Joe Burnell

Joseph Michael Burnell (born 10 October 1980) is an English former professional footballer. Having represented several clubs in the Football League and Football Conference, most notably Bristol City and Bath City, he moved away from football after his retirement in 2014 to work in property management.[2]

Joe Burnell
Personal information
Full name Joseph Michael Burnell[1]
Date of birth (1980-10-10) 10 October 1980
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
000?–1999 Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Bristol City 131 (4)
2004–2006 Wycombe Wanderers 57 (0)
2006–2008 Northampton Town 57 (1)
2008–2009 Oxford United 21 (1)
2009–2010 Exeter City 8 (0)
2010–2014 Bath City 110 (3)
2014 Shepton Mallet 5 (0)
2014 Bath City 0 (0)
Total 389 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Burnell started his career with Bristol City and he became part of the first team squad at Ashton Gate halfway through the 1999–2000 season.[3] Shortly after his debut he scored his first goal for the club in a Football League Trophy tie against future club Exeter City.[4] His displays were enough to earn him a long-term contract and a short spell as the club's captain. He was part of the side that won the 2003 Football League Trophy Final,[5] and scored in the Southern Area final against Cambridge United.[6] He scored his first and only league goal for City in a 1–1 draw with Luton Town in November 2003.[7]

Burnell joined Wycombe Wanderers in July 2004 after Tony Adams' summer clearout which saw the departure of Michael Simpson, Dannie Bulman, Steve Brown and Darren Currie.[8] Burnell was hoping to gain a regular first team place and after a season blighted by injury and illness he formed a midfield trio with Matt Bloomfield and Keith Ryan. Burnell scored his first and only goal for the club in an FA Cup tie against future club Northampton Town.[9]

Burnell was also a regular under John Gorman and consequently followed his manager when he left Wycombe to join Northampton Town in July 2006.[10] During his time at Northampton was constantly a good performer being named captain on occasions in the absence of Chris Doig and Mark Hughes. He scored two goals for Northampton; one in an FA Cup tie against Grimsby Town and the other in the league against Huddersfield Town.[11][12]

On 21 April 2008, it was announced that he would be released at the end of the 2007–08 season, which was a surprise to most fans.

Burnell signed for Oxford on 1 July 2008.[13] Shortly afterwards he was named captain to replace Adam Murray in the role.[14] However, in April 2009 it was announced that he no longer had a future at the club. After a successful trial at Exeter he joined them on 9 July 2009 on a free transfer.[15]

It was announced on 14 May 2010 that he had been released by Exeter, along with 8 other players [16] On 13 July 2010, Burnell joined Conference National side Bath City.[17]

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-85291-651-0.
  2. "Man shot pistol at former Bristol City player Joe Burnell | Bristol Post". Archived from the original on 9 February 2015.
  3. "Games played by Joe Burnell in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. "Three off, a serious injury and a Wembley dream in tatters - What happened the last time Exeter City played on February 29". devonlive.com. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. "Bristol City sink Carlisle". BBC. 6 April 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. "Bristol City 4-2 Cambridge". BBC. 18 February 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. "Bristol City 1-1 Luton". BBC. 1 November 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  8. "Transfers - July 2004". BBC. 29 July 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  9. "Wycombe 1-3 Northampton". BBC. 5 November 2005. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  10. "Transfers - July 2006". BBC. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  11. "Grimsby 0-2 Northampton". BBC. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  12. "Huddersfield Town 1, Northampton Town 1". examinerlive.co.uk. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  13. "Midfielder Burnell joins Oxford". BBC. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  14. "Burnell named new Oxford skipper". BBC. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  15. Official Exeter City FC Website
  16. "Exeter City release nine players". BBC Sport. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  17. "Joe Burnell signs for Bath City". BBC Sport. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
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