Jack Storer

Jack Storer

Storer with Birmingham City in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jack Frederick Wendell Storer[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998[2]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Youth career
20??–2012 Birmingham City
20??–2013 Shirley Town
2013–2014 Wolverhampton Wanderers
2014 Paget Rangers
2014–2015 Stevenage
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Stevenage 1 (0)
2016– Birmingham City 4 (0)
2017 → Yeovil Town (loan) 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:46, 8 May 2017 (UTC).

Jack Frederick Wendell Storer (born 2 January 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Championship club Birmingham City. He previously played for Stevenage, for whom he made his debut in the Football League, and on loan to Yeovil Town.

Career

Storer was born in Birmingham[2] and attended Baverstock School in the Druids Heath area.[4] He was a member of Birmingham City's youth academy until the under-15 level,[5] and played youth football for Shirley Town before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers' academy in early 2013 after a trial.[6] He was not offered a scholarship by Wolves, and briefly played junior football for Paget Rangers – becoming the club's youngest ever first-team player and youngest goalscorer[7] – before linking up with Stevenage, with whom he agreed a scholarship to begin in July 2014 after he left school.[1] In his first year, he was twice named among the substitutes for League Two matches, but remained unused.[2] He made his debut in the Football League on 18 August 2015, aged 17 years 229 days, replacing Tom Pett in the 79th minute of a 3–0 defeat away to Leyton Orient.[8][9] He signed a professional contract with the club a couple of weeks later.[8]

Storer signed a six-month contract with Birmingham City of the Championship in April 2016, to begin on 9 May when the transfer window opened. The fee was undisclosed by Birmingham,[5] while Stevenage reported it as "a five-figure fee ... with further performance payments based on success".[10] After scoring seven goals in pre-season friendlies, four of which came in first-team matches, his contract was extended to 2018.[3] They also earned him a place on the bench for the opening fixture, at home to Cardiff City. He made his debut after 70 minutes, replacing Diego Fabbrini, and came close to giving Birmingham a lead when he narrowly failed to touch Reece Brown's cutback past the goalkeeper; the match finished goalless.[11]

His second league appearance was again as a second-half substitute, with his side losing 2–1 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers. After seven minutes on the field, he won a free kick in an attacking area; he and opponent Kortney Hause confronted each other, and Storer was sent off for headbutting Hause. Birmingham lost 3–1.[12] When leaving the field, Storer kicked the advertising hoardings, suffering a foot injury that kept him out for longer than the three-match ban.[13] With Clayton Donaldson injured, Storer returned to the bench for the visit to Queens Park Rangers on 24 September, made a brief appearance, and was an unused substitute for the next two fixtures.[14][2]

Having failed to feature in the matchday squad since then, Storer joined League Two club Yeovil Town on 1 January 2017, on loan until the end of the season.[15] He went straight into the starting eleven for the following day's visit to Crawley Town, but he and Otis Khan were both substituted at half time, as Yeovil lost 2–0.[16] After two matches as an unused substitute, and missing one for personal reasons, his loan was cancelled on 25 January 2017 by mutual consent, again citing personal reasons.[17]

Storer was omitted from Birmingham's under-23 training camp in July 2017 because he was joining another club on trial with a view to a loan move.[18] He played for Macclesfield Town of the National League in a pre-season friendly against Derby County.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 May 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stevenage 2014–15[20] League Two0000000000
2015–16[21] League Two1000000010
Total 1000000010
Birmingham City 2016–17[22] Championship400010—50
2017–18[23] Championship000000—00
Total 400010—50
Yeovil Town 2016–17[22] League Two10——0010
Career total 6000100070

    References

    1. 1 2 "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/06/2014 and 30/06/2014" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 4 "J. Storer". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
    3. 1 2 "Storer signs new Blues deal". Birmingham City F.C. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
    4. ↑ "Jack Storer – It's such a big club, I'm over the moon". Birmingham City F.C. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
    5. 1 2 "Blues snap up Stevenage striker". Birmingham City F.C. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    6. ↑ Asante Ampaduh, Martin (4 November 2012). "Storer to join Jack Corry on 6 week trial at Wolves". Shirley Town F.C. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    7. ↑ Paget Rangers F.C. [@PagetRangers] (2 May 2014). "Paget's youngest ever first team appearance maker and goal scorer, jack storer, signs for @StevenageFC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
    8. 1 2 Toyn, Dave (1 September 2015). "Jack Storer signs professional contract". Stevenage F.C. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
    9. ↑ "Leyton Orient 3–0 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
    10. ↑ Toyn, Dave (12 April 2016). "Jack Storer to join Birmingham City". Stevenage F.C. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    11. ↑ "Birmingham 0–0 Cardiff: Goalless at St Andrew's". Sky Sports. PA Sport. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
      Suart, Paul (6 August 2016). "This is what Gary Rowett thought about Jack Storer's Birmingham City performance". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    12. ↑ Dick, Brian (20 August 2016). "Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett delivers blunt message to Jack Storer after red card". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
      "Birmingham 1 Wolves 3". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
    13. ↑ Dick, Brian (20 September 2016). "Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett on Jack Storer: Apologies, provocation but no cuddles". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
    14. ↑ Dick, Brian (24 September 2016). "Birmingham City analysis: Relationships repaired; set piece options and getting more right". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
    15. ↑ "Jack Storer: Birmingham City striker joins Yeovil Town on loan". BBC Sport. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
    16. ↑ D'Albiac, Stephen (2 January 2017). "Crawley Town 2-0 Yeovil Town – lacklustre Glovers display ensures losing start to 2017". Somerset Live. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
    17. ↑ D'Albiac, Stephen (25 January 2017). "Birmingham City striker Jack Storer's loan spell at Yeovil Town ended by 'mutual consent'". Somerset Live. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
    18. ↑ Dick, Brian (7 July 2017). "Birmingham City youngster set for trial ahead of loan move". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
    19. ↑ Hudson, Molly (15 July 2017). "Macclesfield Town 0–2 Derby County". Macclesfield Town F.C. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
    20. ↑ "Games played by Jack Storer in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    21. ↑ "Games played by Jack Storer in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
    22. 1 2 "Games played by Jack Storer in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
    23. ↑ "Games played by Jack Storer in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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