George Oakley (footballer)

George Oakley
Personal information
Full name George Oakley[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-18) 18 November 1995[2]
Place of birth Tooting, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Youth career
2007–2014 AFC Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 AFC Wimbledon 8 (0)
2015 → Kingstonian (loan) 1 (1)
2016 → Welling United (loan) 7 (4)
2017 → Maidstone United (loan) 4 (0)
2017– Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2017.

George Oakley (born 18 November 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Playing career

AFC Wimbledon

Oakley joined AFC Wimbledon at the age of eleven, and progressed through the youth ranks.[3] On 15 February 2014, he made named as an unused substitute in a 1-0 league defeat at Portsmouth.[4]

He signed a professional contract in May 2014, and scored just days later in the 2014 London Senior Cup final win over Metropolitan Police.[5]

Oakley was ruled out of the opening two months of the 2014-15 season with a hamstring injury.[6] On 7 October 2014, he marked his return in a 4-0 defeat to Charlton Athletic in the U21 Premier League Cup.[7]

On 1 November 2014, Oakley made his Football League debut as a late substitute in a 2-0 loss at Northampton Town.[8]

On 30 October 2015, Oakley joined affiliate Isthmian Premier Division side Kingstonian on a one-month loan.[9] He made his debut the following day, scoring in a 5-1 FA Trophy win at Leatherhead.[10]

Oakley managed just 12 minutes in his second appearance - a 1-0 victory over Enfield Town - before suffering from injury.[10] A grade two hamstring tear ruled him out for eight weeks and his loan spell was ended prematurely.[11]

In January 2016, Oakley suffered a broken ankle during a training session, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2015-16 season.[12] On 19 July 2016, he made his first appearance after the injury in a pre-season outing at Raynes Park Vale.[13] On 8 November 2016, he made his first appearance of the season for the senior squad in a 2-0 EFL Trophy defeat at Newport County.[14]

On 18 November 2016, his 21st birthday, Oakley joined National League South club Welling United on a one-month loan.[15] Making his debut in a 3-1 defeat at Hampton & Richmond Borough, he scored his first goal for the club a week later in a 1-0 FA Trophy win at Concord Rangers.[16] He added his second of the season in the next round of the cup, completing the scoring in an 8-1 win over Hythe Town.[17] On 16 December 2016, Oakley's loan at Welling was extended by a further month.[18]

On 17 March 2017, Oakley joined National League side Maidstone United on a one-month loan deal.[19]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Oakley signed for Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2017. .[20]

He scored his first goal for ICT in a 4-1 friendly away win at Brora Rangers [21]

He Scored his first competitive goal in Inverness's first game of the season the opening game of the Scottish League Cup group stages a 3-0 home win against Brechin City FC it was the third goal a header from a corner [22]. He started in the following 0-0 away draw a few days later at Stirling Albion which resulted in a historic penalty shootout a 2-0 win for ICT the lowest scoring penalty shootout in Scottish football history Oakley luckily for him did not take any of the penalties & The only scorers on that night were Iain Vigurs & Liam Polworth winning the shootout before he could take his spot kick. [23].He came on as a substitute the following Saturday & made an impact but his effort's was not enough to prevent a 2-0 home loss to Falkirk FC which all but ended Inverness's hopes of getting to the last 16 of the League cup[24]. He scored his 2nd competitive goal for ICT a week later against Forfar Athletic a 2-1 away win. Forfar went ahead shortly after half time but Oakley pulled one back for The Caley Jags before John Baird Scored the winner in a quick fire double for Inverness. ICT needed the win to get through to the next round but due to other results not going their way they missed out on being one of the top 4 2nd placed sides[25]

Statistics

As of 25 March 2017
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Wimbledon 2014–15[26] League Two 6010000070
2015–16[27] League Two 1000000010
2016–17[14] League One 2 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 3 0
Total 90100010110
Kingstonian (loan) 2015–16[10] Isthmian Premier Division 1 0 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 2] 1 2 1
Welling United (loan) 2016–17[28] National League South 6 1 0 0 — 3[lower-alpha 3] 2 9 3
Maidstone United (loan) 2016–17[28] National League 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Inverness CT 2017–18 Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 2
Career total 181102153265
  1. ↑ One appearance in EFL Trophy.
  2. ↑ One appearance and one goal in FA Trophy.
  3. ↑ Two appearances and two goals in FA Trophy and one appearance in Kent Senior Cup.

References

  1. ↑ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 65. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "James Baillie". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Chris Slavin (4 March 2013). "Young striker was "immense"". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Portsmouth 1–0 Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Chris Slavin (6 May 2014). "Young Dons clinch glory". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Chris Slavin (7 October 2014). "Oakley relishes cup tie". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Laurence Lowner (8 October 2014). "Dons suffer cup knock-out". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Northampton 2–0 Wimbledon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Slavin, Chris. "Oakley goes out on loan". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  10. 1 2 3 "George Oakley - First Team - Kingstonian FC". www.kingstonian.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  11. ↑ Slavin, Chris. "Update on George Oakley". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  12. ↑ Cornell, Rob. "Staff rally around Oakley". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  13. ↑ "Vale return for George". Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  14. 1 2 "George Oakley | Football Stats | AFC Wimbledon | Season 2016/2017 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  15. ↑ "Oakley goes out on loan". Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  16. ↑ "Concord Rangers vs Welling United". www.wellingunited.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  17. ↑ "Welling United vs Hythe Town". www.wellingunited.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  18. ↑ "Egli goes out on loan". Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  19. ↑ "George Oakley: AFC Wimbledon forward makes Maidstone United loan switch". BBC Sport. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  20. ↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign George Oakley and Mark Ridgers". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  21. ↑ http://brorarangers.football/2017/07/04/ict-home-report/
  22. ↑ http://bbc.in/2t2JH99
  23. ↑ http://bbc.in/2tCXgeY
  24. ↑ http://bbc.in/2uT3JHq
  25. ↑ http://bbc.in/2uLGnRb
  26. ↑ "George Oakley | Football Stats | AFC Wimbledon | Season 2014/2015 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  27. ↑ "George Oakley | Football Stats | AFC Wimbledon | Season 2015/2016 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  28. 1 2 "England - G. Oakley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
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