Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dominic Edward Gape [1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 September 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Burton Bradstock, England [2] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2014 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Southampton | 1 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2017–2023 | Wycombe Wanderers | 159 | (3) |
2023–2024 | Sutton United | 4 | (0) |
2024 | Northampton Town | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:22, 29 April 2024 (UTC) |
Dominic Edward Gape (born 9 September 1994) [4] is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Northampton Town. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2024.
Born in Burton Bradstock, West Dorset, Gape joined Southampton when he was eight years old, first their academy before being promoted to the Development Squad. He captained the under-18 side in 2012–13. [4]
Gape became part of the first-team squad in 2012, as an unused substitute in a League Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday on 25 September 2012. [4] [5] He signed his first professional contract in May 2013. [2] His progress was then impeded by a series of illnesses and injuries, firstly by an ankle ligament injury and then a bout of glandular fever at the end of the 2013–14 season, before he broke a metatarsal in the summer of 2014. [2]
He made his Premier League debut on 20 December 2014, as an 89th-minute substitute for Shane Long in a 3–0 victory over Everton. [6] [7]
On 31 August 2016, Gape moved on loan for the first time in his career; signing with League Two side Wycombe Wanderers until 3 January 2017. [8] [9] He scored his first goal for Wycombe in a 5–1 win over Crewe Alexandra on 27 September 2016. [10]
On 7 January 2017, Gape permanently joined Wycombe Wanderers on a 2+1⁄2-year deal. [11] He scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Chesterfield on 28 April 2018, as Wycombe sealed automatic promotion to League One for the 2018–19 season. [12]
In May 2019, he was offered a new contract by Wycombe. [13]
He departed the club at the end of the 2022–23 season. [14]
On 19 October 2023, Gape signed for League Two club Sutton United. [15] He departed the club upon the expiration of his short-term deal in January 2024. [16]
In February 2024, Gape joined League One club Northampton Town on a deal until the end of the season. [17] Following the expiration of his short-term deal, he departed the club on a free transfer. [18]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southampton | 2014–15 [19] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2015–16 [20] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2016–17 [21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Southampton U23 | 2016–17 [21] | — | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2016–17 [21] | League Two | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
Wycombe Wanderers | 2016–17 [21] | League Two | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2017–18 [22] | League Two | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
2018–19 [23] | League One | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
2019–20 [24] | League One | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
2020–21 [25] | Championship | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2021–22 [26] | League One | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2022–23 [27] | League One | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
Total | 177 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 204 | 4 | ||
Sutton United | 2023–24 [28] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Northampton Town | 2023–24 [28] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Career total | 184 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 215 | 4 |
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