George Honeyman

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George Honeyman
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Honeyman in 2018
Personal information
Full name George Christopher Barnaby Honeyman [1]
Date of birth (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 29) [2]
Place of birth Prudhoe, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Millwall
Number 39
Youth career
2004–2015 Sunderland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Sunderland 83 (12)
2015–2016 → Gateshead (loan) 9 (1)
2019–2022 Hull City 119 (10)
2022– Millwall 57 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

George Christopher Barnaby Honeyman (born 8 September 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Millwall.

Contents

A product of Sunderland's youth academy, Honeyman made his professional debut in February 2015. He had a brief spell on loan with Gateshead during the 2015–16 season before returning and assuming the captaincy in 2018. He joined Hull City a year later.

Career

Sunderland

Born in Prudhoe, Northumberland, Honeyman joined Sunderland's academy in 2004 at the age of 10. [4] [5] He made his first-team debut on 15 February 2015 in the fifth round of the FA Cup, replacing Ricky Álvarez for the final four minutes of a 2–0 away loss to Bradford City. [6] Manager Gus Poyet admitted that Honeyman would have been put on earlier had the team not had injury concerns, admitting that "George would have been coming on earlier because we needed a bit of his running between the lines and ability to make runs". [7] He was included in the matchday squad for one Premier League match that season, remaining unused in a 1–1 draw to Stoke City. [8]

On 16 October 2015, Honeyman was loaned to National League club Gateshead for a month, as fellow Sunderland youngster Lynden Gooch had done the previous season. [9] He made his league debut the following day, starting in a 2–2 home draw against Altrincham. [10] On 31 October, he netted the first goal of his career, the winner in a 3–2 win away to Boreham Wood. [11]

He scored his first goal for Sunderland in a 1–0 EFL Cup first round win to Bury on 10 August 2017. [12] Six days later, he scored his first league goal to open a 1–1 draw away to Sheffield Wednesday. [13] In August 2018, as Sunderland prepared for the League One season following a second successive relegation, Honeyman was appointed captain at the age of 23 by new manager Jack Ross, as John O'Shea left for Reading. He became the first academy-produced player to be club captain since Michael Gray. [14]

Hull City

Honeyman signed for Championship club Hull City on 2 August 2019 on a three-year contract with the option of a further year for an undisclosed fee — ending his 15-year association with Sunderland. [15] He made his debut on 10 August when he came on as a 79th-minute substitute in a 2−1 home win against Reading. [16]

In April 2021 he was nominated for the EFL League One Player of the Season, [17] and on 29 April 2021 was named in the 2020–21 EFL League One Team of the Season at the league's annual awards ceremony. [18]

On 18 May 2022, Hull City exercised an option for an additional year on his contract. [19]

Millwall

On 28 June 2022, Honeyman joined Millwall for an undisclosed fee, signing a long-term contract with the club. [20]

Career statistics

As of 13 August 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2014–15 [21] Premier League 001000—10
2015–16 [22] Premier League100000—10
2016–17 [23] Premier League501000—60
2017–18 [24] Championship 4261021—457
2018–19 [25] League One 35621106 [lower-alpha 1] 1448
Total83125131619715
Gateshead (loan) 2015–16 [26] National League 9100—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0101
Sunderland U23 2016–17 [23] ———4 [lower-alpha 3] 040
Hull City 2019–20 [16] Championship4211010—441
2020–21 [27] League One42410301 [lower-alpha 3] 0474
2021–22 [28] Championship3551000—365
Total1191030401012710
Millwall 2022–23 [29] Championship210010—31
Career total22224818112124127
  1. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in EFL Trophy, three appearances in League One play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Sunderland

Hull City

Individual

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  12. ↑ "Bury 0–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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