James Montgomery
Personal information
Full name James Hayden Montgomery[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-20) 20 April 1994
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Spennymoor Town
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Guiseley 0 (0)
2015–2017 AFC Telford United 66 (0)
2017–2018 Gateshead 38 (0)
2018–2019 Forest Green Rovers 18 (0)
2019–2020 AFC Fylde 13 (0)
2020–2021 Gateshead 7 (0)
2021 → Southend United (loan) 4 (0)
2021 Chesterfield 6 (0)
2022–2023 Gateshead 14 (0)
2023– Spennymoor Town 0 (0)
International career
2017–2018 England C 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:48, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

James Hayden Montgomery (born 20 April 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League North club Spennymoor Town.

Early and personal life

Born in Sunderland,[2] his grandfather was a cousin of footballer Jimmy Montgomery.[3]

Career

Montgomery began his career playing youth football for Middlesbrough.[3] He then played in non-league with Guiseley, before attending the Nike Football Academy and signing with AFC Telford United in 2015.[4] While with Telford he also began training with Sunderland (in July 2016),[4] and with the V9 Academy (in November 2016).[5] He moved to Gateshead in January 2017.[6] Montgomery signed a two-year contract with Forest Green Rovers in May 2018.[3] He made his professional debut on 14 August 2018, in the EFL Cup.[7] During a match against Mansfield Town in January 2019, Montgomery collided with opposition player Gethin Jones, resulting in a cut lip and lost teeth. Montgomery was substituted by Lewis Ward.[8]

In July 2019, Montgomery joined AFC Fylde on a two-year deal.[9][10] He was released by the club in August 2020.[11]

He returned to Gateshead in October 2020.[12]

On 2 March 2021, Montgomery joined League Two side Southend United on an emergency seven-day loan following an injury to fellow goalkeeper Alex Bass.[13] On 9 March 2021, the loan was extended for a further seven days.[14]

On 15 April 2021, Montgomery joined National League side Chesterfield on a short-term deal.[15] Montgomery's contract was not extended at the end of the season.[16]

On 17 March 2022, Montgomery returned to former club Gateshead on a short-term contract. This would be his third spell at the National League North club.[17]

On 12 June 2023, Montgomery signed for National League North club Spennymoor Town[18] having departed Gateshead in search of more regular first-team football as well as allowing him to devote more of his time to his new coaching role at Newcastle United.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 March 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Telford United 2014–15[2] Conference Premier 7000—0070
2015–16[2] National League North 33000—1[lower-alpha 1]0340
2016–17[2] Conference North 26000—1[lower-alpha 1]0270
Total 660000020680
Gateshead 2016–17[2] National League 12000—00120
2017–18[2] National League 26010—7[lower-alpha 1]0340
Total 380100070460
Forest Green Rovers 2018–19[20] League Two 18020203[lower-alpha 2]0250
AFC Fylde 2019–20[2] National League 13010—00140
Gateshead 2020–21[2] National League North 7000—0070
Southend United (loan) 2020–21[21] League Two 4000000040
Career total 146040201201640
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Gateshead

References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Forest Green Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 79. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 James Montgomery at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "James Montgomery: Forest Green sign Gateshead goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 Steve Brown (19 July 2016). "Sunderland AFC: Keeper James Montgomery - a relative of Jim - is training with the Black Cat". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Adam Steel (30 November 2016). "Former Middlesbrough goalkeeper signs for Jamie Vardy's V9 Academy". GazetteLive. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "James Montgomery: Gateshead sign AFC Telford United goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Games played by James Montgomery in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Forest Green: James Montgomery loses teeth in collision with Mansfield player's boot". BBC Sport. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Goalkeeper Montgomery joins AFC Fylde". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "WELCOME JAMES - Craigen & Montgomery Join Coasters". AFC Fylde. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "AFC Fylde sign winger Junior Mondal and release keeper James Montgomery". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk.
  12. ↑ "StackPath". www.gateshead-fc.com.
  13. ↑ "James Montgomery signs on emergency loan". Southend United FC. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Montgomery's loan extended". Southend United FC. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Keeper signs for Spireites". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 15 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "Retained list announced". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 14 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "Montgomery signs short-term deal". Gateshead FC. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "James Montgomery Signs For Moors". spennymoortownfc.co.uk. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "James Montgomery departs the club". gateshead-fc.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  20. ↑ "Games played by James Montgomery in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  21. ↑ "Games played by James Montgomery in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  22. ↑ "Jamie Cooke nets winner as FC Halifax seal Isuzu FA Trophy glory". The FA. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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