Lloyd James (footballer)

Lloyd James
Personal information
Full name Lloyd Stuart Roger James[1]
Date of birth (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Midfielder/Full back
Club information
Current team
Leyton Orient
Number 8
Youth career
2000–2006 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Southampton 71 (2)
2010–2012 Colchester United 51 (1)
2012Crawley Town (loan) 6 (0)
2012– Leyton Orient 99 (6)
National team
2005–2006 Wales U17 1 (0)
2006–2007 Wales U19 11 (2)
2007–2009 Wales U21 10 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:29, 19 December 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:19, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Lloyd Stuart Roger James (born 16 February 1988) is a Welsh former under-21 international footballer currently playing for Leyton Orient.

Club career

Southampton

He attended Ashton Park School in the Ashton Gate area of Bristol. He was a member of Southampton's youth team that reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2005, losing on aggregate to Ipswich Town.

He made his debut for the Wales under-21 team against Cyprus U21s on 15 November 2005.

He was called into the first team squad for the FA Cup tie at Torquay United on 6 January 2007. On 9 August 2008, James started in Southampton's match against Cardiff City.

He scored his first goal in a 3–1 victory over Exeter City on Boxing Day, 2009.[2] He scored his second goal with a 20-yard volley in a 1–1 draw with Brentford. On 15 May 2010, James was named in a list of 13 players to be released from Southampton before the start of the 2010–11 season.[3][4]

Colchester United

Colchester United manager John Ward then offered him a trial for at least two weeks. James played in three games impressing enough to be offered a contract.[5] The two-year deal was finalised on 22 July.[6] He scored his first goals for Colchester when he scored twice in an FA Cup tie against Crewe Alexandra on 12 November 2011.[7] His first league goal came in a 4-1 win over Bury on 10 December 2011.[8] On 26 June 2012, James rejected the offer of a new contract with Colchester United and he left the club on 1 July upon the expiry of his current contract.[9]

Crawley Town

On 2 March 2012, he joined League Two promotion hopefuls Crawley Town on loan. In April 2012, due to illness and not being able to hold down a regular first team place at Crawley Town, James returned to Colchester United for the remaining few games of 2011–12.

Leyton Orient

After a short trial, on 18 July, James signed for League One club Leyton Orient on a two-year contract.

Career statistics

Club

[10]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other[11] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southampton 2007–08 0000000000
2008–09 410103000450
2009–10 302302050402
Total 712405050852
Colchester United 2010–11 280102010320
2011–12 231221010273
Crawley Town (loan) 2011–12 6000000060
Total 511323020593
Career total 12838280701515

Honours

Club

Southampton[12][13]

References

  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2010 and 30/06/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  2. "Southampton vs Exeter City". Southampton F.C. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  3. "Released And Retained List". Southampton F.C. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  4. "Southampton reveal retain and released lists of players". Daily Echo. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  5. "U's Hopeful on Triallist Duo". Colchester United. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  6. "U's Flash – James Puts Pen To Paper". Colchester United. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  7. "Crewe 1-4 Colchester". BBC. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  8. "Colchester 4-1 Bury". BBC. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  9. "Lloyd James Career Stats". Soccerbase. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  10. Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy and Football League play-offs
  11. "Associate Members Cup Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  12. "FA Youth Cup Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.

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