Romal Palmer

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Romal Palmer
Personal information
Full name Romal Jordan Palmer [1]
Date of birth (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Wigan, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 St Patrick's Athletic
Number 17
Youth career
–2016 Manchester City
2016–2018 Barnsley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Barnsley 70 (2)
2018–2019 → Darlington (loan) 18 (0)
2022–2024 Göztepe 33 (3)
2024 → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) 19 (1)
2025– St Patrick's Athletic 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:49, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Romal Jordan Palmer (born 30 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic.

Contents

Early life

Palmer was born and raised in Wigan, Greater Manchester. [3] [4]

Career

Barnsley

After a decade with Manchester City's academy, he was released in 2016, and joined Barnsley. [5] [6] He signed an 18-month professional contract with Barnsley in January 2017. [7] In July 2018, he signed a one-year contract extension with Barnsley. [6] [8] On 21 December 2018, Palmer joined National League North club Darlington on a one-month loan. [9] On 23 January 2019, Palmer's loan at Darlington was extended until the end of the seasons. [10] He made 18 appearances on loan at Darlington. [2] In May 2019, Palmer signed a new contract with Barnsley until summer 2020. [11]

In May 2020, Barnsley announced that Palmer had signed a new two-year contract with the club. [12] Palmer made his debut for Barnsley on 20 June 2020 against Queens Park Rangers in the EFL Championship. [13] He made 3 league appearances during the 2019–20 season. [14] Palmer made a first-team breakthrough during the 2020–21 season, making 36 league appearances. [13] [15] He scored his first goal for Barnsley in a 2–1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 28 November 2020. [16] Despite starting his career as an attacking midfielder, Palmer was used mainly as a holding midfielder during the 2020–21 season as Barnsley finished 5th in the Championship, qualifying for the play-offs. [17] He played in both legs of their play-off semi-final defeat to Swansea City. [15]

Barnsley manager Valerien Ismael and Palmer's midfield partner Alex Mowatt both left the club in summer 2021, leaving Palmer as the oldest midfielder in Barnsley's squad. [18] [19] He made 33 appearances for Barnsley during the 2021–22 season, scoring once against Millwall, in what the Barnsley Chronicle described as a "very tough campaign" for Palmer. [20] [18] Barnsley were relegated to EFL League One after a 24th-place finish in the Championship. [21]

Göztepe

On 1 July 2022, Palmer joined TFF First League club Göztepe after seven years at Barnsley. [22] [23] On 14 November 2022, he scored his first goal for the club, a 77th minute winner at home to Ankara Keçiörengücü at the Gürsel Aksel Stadium. [24] Palmer scored 3 goals in 34 appearances in all competitions during his time with the club. [2]

St Patrick's Athletic

2024 loan season

On 10 February 2024, Palmer signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic on a season long loan. [25] He made his debut for the club on 29 March as a substitute in an away match against Drogheda United. [26] His first start came on 24 May 2024 under newly appointed former Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny, in a 2–2 draw away to Bohemians in which Palmer won the penalty for his side's first goal, before assisting the second goal. [27] [28] On 25 July 2024, Palmer made his first European appearance of his career, assisting Jake Mulraney's second goal in a 3–1 win over Vaduz of Liechtenstein in the UEFA Conference League. [29] He scored his first goal for the club in the away leg against Vaduz, scoring an 81st minute equaliser to secure a 2–2 draw at the Rheinpark Stadion, earning a third qualifying round tie with Sabah of Azerbaijan. [30] On 8 August 2024, Palmer scored the only goal of the game to secure a 1–0 win in the first leg against Sabah at Tallaght Stadium. [31] [32] On 22 August 2024, he was substituted off in the first half of his sides 0–0 draw with İstanbul Başakşehir in the UEFA Conference League due to a Medial collateral ligament injury that would keep him out of action for 8 weeks, including the following week's second leg. [33] [34] On 1 November 2024, Palmer scored in the 90th minute of a 2–0 win over Sligo Rovers as his side won a record equaling 9 league games in a row to secure 3rd position in the table and UEFA Conference League football for the following season. [35]

2025 season

On 2 December 2024, Palmer signed for the club on a permanent basis, on a 2 year contract. [36] [37]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barnsley 2019–20 [14] Championship 300000––30
2020–21 [15] Championship3413000–2 [c] 0391
2021–22 [20] Championship3312000––351
Total7025000–20772
Darlington (loan) 2018–19 [2] National League North 18000–––180
Göztepe 2022–23 [38] TFF First League 27310–––283
2023–24 [39] TFF First League6000–––60
2024–25 [2] Süper Lig 0000–––00
Total33310–––343
St Patrick's Athletic (loan) 2024 [2] LOI Premier Division 19110–5 [d] 20 [e] 0253
St Patrick's Athletic 2025 [2] LOI Premier Division 0000–0 [d] 01 [e] 010
Career total1406700052301558
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Turkish Cup & FAI Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in 2021 EFL Championship Play-offs
  4. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Conference League
  5. 1 2 Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

St Patrick's Athletic

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