Joe Leesley

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Joe Leesley
Personal information
Full name Joe Sydney Leesley[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-29) 29 March 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Boston United
(on loan from Harrogate Town)
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Winterton Rangers
2012–2015 Matlock Town
2015–2016 Alfreton Town 49 (2)
2016– Harrogate Town 122 (22)
2019–2020 → Stockport County (loan) 10 (0)
2020 → Stevenage (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 → Boston United (loan) 9 (3)
2021– → Boston United (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2016 England C 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:21, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Joe Sydney Leesley (born 29 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Boston United on loan from EFL League Two club Harrogate Town.

Career[]

Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Leesley spent his early career with Winterton Rangers,[3] Matlock Town, Alfreton Town, Harrogate Town and Stockport County,[2] moving on loan to Stevenage on 6 January 2020.[4] He made his debut on 8 January, in the EFL Trophy.[5] In November 2020 he moved on loan to Boston United.[6][7][8] In June 2021, he agreed another one-year loan deal to Boston United, with Harrogate manager Simon Weaver declaring it would be unlikely for him to play for the club again.[9]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 20 January 2021
Season Club League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alfreton Town 2014–15[2] Conference Premier 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
2015–16[2] National League North 38 2 2 0 — 5[a] 1 45 3
Total 49 2 2 0 — 5 1 56 3
Harrogate Town 2016–17[2] National League North 42 5 4 2 — 5[b] 2 51 9
2017–18[2] National League North 39 14 4 1 — 8[c] 7 51 22
2018–19[2] National League 35 2 2 0 — 3[d] 0 40 2
2019–20[2] National League 6 1 0 0 — 0 0 6 1
2020–21[10] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 122 22 10 3 — 16 9 148 34
Stockport County (loan) 2019–20[2] National League 10 0 1 0 — 0 0 11 0
Stevenage (loan) 2019–20[11] League Two 8 0 0 0 0 0 2[e] 0 10 0
Boston United (loan) 2020–21[2] National League North 9 3 0 0 — 3[f] 1 12 4
Career total 198 27 13 3 0 0 26 11 237 41
  1. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, four appearances and one goal in Derbyshire Senior Cup
  2. ^ Four appearances and two goals in FA Trophy, one appearance in West Riding County Cup
  3. ^ Six appearances and six goals in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in National League North play-offs
  4. ^ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in National League play-offs
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy

Honours[]

Harrogate Town

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Harrogate Town" (PDF). English Football League. 11 September 2020. p. 33. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Joe Leesley at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Gem is great prospect, says Atkins". BetVictor Northern Premier. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Joe Leesley: Stevenage bring in Harrogate Town winger on loan until end of the season". BBC Sport. 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Papa John's Trophy (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
  6. ^ "Boston United add double promotion winner Joe Leesley to squad". www.bostonstandard.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Boston United bring in Harrogate's Leesley | Non League Daily".
  8. ^ ""He knows what success looks like!" Boston United 'lucky' to land winger Joe Leesley". www.bostonstandard.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Joe Leesley unlikely to play for Harrogate Town again after loan switch to Boston United is agreed". Harrogate Advertiser.
  10. ^ "Games played by Joe Leesley in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Joe Leesley in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  12. ^ Freeman, Jay (2 August 2020). "Harrogate Town 3–1 Notts County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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