Ivan Toney

Ivan Toney

Toney playing for Northampton Town in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996
Place of birth Northampton, England
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Barnsley
(on loan from Newcastle United)
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2012 Northampton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012–2015 Northampton Town 53 (11)
2015– Newcastle United 2 (0)
2015 → Barnsley (loan) 6 (1)
2016 → Barnsley (loan) 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney (born 16 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Barnsley, on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United.

He became the youngest player to represent Northampton Town when he made his debut in 2012, and scored 13 goals in 60 games across all competitions before joining Newcastle in 2015. In his first season at Newcastle, he had two loans at Barnsley, winning the Football League Trophy.

Career

Northampton Town

Born in Northampton, Toney began his career at his hometown club Northampton Town. He made his first team debut on 13 November 2012, in a 3–3 draw in the FA Cup first round against Bradford City at Valley Parade; he came on at the end of regulation time in place of Lewis Wilson as his team eventually lost 4–2 in a penalty shootout.[2] At 16 years old he became the youngest first team player in the "Cobblers" history.[3] The following day, he scored four goals in the FA Youth Cup, in a 5–0 win over York City.[3] His only other appearance in a matchday squad that season was on 17 November, remaining unused in a 3–1 League Two win against Wycombe Wanderers at Sixfields.[4]

Toney made his first start on 28 September 2013 in a goalless home draw against Morecambe, making way for Ben Tozer after 74 minutes.[5] His first professional goals came on 26 April 2014, scoring two in the first half of a 3–0 victory at Dagenham & Redbridge, the latter an overhead kick.[6] On 3 May, he scored a header as Northampton defeated Oxford United 3–1 at home to avoid relegation to the Conference Premier on the final day of the season.[7]

On 13 August 2014, Toney netted a header in a 3–2 win at Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers in the first round of the League Cup.[8] His first goals of the league season arrived on 20 September; on as a substitute for Lawson D'Ath, he netted twice in a home contest against Accrington Stanley but his team nonetheless lost 4–5.[9] A week later, his header was the only goal in victory at Morecambe.[10] Toney received the first red card of his career on 26 December in a 2–3 home defeat to Bury, being dismissed for fighting with visiting defender Hayden White.[11]

In November 2014, Toney was close to a £500,000 transfer to Wolverhampton Wanderers, which collapsed due to an undisclosed medical issue.[12]

Newcastle United

After 13 goals in 60 games for Northampton across all competitions, Toney joined Premier League club Newcastle United on 6 August 2015 on a long-term deal.[13] He made his debut on 25 August in the second round of the League Cup, replacing Massadio Haïdara for the final 12 minutes of a 4–1 win over his former team at St. James' Park.[14] On 26 September, he played his first league game for Newcastle, as an 85th-minute substitute for Aleksandar Mitrović in a 2–2 home draw against Chelsea.[15]

On 9 November 2015, Toney joined League One club Barnsley on a 28-day youth loan deal.[16] He made his debut the next day in the Northern quarter-finals of the Football League Trophy, starting in a 2–1 win over York at Oakwell.[17] On 5 December, he scored his first goal for the Tykes away to Wigan Athletic in the Trophy's next round, a header in a 2–2 draw at the DW Stadium, and also converted his attempt as they won in the subsequent penalty shootout.[18] A week later, he scored his first league goal for the club, deciding a 3–2 win at Colchester United with a header from Marley Watkins' cross.[19]

On 24 March 2016, Toney returned to Barnsley on loan for the remainder of the season.[20] On 3 April, in the 2016 Football League Trophy Final against Oxford United at Wembley Stadium, he came on as a 65th-minute substitute for top scorer Sam Winnall. He took a shot which rebounded for Ashley Fletcher to give Barnsley a 2–1 lead, and they eventually won 3–2.[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 December 2015.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Northampton Town 2012–13[22] League Two 0010000010
2013–14[23] League Two 13300101[lower-alpha 1]0153
2014–15[24] League Two 40821111[lower-alpha 1]04410
Total 53113121206013
Newcastle United 2015–16[25] Premier League 100020—30
Barnsley (loan) 2015–16[25] League One 61——2[lower-alpha 1]182
Career total 60124141417115
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

Honours

Barnsley

References

  1. ↑ "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Bradford 3 – 3 Northampton". BBC Sport. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Aidy Boothroyd to call on Northampton Town youth players". BBC Sport. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Akinfenwa at the double for Town". Sky Sports. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Northampton 0–0 Morecambe". BBC Sport. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dag & Red 0–3 Northampton". BBC Sport. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Osborne, Chris (3 May 2014). "Northampton 3–1 Oxford Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Wolves 2–3 Northampton". BBC Sport. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Northampton 4–5 Accrington". BBC Sport. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Morecambe 0–1 Northampton". BBC Sport. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Northampton 2–3 Bury". BBC Sport. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Wolves' Ivan Toney deal failed on a medical". Express and Star. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ivan Toney: Newcastle United sign Northampton Town striker". BBC Sport. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Newcastle 4-1 Northampton". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  15. ↑ Bevan, Chris (26 September 2015). "Newcastle 2-2 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Toney Joins Tykes On Loan" (Press release). Newcastle United. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "Barnsley 2-1 York City: Adam Hammill scores winning goal for Barnsley". Sky Sports. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Wigan 2 Barnsley 2: Barnsley win 4-2 on penalties". Yorkshire Post. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  19. ↑ "Colchester 2-3 Northampton". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  20. ↑ "Ivan Toney: Barnsley re-sign Newcastle United striker on loan". BBC Sport. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  21. 1 2 Cartwright, Phil (3 April 2016). "Barnsley 3-2 Oxford United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Ivan Toney in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Ivan Toney in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Ivan Toney in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Ivan Toney in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

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