Joe Gormley (footballer) explained

Joe Gormley
Fullname:Joseph Anthony Gormley[1]
Birth Date:1989 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Cliftonville
Clubnumber:19
Years1:2007–2009
Clubs1:Cliftonville
Caps1:4
Goals1:0
Years2:2009–2011
Clubs2:Crumlin Star
Caps2:24
Goals2:61
Years3:2011–2015
Clubs3:Cliftonville
Caps3:133
Goals3:85
Years4:2015–2016
Clubs4:Peterborough United
Caps4:5
Goals4:0
Years5:2016
Clubs5:St Johnstone (loan)
Caps5:1
Goals5:0
Years6:2017–
Clubs6:Cliftonville
Caps6:226
Goals6:100
Club-Update:4 December 2023 (UTC)

Joseph Anthony Gormley (born 26 November 1989) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Cliftonville in the NIFL Premiership. Gormley played for amateur side Crumlin Star before making the move to Cliftonville. On 14 June 2015, Gormley made the transition to professional football, signing for Football League One side Peterborough United. After suffering a serious knee injury, Gormley moved on loan to Scottish club St Johnstone in August 2016. After becoming "disillusioned" with professional football, Gormley had his contracts with Peterborough and St Johnstone cancelled. It was announced in January 2017 that Gormley would rejoin Cliftonville for the 2017/18 season.

Nicknamed "Joe The Goal", Gormley is Cliftonville's all-time record goalscorer with 264 goals in 448 appearances (as of 27 September 2023).[2]

Club career

Early career

Gormley began his career at Cliftonville, making four appearances before being released in 2009. He joined Crumlin Star, where he scored 61 goals in the 2010–11 season before re-joining Cliftonville in 2011.[3]

Cliftonville

He was top goalscorer in Northern Ireland in 2013–14, when he became the first player in the club's history to score over 30 goals in two separate seasons, and was named as Ulster Footballer of the Year and Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year for 2013–14.[3] [4] [5] He holds the club record for most goals scored in a domestic season in a Cliftonville shirt, amounting 41 in the season of 2014–15; breaking his own previous record of 37 goals the season before.[6]

Peterborough United

On 14 June 2015, it was confirmed that Peterborough United had signed Gormley on a three-year deal, and he would officially join the club on 1 July 2015.[7]

On 25 September 2015 he was sidelined for the rest of the season by a serious knee injury. Gormley was loaned to Scottish club St Johnstone in August 2016.[8] After two months with St Johnstone, Gormley became "disillusioned with football" and decided to return to his native Northern Ireland. Gormley, Peterborough and St Johnstone applied to FIFA for permission to cancel his contracts outside the normal transfer windows.[9]

Career statistics

[10]

ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cliftonville2007–08Irish Premier League0000
2008–09IFA Premiership4040
Total4000000040
Crumlin Star2009–10Northern Amateur Football League
2010–11
Total!colspan="2"–!2461
Cliftonville2011–12IFA Premiership3010103020323912
2012–133017454820104130
2013–14NIFL Premiership3627225820204737
2014–153731224710414841
Total1338599162370103175120
Peterborough United2015–16EFL League One4000200060
2016–171000000010
Total5000200070
St Johnstone (loan)2016–17Scottish Premiership10001020
Cliftonville2017–18NIFL Premiership37234630444635
2018–193723002221444530
2019–203118423341424626
2020–211320055187
2021–2237133554224724
2022–233810324420515217
2023–2433114110003812
2024–25000000000000
Total22610018161813822418294149
Career total369185272537361523431506341

Honours

Cliftonville

2023–24

Individual awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Retained List 2015–16. English Football League. 26 June 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202052144/http://www.efl.com/documents/professional-retained-report-2015-16549-3151378.pdf. 2 December 2016. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Cliftonville Football Club » Gormley's a tricky customer. 2023-09-27 . cliftonvillefc.net.
  3. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/graham-luney/joe-gormley-up-there-with-cream-of-the-crop-29955343.html Joe Gormley up there with cream of the crop
  4. http://cliftonvillefc.net/latestnews Cliftonville FC Latest News: Reds are the write choice
  5. News: Cliftonville striker Gormley wins writers player of year award . BBC . 6 May 2014 . 13 December 2020 .
  6. Web site: Cliftonville Football Club » Club Records . 2023-09-04 . cliftonvillefc.net.
  7. Web site: Gormley Agrees Posh Switch.
  8. Web site: Joe Gormley: St Johnstone sign Peterborough striker on loan . BBC Sport . 31 August 2016 . 1 September 2016.
  9. Web site: Joe Gormley: Peterborough United striker, on loan at St Johnstone, quits pro football . BBC Sport . 1 November 2016 . 1 November 2016.
  10. Web site: J.Gormley. Soccerway. 29 December 2018.