Lloyd Isgrove

Lloyd Isgrove
Personal information
Full name Lloyd Jeffrey Isgrove[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993
Place of birth Yeovil, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Barnsley
Number 11
Youth career
2002–2012 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Southampton 1 (0)
2014 → Peterborough United (loan) 10 (1)
2015 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 8 (0)
2015–2016 → Barnsley (loan) 27 (0)
2017– Barnsley 0 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Wales U21 6 (0)
2016– Wales 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:25, 2 July 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Lloyd Jeffrey Isgrove (born 12 January 1993) is a professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder, for the Championship club Barnsley and for the Welsh national team. Isgrove plays primarily as a winger, but he is also comfortable in playing in other midfield positions and as a forward.

Club career

Southampton

Isgrove was a member of Southampton's academy system; his first inclusion in the Southampton's first team came on 30 October 2012 in the fourth round of the 2012–13 League Cup against Leeds United, for which he was included on the bench.[3] The midfielder came on as a substitute for winger Steve De Ridder in the 67th minute, seeing out the last 23 minutes of the 3–0 defeat.[4] He made his first start for the club the following August in a 5–1 victory against Barnsley in the League Cup second round, setting up the opening goal.[5]

Isgrove made his league debut for Southampton in the first game of the 2014–15 season, playing the last 8 minutes of a 2–1 loss at Liverpool in place of Steven Davis.[6]

On 17 March 2015, it was announced that Isgrove has signed a two-year contract extension until 2017 at Southampton.[7] He was released by Southampton at the end of the 2016–17 season.[8]

Peterborough United (loan)

On 13 March 2014, Isgrove joined League One side Peterborough United on a one-month loan deal,[9][10] subsequently extended to the end of the season.

Isgrove also played in the 2014 Football League Trophy Final, in which Peterborough won 3-1 against Chesterfield on the 30 March 2014 at Wembley Stadium in London.[11] Isgrove returned to Southampton after his loan with Peterborough ended.

Sheffield Wednesday (loan)

On 18 March 2015, Isgrove signed an emergency loan deal with Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the season. Isgrove made eight appearances for Sheffield Wednesday, before he returned to Southampton.

Barnsley (loan)

On 24 October 2015, Isgrove completed a loan move to League One club Barnsley where he stayed until the end of the season.[12]

Isgrove helped Barnsley win the Football League Trophy after beating Oxford United of League Two, a 3-2 win in the final on the 3 April 2016 at Wembley Stadium.[13]

Isgrove returned to Wembley on the 29 May 2016 with Barnsley for the Football League One play-offs final. Barnsley won the match after beating Millwall 3–1 in the Play-Off final, in which Isgrove scored his first goal for Barnsley in the 74th minute. Barnsley gained promotion to the Championship,[14] and Isgrove returned to Southampton at the end of the season, when his loan with Barnsley ended.

Barnsley

Championship club, Barnsley confirmed on 2 July 2017, that Isgrove has signed a three year contract at the club.[15][16]

International

In January 2013 he was selected for the Wales under-21 squad[17] and made his debut in a 3–0 win against Iceland in a friendly match on 6 February 2013.[18]

He made his senior international début on 24 March 2016 as a 62nd-minute substitute in a friendly against Northern Ireland helping Wales to a 1–1 draw.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 January 2017
Club statistics
Season Club League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southampton 2012–13[20] Premier League 000010—10
2013–14[21] Premier League 000010—10
2014–15[22] Premier League 101020—40
2015–16[23] Premier League 0000000000
2016–17[24] Premier League 0010100020
Total 1020500080
Peterborough United (loan) 2013–14[21] League One 10100003[lower-alpha 1]0131
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2014–15[22] Championship 8000000080
Barnsley (loan) 2015–16[23] League One 27010007[lower-alpha 2]1351
Barnsley 2017–18 Championship 000000—00
Career total 4613050101642
  1. ↑ Two appearances in Football League One play-offs, one in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in Football League One play-offs, four in Football League Trophy

Honours

Peterborough United
Barnsley
Southampton

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Leeds Utd vs Saints: Teamsheets". Southampton F.C. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Leeds Utd 3–0 Saints: Report". Southampton F.C. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Barnsley 1–5 Southampton" BBC Sport. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Ornstein, David (17 August 2014). "Liverpool 2–1 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Wright, David (17 March 2015). "CONFIRMED Southampton Lloyd Isgrove". Express UK. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Saints release four players". Southampton FC. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Posh Sign A Saint". Peterborough United FC. 13 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Southampton's Lloyd Isgrove joins Peterborough United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  11. ↑ Woodcock, Ian (30 March 2014). "Chesterfield 1 Peterborough United 3". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Reds Land Lloyd Isgrove on Loan". Barnsley FC. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  13. ↑ Cartwright, Phil (3 April 2016). "Barnsley 3 Oxford United 2". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  14. ↑ Stevens, Rob. "Barnsley 3–1 Millwall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "Lloyd Isgrove signs for Barnsley". Barnsley Football Club, official website. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "Lloyd Isgrove: Barnsley sign winger after Southampton release". BBC UK. BBC UK, Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "Seven uncapped in Wales U21 squad to face Iceland". BBC Sport. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  18. ↑ "Wales v Iceland Under 21 Match.". Football Association of Wales. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  19. ↑ "Isgrove delighted with senior Wales debut". Southampton FC. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Lloyd Isgrove in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Lloyd Isgrove in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Lloyd Isgrove in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  23. 1 2 "Games played by Lloyd Isgrove in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Lloyd Isgrove in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  25. ↑ Woodcock, Ian (30 March 2014). "Chesterfield 1–3 Peterborough". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  26. ↑ Cartwright, Phil (3 April 2016). "Barnsley 3–2 Oxford United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  27. ↑ Stevens, Rob (29 May 2016). "Barnsley 3–1 Millwall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  28. ↑ McNulty, Phil (26 February 2017). "Manchester United 3 Southampton 2". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
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