Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joe Loram John Neal [1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 October 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Bury St Edmunds, England [2] | ||
Height | 1.76 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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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]
Neal signed permanently for Biggleswade Town on 2 August 2021. [12]
Neal signed permanently for St Albans City on 15 February 2022. [13]
Neal signed permanently for AFC Sudbury on 1 July 2023. [14]
Neal is a free-kick specialist. [3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cambridge United | 2018–19 [15] | EFL League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019–20 [16] | EFL League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020–21 [17] | EFL League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Royston Town (loan) | 2018–19 [5] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
Needham Market (loan) | 2019–20 [5] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 29 | 5 |
St Neots Town (loan) | 2019–20 [5] | Southern League Division One Central | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Biggleswade Town (loan) | 2020–21 [5] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 10 | 5 |
Total | 47 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 15 | ||
Biggleswade Town | 2021–22 [5] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 31 | 15 |
St Albans City | 2021–22 [5] | National League South | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
St Albans City | 2022–23 [5] | National League South | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
A.F.C. Sudbury | 2023–24 [5] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 34 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 |
A.F.C. Sudbury | 2024–25 [5] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career total | 159 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 183 | 47 |
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