Joel Randall

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Joel Randall
Personal information
Full name Joel John Randall [1]
Date of birth (1999-10-29) 29 October 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Salisbury, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bolton Wanderers
Number 31
Youth career
–2017 Exeter City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Exeter City 32 (8)
2018 → Taunton Town (loan) 9 (1)
2018 → Tiverton Town (loan) 5 (0)
2018–2019 → Bideford (loan) 18 (6)
2019 → Weston-super-Mare (loan) 14 (5)
2019 → Weymouth (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2025 Peterborough United 82 (15)
2025– Bolton Wanderers 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:29, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Joel John Randall (born 29 October 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Bolton Wanderers.

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Career

Despite being a boyhood Southampton fan, Randall joined the Exeter City Academy at U11's after being spotted at one of the club's development centres. He started a scholarship with the club in the summer of 2016.

After progressing through the academy, Randall made his first-team debut in November 2017 during Exeter City's EFL Trophy tie against Chelsea U21s, replacing Jack Sparkes in the 62nd minute. [2] Randall moved on loan to Taunton Town in January 2018, [3] making his first appearance for the Peacocks in a 1–0 win over Swindon Supermarine. [4] That same month, Randall was offered a professional contract by Exeter for the following season. [5]

In July 2018, Randall joined Southern League Premier Division South side Tiverton Town on an initial six-month loan deal. [6] However, he was recalled in November 2018. After being recalled by Exeter, Randall appeared for the club in their Checkatrade Trophy game with Bristol Rovers, netting his first goal for Exeter after stepping off the bench. Randall was an unused substitute two other times during the season's competition. In December 2018, he was loaned out to Bideford A.F.C. for the rest of the season. [7]

On 1 August 2019, he was loaned out to Weston-super-Mare for six months. [7] However, on 11 November 2019, Randall was recalled due to an injury crisis, to make up the numbers on the bench. [8]

On 6 December 2019, Randall was loaned out to Weymouth for one month. [9]

Randall made his first-team breakthrough at Exeter City in the 2020–21 season, scoring his first league goal away at Salford City in a 2–2 draw in September 2020 on the opening day of the season. [10] He scored his first goal at home in a 2–0 win against Cambridge 3 weeks later. [11] By the end of November, he had already scored 6 goals in League Two. [12]

Peterborough United

In August 2021 he joined Peterborough United. [13] He scored his first goal for Peterborough in an EFL Cup tie against Swindon Town on 8 August 2023. [14]

Bolton Wanderers

On 9 January 2025, Randall signed for fellow League One side Bolton Wanderers for a "substantial undisclosed fee", reported by The Bolton News to be £1.2 million [15] , on a three-and-a-half year deal. [16]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Exeter City 2017–18 [17] League Two 0000001 [a] 010
2018–19 [17] League Two00—001 [a] 111
2019–20 [17] League Two20—005 [a] 272
2020–21 [17] League Two30832102 [a] 03610
Total3283210934513
Taunton Town (loan) 2017–18 [18] Southern League Division One West91——1 [b] 1102
Tiverton Town (loan) 2018–19 [18] Southern League Premier Division South5020—4 [c] 1111
Bideford (loan) 2018–19 [18] Southern League Division One South186——2 [d] 2208
Weston-super-Mare (loan) 2019–20 [18] Southern League Premier Division South14540—1 [e] 1196
Weymouth (loan) 2019–20 [18] National League South 20———20
Peterborough United 2021–22 [17] Championship 1100010—120
2022–23 [17] League One 10010104 [a] 0160
2023–24 [17] League One431041118 [f] 05612
2024–25 [17] League One18522104 [a] 0257
Total8215734116010919
Career total162351655133821649
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Southern League Championship Match
  3. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in the Southern League Cup, two appearances in the FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearances in the Southern League Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance in the FA Trophy
  6. ↑ Six appearances in the EFL Trophy, two appearances in the EFL League One play-offs.

Honours

Peterborough United

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References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Exeter City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 26. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Byrom, David (29 November 2017). "Exeter City's youngsters bring positives in battling display against Chelsea in Checkatrade Trophy exit". Devon Live . Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Joel Randall joins Taunton Town on loan". Exeter City F.C. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Browne, Richard (17 February 2018). "Matt Buse scores as Taunton Town beat Swindon Supermarine in Evo-Stik Southern League West". Somerset County Gazette . Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Byrom, David (7 February 2018). "Who are the three under-18 players to have been offered deals by Exeter City?". Devon Live . Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Joel Randall and Josh Key join Tiverton Town on six-month loan deals". Exeter City F.C. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  7. 1 2 EXETER WINGER RANDALL SIGNS ON LOAN, westonsmareafc.co.uk, 1 August 2019
  8. ↑ Injury crisis! Exeter City could be without TEN players for Cheltenham Town clash, devonlive.com, 14 November 2019
  9. ↑ Joel Randall joins Weymouth on one-month loan deal, exetercityfc.co.uk, 6 December 2019
  10. ↑ "Match Report: Salford City 2 Exeter City 2". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Match Report: City 2 Cambridge United 0". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  12. ↑ Pilnick, Brent. "Joel Randall: Exeter City youngster taking chance presented to him by pandemic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Joel Randall: Peterborough United sign Exeter City winger". BBC. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Peterborough 1-1 Swindon". BBC. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  15. ↑ Bolton Wanderers' new signing Joel Randall on his Posh exit
  16. ↑ "Whites Seal Randall Deal". www.bwfc.co.uk. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "J. Randall". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 "Joel Randall Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  19. ↑ Harby, Chris (7 April 2024). "Peterborough United 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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