Joe Leesley

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Joe Leesley
Personal information
Full name Joe Sydney Leesley[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-29) 29 March 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)[2]
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Worksop Town
Youth career
2004–2010 Doncaster Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Winterton Rangers
2012–2015 Matlock Town
2015–2016 Alfreton Town 49 (2)
2016–2022 Harrogate Town 122 (22)
2019–2020 → Stockport County (loan) 10 (0)
2020 → Stevenage (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 → Boston United (loan) 9 (3)
2021–2022 → Boston United (loan) 34 (3)
2022 Boston United 10 (0)
2022 → Darlington (loan) 7 (1)
2022–2024 Kidderminster Harriers 27 (2)
2024 Scunthorpe United 0 (0)
2024–2025 Darlington 5 (0)
2024–2025 → Worksop Town (loan) 18 (3)
2025– Worksop Town 2 (0)
International career
2016 England C 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:18, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Joe Sydney Leesley (born 29 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for National League North club Worksop Town.

He previously played in the Football League for Stevenage and has played for England C, the team that represents the country at non-league level.

Career

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Leesley was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.[2] He was on the books of Doncaster Rovers from the age of 10, but was not given a scholarship when he reached 16.[3] He spent his early career with Winterton Rangers,[4] Matlock Town, Alfreton Town, Harrogate Town and Stockport County,[2] moving on loan to Stevenage on 6 January 2020.[5] He made his debut two days later in the EFL Trophy.[6] In November 2020 he moved on loan to Boston United.[7][8] In June 2021, after Leesley agreed a season loan to Boston United, Harrogate manager Simon Weaver said he would be unlikely to play for his parent club again.[9]

On 1 August 2022, Leesley signed for Boston United on a permanent deal having left Harrogate Town.[10] In October, he joined league rivals Darlington on loan for a month.[11] After an impressive seven-match spell during which he demonstrated versatility and leadership, both he and Darlington wanted to extend the loan, but Boston would only allow him to leave for a fee, which put him out of their reach.[12] Leesley signed for another National North club, Kidderminster Harriers, on 18 November 2022, on a contract to run until the end of the 2023–24 season.[13] After his time with the club was disrupted by injury, he left by mutual consent in February 2024.[14]

On 1 April 2024, Leesley joined National League North club Scunthorpe United on a short-term deal until the end of the season,[15] but made no first-team appearances.[2] He rejoined Darlington on a one-year contract on 24 May 2024,[16] but was unable to establish himself in the first team,[2] and signed on a month's loan for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Worksop Town on 15 November.[17] He remained on loan until 25 March 2025, when his Darlington contract was cancelled by mutual consent, and three days later he joined Worksop Town on a contract to run until the end of the 2025–26 season.[18][19]

Career statistics

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As of match played 5 April 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alfreton Town 2014–15[20] Conference Premier 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
2015–16[2][21] National League North 38 2 2 0 — 1[a] 0 41 2
Total 49 2 2 0 — 1 0 52 2
Harrogate Town 2016–17[2][22] National League North 42 5 4 2 — 4[a] 2 50 9
2017–18[2][23] National League North 39 14 4 1 — 8[b] 7 51 22
2018–19[2] National League 35 2 2 0 — 3[c] 0 40 2
2019–20[2] National League 6 1 0 0 — 0 0 6 1
2020–21[24] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 122 22 10 3 0 0 15 9 147 34
Stockport County (loan) 2019–20[2] National League 10 0 1 0 — 0 0 11 0
Stevenage (loan) 2019–20[6] League Two 8 0 0 0 0 0 2[d] 0 10 0
Boston United (loan) 2020–21[2] National League North 9 3 0 0 — 3[a] 1 12 4
2021–22[2][25] National League North 34 3 3 2 — 2[a] 0 39 5
Boston United 2022–23[2][26] National League North 10 0 3 0 — 0 0 13 0
Total 53 6 6 2 — 5 1 64 9
Darlington (loan) 2022–23[2] National League North 7 1 0 0 — 0 0 7 1
Kidderminster Harriers 2022–23[2] National League North 13 1 — — 5[e] 0 18 1
2023–24[2] National League 14 1 0 0 — 0 0 14 1
Total 27 2 0 0 — 5 0 32 2
Scunthorpe United 2023–24[2] National League North 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Darlington 2024–25[2][27] National League North 5 0 1 0 — 0 0 6 0
Worksop Town (loan) 2024–25[28] Northern Premier League Premier Division 18 3 — — 2[f] 0 20 3
Worksop Town 2024–25[28] Northern Premier League Premier Division 2 0 — — 0 0 2 0
Career total 301 36 20 5 0 0 30 10 351 51
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ^ Six appearances and six goals in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in National League North play-offs
  3. ^ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in National League play-offs
  4. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. ^ Two appearances in FA Trophy, three in National League North play-offs
  6. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one in Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup

Honours

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Harrogate Town

Kidderminster Harriers

References

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