). "Dunfermline sign Norwich City's Josh Coley on loan". Dunfermline Press. Newsquest. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  9. Duncan, Thomas (14 July 2019). "St Mirren 2 – 3 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  10. "Josh Coley returns from loan at Dunfermline Athletic". Norwich City FC. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  11. "Josh Coley and Ciaren Jones contracts cancelled by mutual consent". Norwich City FC. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  12. Stotfold F.C. [@stotfoldfc] (6 February 2020). "Breaking News. JOSH COLEY Signs for SFC. Josh from Norwich City & from a loan spell with Dunfermline Athletic teams up again with Luke Gregson. The experience he brings to our squad will help our push for promotion. Josh goes straight into the squad for Saturday" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Twitter.
  13. "New Signing | Josh Joins". www.pitchero.com.
  14. "Wrexham 0-1 Maidenhead United". BBC Sport. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  15. "Josh Coley signs for Exeter City". www.exetercityfc.co.uk.
  16. "WINGER JOSH COLEY SIGNS ON LOAN FROM EXETER". www.harrogatetownafc.com. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  17. "📝 Josh Coley recalled from Harrogate loan". www.exetercityfc.co.uk. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  18. "Sutton United swoop for Clay and Coley". BBC Sport. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  19. Josh Coley at Soccerbase
  20. "Games played by Josh Coley in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  21. "Games played by Josh Coley in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  22. "Games played by Josh Coley in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  23. "Games played by Josh Coley in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  24. "Games played by Josh Coley in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  25. "Games played by Josh Coley in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  26. "Port Vale end Exeter's League two title hopes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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