Liam Sercombe

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Liam Sercombe
Liam Sercombe 28-02-2015 1.jpg
Sercombe playing for Exeter City in 2015
Personal information
Full name Liam Michael Sercombe [1]
Date of birth (1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 (age 34) [2]
Place of birth Exeter, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Forest Green Rovers
Number 10
Youth career
2000–2007 Exeter City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2015 Exeter City 243 (23)
2015–2017 Oxford United 75 (17)
2017–2020 Bristol Rovers 103 (13)
2020–2024 Cheltenham Town 165 (22)
2024– Forest Green Rovers 15 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:39, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Liam Michael Sercombe (born 25 April 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Forest Green Rovers.

Contents

Career

Exeter City

Sercombe came through the youth ranks at Exeter City, and signed a full professional contract with the club in June 2007. [2]

Sercombe made a number of appearances at reserve team level before making his debut on 11 August 2007 against Altrincham in the Conference National, coming on after just 11 minutes to replace the injured Andy Taylor. Exeter went on to win the match 4–1. [3] Sercombe made seven appearances that season, helping Exeter win promotion to League Two after a five-year absence, as they beat Torquay United in the play-off semi-finals, [4] and then Cambridge United 1–0 in the final at Wembley Stadium. [5]

Sercombe began to play more regularly the following season and scored his first goal on 21 October 2008 as Exeter beat Port Vale 3–1 at Vale Park. [6] He scored his second goal for the club in a 2–1 away win against Luton Town. [7]

Exeter achieved successive promotions, and Sercombe helped them seal promotion as they beat Rotherham United 1–0 away on the final day of the 2008–09 season, manager Paul Tisdale guiding Exeter to League One for only the fourth time in their 105-year history. [8] Sercombe scored just once in the 2009–10 season, in a 2–2 draw against Wycombe Wanderers on 20 March 2010. [9] He scored his first goal of the 2010–11 season in a 5–1 win against Sheffield Wednesday; [10] he scored two further goals that season, in a 3–1 win against Charlton Athletic, [11] and a 1–1 draw against Tranmere Rovers. [12]

On 9 April 2012, Sercombe scored twice as Exeter beat Leyton Orient 3–0 at St James Park. [13] The following game, he scored in a 3–2 defeat to relegation rivals Rochdale. He had given Exeter a 2–0 lead at the time, but Rochdale scored three times in the last 10 minutes of the game to win the game 3–2. [14] Sercombe scored again the following game, this time in a 4–2 home win against Walsall. [15] On 28 April, he scored for the fourth game in a row; however, Exeter lost the game 4–1 to Carlisle United and were relegated from League One. [16]

Oxford United

On 13 May 2015, Sercombe signed a two-year contract with Oxford United after his contract expired with former club Exeter City. [17] He scored a career-best total of 17 goals from the centre of midfield in his first season, helping the Us secure promotion to League One. His goals included a penalty in a memorable 3–2 home win over Swansea City of the Premier League in the third round of the FA Cup. [18] In November the following season he ruptured his medial knee ligament and was expected to miss the rest of the season, [19] but his recovery was quicker than expected [20] and he returned to first-team action as a substitute against Rotherham United in an FA Cup third-round victory on 4 January 2017. [21] In February 2017 he scored Oxford's opening goal in a 2–1 away victory over local rivals Swindon Town. [22]

He appeared at Wembley Stadium in the 2016 Football League Trophy Final, in which Oxford lost 3–2 to Barnsley, [23] and scored his side's only goal in the final of the same competition the following year, a 2–1 defeat to Coventry City. [24]

Bristol Rovers

After being sidelined by Oxford for undisclosed "disciplinary reasons", [25] on 31 May 2017 Sercombe signed with Bristol Rovers for an undisclosed six-figure fee believed to be in the region of £150,000. [26]

Sercombe made his debut on the opening day in a 1–0 defeat to Charlton Athletic. [27] The following Tuesday Sercombe started in an EFL Cup game against Cambridge United in which Rovers won 4–1 with Sercombe scoring the fourth goal. [28]

At the end of the 2019–20 season, after a successful spell at the club, Sercombe was released by Bristol Rovers. [29]

Cheltenham Town

Following his release from Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town announced the signing of Sercombe on 4 August 2020. [30] He made his debut for Cheltenham by scoring the winning goal in a 1–0 EFL Cup away victory over Peterborough United in September 2020. [31]

Sercombe signed a new one-year deal with the club at the end of the 2021–22 season. [32] During the 2023/24 season, Sercombe finished as Cheltenham's top goalscorer, with 11 goals. On 22 May 2024, the club announced he would be leaving in the summer when his contract expired. [33] Sercombe left Cheltenham widely considered as one of their best ever midfielders.

Forest Green Rovers

On 24 May 2024, Sercombe agreed to join National League side Forest Green Rovers upon the expiration of his Cheltenham Town contract. [34]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Exeter City 2007–08 [35] Conference National 7000—0070
2008–09 [36] League Two 292000000292
2009–10 [37] League One 28110101 [lower-alpha 1] 0311
2010–11 [38] League One42310105 [lower-alpha 1] 0493
2011–12 [39] League One337201000367
2012–13 [40] League Two20110101 [lower-alpha 1] 0231
2013–14 [41] League Two44510101 [lower-alpha 1] 0475
2014–15 [42] League Two404100000414
Total2432370508026323
Oxford United 2015–16 [43] League Two451452216 [lower-alpha 1] 05817
2016–17 [44] League One30340217 [lower-alpha 2] 1435
Total7517924213110122
Bristol Rovers 2017–18 [45] League One42811312 [lower-alpha 2] 24812
2018–19 [46] League One39420105 [lower-alpha 2] 0474
2019–20 [47] League One22161103 [lower-alpha 2] 1223
Total10313925110312719
Cheltenham Town 2020–21 [48] League Two387212100429
2021–22 [49] League One413302000463
2022–23 [50] League One41110105 [lower-alpha 2] 3484
2023–24 [51] League One451110102 [lower-alpha 2] 04911
Total1652271617318527
Forest Green Rovers 2024–25 [52] National League153000000153
Career total6017832520438769194

Honours

Exeter City

Oxford United

Cheltenham Town

Individual

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