External links
- Romal Palmer at Soccerway
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Romal Jordan Palmer [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1998 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:42, 28 February 2025 (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.
Palmer was born and raised in Wigan, Greater Manchester. [3] [4]
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]
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]
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]
On 2 December 2024, Palmer signed for the club on a permanent basis, on a 2 year contract. [36] [37]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barnsley | 2019–20 [14] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 [15] | Championship | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 [c] | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 [20] | Championship | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 | |||
| Total | 70 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 77 | 2 | |||
| Darlington (loan) | 2018–19 [2] | National League North | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| Göztepe | 2022–23 [38] | TFF First League | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24 [39] | TFF First League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 [2] | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 34 | 3 | |||||
| St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 2024 [2] | LOI Premier Division | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 [d] | 2 | 0 [e] | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2025 [2] | LOI Premier Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 [d] | 0 | 1 [e] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 143 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 8 | ||