James Comley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Richard Comley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Holloway, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hayes & Yeading United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2009 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Crystal Palace | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | Canvey Island | 8 | (0) |
| 2012 | St Albans City | 6 | (0) |
| 2012 | Kettering Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | St Albans City | 114 | (12) |
| 2016 | → Maidenhead United (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2016–2021 | Maidenhead United | 161 | (2) |
| 2021 | Walton Casuals | 7 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Boreham Wood | 18 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Dulwich Hamlet | 11 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Hayes & Yeading United | 17 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | England C | 1 | (0) |
| 2015– | Montserrat | 23 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:53, 4 June 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:01, 21 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
James Richard Comley (born 24 January 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hayes & Yeading United and the Montserrat national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Comley came through the youth system at Crystal Palace and made his English Football League debut on 17 March 2009 as a substitute against Barnsley. He made three further appearances in the league in the 2008–09 season, and played twice in the FA Cup the following season, before being released in June 2010.
Comley was without a club in the 2010–11 season due to injury, and trained with Tottenham Hotspur in the first half of the 2011–12 season before joining Canvey Island in January 2012.[2]
He then joined St Albans City for the remainder of the season. For 2012–13, he joined Kettering Town, but made no appearances due to injury and rejoined St Albans in December 2012.[3]
Comley joined Maidenhead United on loan in February 2016. The loan was made permanent at the end of the season.[4] Comley left the Magpies at the end of the 2020–21 season after 196 appearances since first joining the club.[5]
Comley joined Walton Casuals in October 2021.[6] He joined Boreham Wood the following month.[7] Comley was released in June 2022.[8]
On 29 June 2022, Comley joined National League South club Dulwich Hamlet following his release from Boreham Wood.[9]
On 4 March 2023, he signed for Hampton & Richmond Borough.[10]
In December 2024, Comley joined Isthmian League South Central Division side Hayes & Yeading United.[11]
International career
[edit | edit source]Comley played for the England C team in October 2014 against a Turkey U23 side.[12]
In March 2015, Comley was called up by Montserrat for 2018 World Cup qualifying, playing in both legs of a 3–4 aggregate defeat to Curaçao.[13]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Comley's younger brother Brandon is also a footballer.[14] He is also a Montserrat international and the brothers played together for the first time against El Salvador in September 2018.[15]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 18 February 2023
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2008–09[16] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[17] | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Crystal Palace total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Canvey Island | 2011–12[18] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| St Albans City | 2011–12[18] | SFL Premier Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Kettering Town | 2012–13[18] | SFL Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St Albans City | 2012–13[18] | SFL Premier Division | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| 2013–14[18] | SFL Premier Division | 39 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | 11[b] | 2 | 55 | 8 | ||
| 2014–15[18] | Conference South | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 6[c] | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16[18] | National League South | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||
| St Albans total | 114 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 146 | 15 | ||
| Maidenhead United (loan) | 2015–16[19] | National League South | 16 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Maidenhead United | 2016–17[18] | National League South | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[19] | National League | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[f] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19[19] | National League | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[g] | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[19] | National League | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4[h] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[19] | National League | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Maidenhead total | 177 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 196 | 2 | ||
| Walton Casuals | 2021–22[20] | SFL Premier Division South | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[i] | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Boreham Wood | 2021–22[21] | National League | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dulwich Hamlet | 2022–23[22] | National League South | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[j] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Hampton & Richmond Borough | 2022–23 | National League South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 345 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 408 | 19 | ||
- ^ Appearance in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup
- ^ One appearance in the Herts Charity Cup; five appearances and a goal in the FA Trophy; three appearances in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup; two appearances and a goal in the SFL Premier Division play-offs
- ^ One appearance in the Herts Charity Cup, two in the FA Trophy and three in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup
- ^ One appearance in the FA Trophy; one appearance and a goal in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup
- ^ One appearance in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
- ^ Three appearances in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
- ^ One appearance in the FA Trophy
- ^ Three appearances in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
- ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in the Southern League Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in London Senior Cup
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 20 November 2023[23]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montserrat | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 1 | |
International goals
[edit | edit source]- Scores and results list Montserrat's goal tally first.[23]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 September 2019 | Blakes Estate Stadium, Look Out, Montserrat | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic | 1–1 |
2–1 |
2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B |
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External links
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- Profile at FIFA
- Profile at Aylesbury United
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- Living people
- 1991 births
- Footballers from the London Borough of Islington
- People from Holloway, London
- Montserratian men's footballers
- Montserrat men's international footballers
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Canvey Island F.C. players
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- St Albans City F.C. players
- Maidenhead United F.C. players
- Walton Casuals F.C. players
- Boreham Wood F.C. players
- Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players
- Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players
- Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Isthmian League players
- Southern Football League players
- English people of Montserratian descent
- England men's semi-pro international footballers
- Black British sportsmen
- 21st-century Black British people
- 21st-century English sportsmen