Joe Riley (footballer, born 1991)

For other people of the same name, see Joe Riley (disambiguation). For the English footballer born 1996, see Joe Riley (footballer, born 1996).
Joe Riley
Personal information
Full name Joseph Michael Riley
Date of birth (1991-10-13) 13 October 1991
Place of birth Salford England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Bury
Number 2
Youth career
2001–2011 Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2015 Bolton Wanderers 3 (0)
2014–2015 → Oxford United (loan) 22 (0)
2015– Bury 41 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:20, 28 January 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Joseph Michael Riley (born 13 October 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Bury as a right back.

Career

Bolton Wanderers

Born in Salford, Greater Manchester, Riley started his professional career at Bolton Wanderers since he was seven and attended Walkden High School.[1] A product of the youth system, Riley started regularly playing in the reserve side led Riley signing his first professional contract at the club.[2]

Riley made his competitive debut in the League Cup tie at home to Macclesfield Town on 24 August 2011.[3] Riley went on to make his Premier League debut at right-back in a 5–0 victory over Stoke City at the Reebok Stadium on 6 November 2011. He received a standing ovation by the Bolton fans when substituted late in the game.[4] After starting the next game against West Brom, Riley suffered a hamstring injury,[5] disrupting the start to his debut season. He returned in the FA Cup match against Macclesfield Town on 7 January 2012.[6]

On 23 February, both Riley and Michael O'Halloran signed new three-and-a-half-year contracts, committing them to the club until the summer of 2015.[7] Despite his determination to make a return to the first team,[8] Manager Dougie Freedman quoted on Riley: "Joe Riley needed to go out and play some games as well but we couldn’t quite find the right development team for him."[9] However, Riley spent most of the 2012–13 season because of the succession of injuries limited him to just two starts.[10][11]

Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Riley returned to the first team in the pre-season friendly and things got worse for him when he damaged his anterior cruciate ligament in a friendly against Skelmersdale, which kept him out for ten months, implied that he may miss the 2013–14 season.[12][13]

Oxford United (loan)

After ridding himself of the injuries that had stopped his progress over the last two years, Riley joined Oxford United on loan on 28 July 2014.[14]

Riley made his Oxford United debut, making his first start in a year, in the opening game of the season, as Oxford United lose 1–0 against Burton Albion.[15] After making 28 appearances in total (22 league) for Oxford, Riley returned to Bolton on 3 January 2015.[16] Upon his return to Bolton, Oxford United were keen to sign Riley on loan for the second time.[17]

Bury

With less than six months remaining on his Bolton contract, Wanderers manager Neil Lennon decided against offering Riley a new deal and accepted an offer from Bury.[18] On 14 January 2015, Riley completed a free transfer to Bury,[19] in a deal that included a sell-on clause in Bolton's favour.[20] Shortly after the move, Riley earned a sponsorship as a result of his move to Bury.[21]

However, Riley's debut was delayed over hamstring injury he sustained in training until he made his debut for the club, where he came on as a substitute for Kelvin Etuhu in second half, in a 1–0 loss against Accrington Stanley on 27 January 2015.[22] Riley, however, was sent-off in the 49th minutes after making a challenge on Tom Newey, in a 2-1 win over Northampton Town on 21 March 2015.[23] After serving three match ban,[24] Riley made his return, playing as right-back against Shrewsbury Town on 14 April 2015 and scored in a 1-0 win to confirm the club's qualification to the play-offs.[25] Eventually, Riley helped the club finished third place, therefore promoted to League One automatically. In his first half of the season at Bury, Riley made seventeen appearance and scoring once.

References

  1. ↑ "Riley still an ordinary Joe". The Bolton News. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Quartet Agree Professional Deals". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 14 March 2011. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Coyle thrilled by youngsters". Yahoo!. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Whittell, Ian. "Bolton 5 Stoke 0". The Sun (London).
  5. ↑ Iles, Marc (23 November 2011). "Boyata back as Riley hit by Wanderers' defensive curse". The Bolton News. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Macclesfield Town 2–2 Bolton Wanderers". BBC Sport. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bolton duo agree new deals". Sky Sports. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Riley Stakes His Claim". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Something To Build On". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Joe Riley: Bolton full-back 'out for months' with knee injury". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Joe Riley out to make fresh start with Bury". Manchester Evening News. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Bolton Wanderers defender Joe Riley out for up to 10 months". The Bolton News. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Injury forces former Bolton Wanderers defender Joe Riley to put Bury debut on hold". The Bolton News. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Joe Riley loaned to Oxford United". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 28 July 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Oxford United 0 – 1 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Bolton Wanderers boss Neil Lennon hails 'intelligent' starlet Josh Vela". The Bolton News. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Bolton Wanderers defender Joe Riley in talks over return to Oxford United". theboltonnews.co.uk. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Lennon Reveals Reason Behind Riley Exit". Burden Aces. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Riley Joins the Shakers". Bury F.C. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Joe Riley Joins Bury on Permanent Deal". Burnden Aces. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "Joe Riley Sponsorship". Bury F.C. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "Accrington Stanley 0–1 Bury". BBC Sport. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "Bury 2-1 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  24. ↑ "Preview: Shrewsbury Town (H)". Bury F.C. 14 April 2015. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  25. ↑ "Bury 1-0 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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