Joel Randall

Joel John Randall (born 1 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Exeter City.

Joel Randall

Personal information
Full name	Joel John Randall[1]
Date of birth	1 November 1999
Place of birth	Salisbury, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Exeter City
Number	14
Youth career
–2017	Exeter City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–	Exeter City	16	(6)
2018	→ Taunton Town (loan)	9	(1)
2018	→ Tiverton Town (loan)	5	(0)
2018–2019	→ Bideford (loan)	18	(6)
2019	→ Weston-super-Mare (loan)	14	(5)
2019	→ Weymouth (loan)	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:14, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Joel joined the Exeter City Academy at U11's after being spotted at one of the club's development centres. He started a scholarship with the club in the summer of 2016.

After progressing through the academy, Randall made his first-team debut in November 2017 during Exeter City's EFL Trophy tie against Chelsea U21s, replacing Jack Sparkes in the 62nd minute.[2] Randall moved on loan to Taunton Town in January 2018,[3] making his first appearance for the Peacocks in a 1–0 win over Swindon Supermarine.[4] That same month, Randall was offered a professional contract by Exeter for the following season.[5]

In July 2018, Randall joined Southern League Premier Division South side Tiverton Town on an initial six-month loan deal.[6] Howevere, he was recalled in November 2018. After being recalled by Exeter, Randall appeared for the club in their Checkatrade Trophy game with Bristol Rovers, netting his first goal for Exeter after stepping off the bench. Randall was an unused substitute two other times during the season's competition. In December 2018, he was loaned out to Bideford A.F.C. for the rest of the season.[7]

On 1 August 2019, he was loaned out to Weston-super-Mare for six months.[7] However, on 11 November 2019, Randall was recalled due to an injury crisis, to make up the numbers on the bench.[8]

On 6 December 2019, Randall was loaned out to Weymouth for one month.[9]

Randall made his first-team breakthrough at Exeter City in the 2020–21 season, scoring his first league goal away at Salford City in a 2–2 draw in September 2020 on the opening day of the season.[10] He scored his first goal at home in a 2–0 win against Cambridge 3 weeks later.[11] By the end of November, he had already scored 6 goals in League Two.[12]

Career statistics

As of 28 November 2020 (not including several loan spells)

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Exeter City	2017–18	EFL League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	2018–19	EFL League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	1	1	1
	2019–20	EFL League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	5[lower-alpha 1]	2	7	2
	2020–21	EFL League Two	14	6	2	2	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	18	8
	Total		16	6	2	2	1	0	8	3	27	11
Taunton Town	2017–18[13]	Southern League West Division	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
Tiverton Town	2018–19	Southern League Premier South	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Career total			30	7	2	2	1	0	8	3	41	12

1. Appearance in the EFL Trophy

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Exeter City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 26. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
2. Byrom, David (29 November 2017). "Exeter City's youngsters bring positives in battling display against Chelsea in Checkatrade Trophy exit". Devon Live. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
3. "Joel Randall joins Taunton Town on loan". Exeter City F.C. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
4. Browne, Richard (17 February 2018). "Matt Buse scores as Taunton Town beat Swindon Supermarine in Evo-Stik Southern League West". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
5. Byrom, David (7 February 2018). "Who are the three under-18 players to have been offered deals by Exeter City?". Devon Live. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
6. "Joel Randall and Josh Key join Tiverton Town on six-month loan deals". Exeter City F.C. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
7. EXETER WINGER RANDALL SIGNS ON LOAN, westonsmareafc.co.uk, 1 August 2019
8. Injury crisis! Exeter City could be without TEN players for Cheltenham Town clash, devonlive.com, 14 November 2019
9. Joel Randall joins Weymouth on one-month loan deal, exetercityfc.co.uk, 6 December 2019
10. "Match Report: Salford City 2 Exeter City 2". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
11. "Match Report: City 2 Cambridge United 0". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
12. Pilnick, Brent. "Joel Randall: Exeter City youngster taking chance presented to him by pandemic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
13. "The Loan Report: May 3". Exeter City F.C. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

External links

• Joel Randall player profile at Exeter City
• Joel Randall at Soccerbase