Joel Dixon

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Joel Dixon
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Dixon warming up for Hartlepool United in 2023
Personal information
Full name Joel Stephen Dixon [1]
Date of birth (1993-12-09) 9 December 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Hartlepool United
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2012 Sunderland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 Sunderland 0 (0)
2013Workington (loan) 6 (0)
2013Workington (loan) 6 (0)
2014Boston United (loan) 16 (0)
2014Hartlepool United (loan) 0 (0)
2015Gateshead (loan) 6 (0)
2015–2021 Barrow 189 (0)
2021–2023 Bolton Wanderers 24 (0)
2023– Hartlepool United 32 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:44, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Joel Stephen Dixon (born 9 December 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League side Hartlepool United.

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Born in Middlesbrough, Dixon came through the ranks at Sunderland. After loan spells with Workington, Boston United, Hartlepool United and Gateshead, he departed Sunderland in 2015. He joined non-League Barrow and was a member of the team that won promotion to the Football League as champions in 2020. After six seasons with Barrow, he moved to League One club Bolton Wanderers. He won the EFL Trophy in his second season before re-joining Hartlepool United in 2023.

Career

Born in Middlesbrough, [2] Dixon began his career at Sunderland, spending two loan spells at Workington. [3] He moved on loan to Boston United in November 2014. [4] After a loan spell with Hartlepool United he moved on loan to Gateshead in March 2015. [5] [6]

Barrow

He moved to Barrow in 2015. [7] Dixon was a part of the Barrow side that won the National League in the 2019–20 season, featuring in all 37 matches, [8] before the early curtailment of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Barrow being awarded the title after the standings were determined on a points-per-game basis. [9] [10] Dixon then appeared in all 46 matches the following season as Barrow avoided relegation. [11] At the end of the 2020–21 season, Dixon was offered a new contract with the club. [12]

Bolton Wanderers

On 25 June 2021, Bolton Wanderers announced that Dixon would join them on 1 July on a two-year deal after he rejected the contract offer from Barrow. [13] [14] His debut came on 10 August against EFL Championship side Barnsley in the EFL Cup where he kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw and then saved Devante Cole's penalty in the resultant penalty shoot-out, helping Bolton win the game. [15] His league debut came the following Saturday away at AFC Wimbledon. [16] He was an unused substitute in the 2023 EFL Trophy final. Bolton went on to win 4–0 against Plymouth Argyle to win the trophy. [17] On 23 May the club confirmed that Dixon would be leaving at the end of his contract in June. [18]

Hartlepool United

In June 2023 it was announced that Dixon would sign for National League side Hartlepool United on 1 July. [19] He made his Hartlepool debut on the opening match of the season in a 3–2 defeat to Barnet. [20] However, he lost his position as first choice goalkeeper to Peter Jameson after six games. [21] He later returned to the starting eleven at the end of October. [22] At the end of the 2023–24 season, Dixon was made available for transfer having made 28 appearances throughout the campaign. [23] [2] In September 2024, it was announced he would be out for a minimum of three months following an ACL injury. [24]

Career statistics

As of 31 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2014–15 [25] Premier League 0000000000
Boston United (loan) 2014–15 [2] Conference North 160003 [lower-alpha 1] 0190
Gateshead (loan) 2014–15 [2] Conference Premier 60000060
Barrow 2015–16 [2] National League 460102 [lower-alpha 1] 0490
2016–17 [2] National League2103000240
2017–18 [2] National League110103 [lower-alpha 1] 0150
2018–19 [2] National League2800000280
2019–20 [2] National League370101 [lower-alpha 1] 0390
2020–21 [11] League Two 46000101 [lower-alpha 2] 0480
Total18906010702030
Bolton Wanderers 2021–22 [26] League One 23020103 [lower-alpha 2] 0290
2022–23 [27] League One1000204 [lower-alpha 2] 070
Total240203070360
Hartlepool United 2023–24 [2] National League260002 [lower-alpha 1] 0280
2024–25 [2] National League60000060
Total320000020340
Career Total267080401902980
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Barrow

Bolton Wanderers

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