Joe Neal (footballer)

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Joe Neal
Personal information
Full name Joe Loram John Neal [1]
Date of birth (2000-10-22) 22 October 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Bury St Edmunds, England [2]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 AFC Sudbury
Youth career
2008–2019 Cambridge United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Cambridge United 0 (0)
2019 → Royston Town (loan) 16 (1)
2019 → Needham Market (loan) 19 (1)
2020 → St Neots Town (loan) 4 (2)
2020 → Biggleswade Town (loan) 8 (5)
2021–2022 Biggleswade Town 26 (11)
2022–2023 St Albans City 52 (2)
2023– AFC Sudbury 42 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:12, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Joe Neal (born 22 October 2000) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward for AFC Sudbury.

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Playing career

Cambridge United

Neal joined the Cambridge United Academy in 2008 and signed his first two-and-a-half-year professional contract in February 2019. [3] He was handed the contract after impressing on loan at Southern League Premier Division Central side Royston Town the previous month. [4] He made his debut in first-team football on 19 January, in a 1–0 defeat at Kettering Town and scored a brace on his home debut three days later in a 4–4 draw with Lowestoft Town. [5] In total he scored three goals in 18 games for Steve Castle's "Crows". [5]

He began the 2019–20 season on loan at Needham Market, having scored a brace for the club in a pre-season friendly. [6] He went on to score five goals in 29 appearances for Richard Wilkins's "Marketmen". [5] He played four games on loan at St Neots Town in January 2020; "Saints" manager Barry Corr said that "I expect him to score goals". [7]

He was loaned out to Biggleswade Town and scored a hat-trick in a 7–4 win over Leiston on 29 September 2020. [8] He was recalled to Cambridge after the 2020–21 season was cancelled at Southern League level due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, [9] having scored five goals in ten games for Chris Nunn's "Waders". [5] He made his first-team debut for Cambridge on 10 November 2020, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Harvey Knibbs in a 1–1 draw with Peterborough United in an EFL Trophy game at the Abbey Stadium; Cambridge went on to lose the penalty shoot-out 3–1. [10]

On 17 May 2021, Cambridge United announced they would not be offering Neal a new contract. [11]

Biggleswade Town

Neal signed permanently for Biggleswade Town on 2 August 2021. [12]

St Albans City

Neal signed permanently for St Albans City on 15 February 2022. [13]

AFC Sudbury

Neal signed permanently for AFC Sudbury on 1 July 2023. [14]

Style of play

Neal is a free-kick specialist. [3]

Statistics

As of match played 27 April 2024
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambridge United 2018–19 [15] EFL League Two 0000000000
2019–20 [16] EFL League Two0000000000
2020–21 [17] EFL League Two0000001010
Total0000001010
Royston Town (loan) 2018–19 [5] Southern League Premier Division Central161002200183
Needham Market (loan) 2019–20 [5] Southern League Premier Division Central19131413 [lower-alpha 1] 2295
St Neots Town (loan) 2019–20 [5] Southern League Division One Central4200000042
Biggleswade Town (loan) 2020–21 [5] Southern League Premier Division Central8510001 [lower-alpha 2] 0105
Total4794163526215
Biggleswade Town 2021–22 [5] Southern League Premier Division Central261110213 [lower-alpha 2] 33115
St Albans City 2021–22 [5] National League South 160000000160
St Albans City 2022–23 [5] National League South 362000000362
A.F.C. Sudbury 2023–24 [5] Southern League Premier Division Central34142100213815
A.F.C. Sudbury 2024–25 [5] Southern League Premier Division Central0000000000
Career total15936728410618347
  1. ↑ 2 appearances and 1 goal in the FA Trophy and 2 appearances and 1 goal in the Suffolk Senior Cup.
  2. 1 2 Appearance/s in the FA Trophy.

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References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players as at 18th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. 18 May 2019. p. 72. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Soccerway". Soccerway. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Joe Neal Signs His First Professional Deal With The U's". www.cambridge-united.co.uk. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "- Crows welcome Joe Neal". Royston Town Football Club. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Joe Neal Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Claydon, Russell. "SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Cambridge United teenage striker joins Needham". Suffolk News. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  7. ↑ Georgeson, Andrew (23 January 2020). "St Neots boss Corr believes United loanees have Football League potential". CambridgeshireLive. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Match Details - Biggleswade Town 7-4 Leiston - PISPC - 29th September 2020 | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Page, Stephen (30 November 2020). "Cambridge United youth prospects Joe Neal and Ben Worman expected to go back out on loan". InYourArea.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Cambridge United vs Peterborough United on 10 Nov 20 - Match Centre - Cambridge United". www.cambridge-united.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "2021 Retained & Released List". Cambridge United F.C. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Nunn Busy Building New-Look Biggleswade Squad". Southern-Football-League.co.uk. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "SAINTS SIGN STRIKER NEAL". stalbanscityfc.com. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "AFC Sudbury bring in former Cambridge United forward Joe Neal from St Albans City". suffolknews.co.uk. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Joe Neal in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Joe Neal in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Joe Neal in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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