Josh Doherty

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Josh Doherty
Josh Doherty September 2019.jpg
Doherty playing for Crawley Town in September 2019
Personal information
Full name Josh Doherty [1]
Date of birth (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28) [2]
Place of birth Newtownards, Northern Ireland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Hyde United
Youth career
0000–2012 Ards
2012–2014 Watford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Watford 1 (0)
2016–2017 Leyton Orient 0 (0)
2016 → Altrincham (loan) 3 (0)
2017 Ards 8 (0)
2017–2021 Crawley Town 79 (0)
2021 → Colchester United (loan) 5 (0)
2021 Barnet 3 (0)
2022 Portadown 15 (0)
2022 South Shields 0 (0)
2023 Spennymoor 8 (0)
2023 → Hyde United (loan) 3 (0)
2023- Hyde United [3] 22 (2)
International career‡
2011–2013 Northern Ireland U17 8 (1)
2013–2014 Northern Ireland U19 6 (1)
2014–2017 Northern Ireland U21 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:56, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:47, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Josh Doherty is a Northern Irish professional footballer currently playing for Hyde United.

Contents

Doherty started his senior career at Watford before joining Leyton Orient in 2016. After a loan spell at Altrincham, he left by mutual consent in January 2017 and joined Ards. He joined EFL League Two club Crawley Town in September 2017 and made 94 appearances in four years at the club before being released in summer 2021, having spent the second half of the 2020–21 season on loan at Colchester United. He signed for Barnet in July 2021. He has also played for Northern Ireland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.

Early life

Doherty was born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. [2] [4]

Club career

Early career

After playing youth football for Ards, [5] Doherty signed a two-year scholarship with Watford in April 2012. [6] Doherty made his debut on 3 May 2014, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute in the 4–1 defeat against Huddersfield Town. [7] On 14 May 2014, Doherty signed his first professional contract after completing his scholarship. [8] However, his first team chances was soon limited, as well as, the club's reserve no longer available. [9] On 3 June 2016, it was announced that Doherty would leave Watford upon his contract expiry. [10]

Leyton Orient and return to Ards

On 6 June 2016, Doherty joined League Two side Leyton Orient on a one-year deal. [11] On 13 September, Doherty joined National League North side Altrincham on a month's loan. [12] By mutual consent he left Orient on 3 January 2017. Orient went on to be relegated to the national league at the end of the 2016/17 season. Doherty returned to his home club Ards. [13]

After leaving Leyton Orient, Doherty returned to Northern Ireland to sign for hometown club Ards on a short-term deal. [14] A month later, he made his debut during their 3–0 away victory over Portadown, featuring for 64 minutes before being replaced by David McCullough. [15] Doherty went onto feature seven more times before leaving at the end of his contract in June 2017.

Crawley Town

On 5 September 2017, it was announced that Doherty had joined League Two side Crawley Town. [16] Four days later, he made his debut during Crawley's 3–1 away defeat against Colchester United, replacing Mark Randall in the 64th minute. [17] In Crawley's following fixture, against Stevenage, Doherty was rewarded with his first start under manager, Harry Kewell and went onto feature for 60 minutes in the 1–1 draw. [18] On 2 May 2018, after an impressive debut season, Doherty was rewarded with a new two-year deal running until 2020. [19] Doherty made 18 appearances across the 2018–19 season, whilst he made 31 appearances for the club during 2019–20. [20] In June 2020, Doherty signed a one-year contract extension with the club. [21]

Doherty joined Colchester United on loan until the end of the season on 1 February 2021. [22] Doherty made 5 appearances on loan at the club but was released by Crawley Town upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the season. [23]

Barnet

On 2 July 2021, Doherty signed for National League club Barnet on an initial one-year deal under new manager Harry Kewell. [24] Doherty was sent off on his debut against Notts County and two games later was sent off again against Grimsby Town.

South Shields

Doherty returned to his native Northern Ireland in January 2022 for a short stint with NIFL Premiership club Portadown, [25] helping the club in their battle to stay in the NIFL premiership and making appearances during the premiership playoffs. Doherty returned to England in June 2022 to sign for Northern Premier League Premier Division club South Shields. [26] He went on to make 22 appearances for the side, helping them secure promotion to the National League North at the end of the 2022/23 season.

International career

Doherty has represented Northern Ireland at under-17, [27] under-19 [28] and under-21 level.

Career statistics

As of 5 November 2021 [20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Watford 2013–14 Championship 1000000010
2014–15 Championship0000000000
2015–16 Premier League 0000000000
Total1000000010
Leyton Orient 2016–17 League Two 0000000000
Altrincham (loan) 2016–17 National League North 3010—0040
Ards 2016–17 NIFL Premiership 800000—80
Crawley Town 2017–18 League Two15010001 [lower-alpha 1] 0170
2018–19 League Two18010102 [lower-alpha 1] 0220
2019–20 League Two31010401 [lower-alpha 1] 0370
2020–21 League Two15020001 [lower-alpha 1] 0180
Total790505050940
Colchester United (loan) 2020–21 League Two50——0050
Barnet 2021–22 National League 3000—0030
Career total9906050501150
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

South Shields

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