Joe Gormley (footballer)

Joe Gormley
Gormley in March 2022
Personal information
Full name Joseph Anthony Gormley[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-26) 26 November 1989
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cliftonville
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Cliftonville 4 (0)
2009–2011 Crumlin Star 24 (61)
2011–2015 Cliftonville 133 (85)
2015–2016 Peterborough United 5 (0)
2016 → St Johnstone (loan) 1 (0)
2017– Cliftonville 329 (158)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 February 2026

Joseph Anthony Gormley (born Belfast, 26 November 1989) is a footballer who plays as a striker for Cliftonville in the Irish League.

Gormley is Cliftonville's all-time record goalscorer, reaching 300 in November 2025.[2][3][4]

Club career

Early career

Gormley began his career at Cliftonville, making four appearances before being released in 2009. He joined Crumlin Star, where he scored 61 goals in the 2010–11 season before re-joining Cliftonville in 2011.[5]

Cliftonville

Gormley was top goalscorer in Northern Ireland in 2013–14, when he became the first player in the club's history to score over 30 goals in two separate seasons, and was named as Ulster Footballer of the Year and Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year for 2013–14.[5][6][7] He holds the club record for most goals scored in a domestic season, claiming 41 in 2014–15 and breaking his own previous record of 37 goals the season before.[8]

Peterborough United

On 14 June 2015, it was confirmed that Peterborough United had signed Gormley on a three-year deal, and he would officially join the club on 1 July 2015.[9]

On 25 September 2015 he was sidelined for the rest of the season by a serious knee injury. Gormley was loaned to Scottish club St Johnstone in August 2016.[10] After two months with St Johnstone, Gormley became "disillusioned with football" and decided to return to his native Northern Ireland.[11] Gormley, Peterborough and St Johnstone applied to FIFA for permission to cancel his contracts outside the normal transfer windows.[11]

Return to Cliftonville

Career statistics

Gormley's 300 goals for Cliftonville have been scored as follows: 204 Irish League, 43 League Cup, 27 Irish Cup, 16 County Antrim Shield, 5 Europa League play-offs, 3 Europe, 2 Setanta Cup. He has scored 17 hat-tricks and 26 penalty kicks.[2]

As of match played 7 April 2024[12]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cliftonville 2007–08 Irish Premier League 0 0 – 0 0
2008–09 IFA Premiership 4 0 – 4 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 4 0
Crumlin Star 2009–10 Northern Amateur Football League – – – –
2010–11 – –
Total – – 24 61
Cliftonville 2011–12 IFA Premiership 30 10 1 0 3 0 2[a] 0 3[b] 2 39 12
2012–13 30 17 4 5 4 8 2[a] 0 1[b] 0 41 30
2013–14 NIFL Premiership 36 27 2 2 5 8 2[c] 0 2[d] 0 47 37
2014–15 37 31 2 2 4 7 1[c] 0 4[e] 1 48 41
Total 133 85 9 9 16 23 7 0 10 3 175 120
Peterborough United 2015–16 EFL League One 4 0 0 0 2 0 – 0[f] 0 6 0
2016–17 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 0[f] 0 1 0
Total 5 0 0 0 2 0 – 0 0 7 0
St Johnstone (loan) 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 1 0 – – 2 0
Cliftonville 2017–18 NIFL Premiership 37 23 4 6 3 0 – 4[g] 4 46 35
2018–19 37 23 0 0 2 2 2[a] 1 4[h] 4 45 30
2019–20 31 18 4 2 3 3 4[a] 1 4[d] 2 46 26
2020–21 13 2 0 0 – – 5[i] 5 18 7
2021–22 37 13 3 5 5 4 – 2[d] 2 47 24
2022–23 38 10 3 2 4 4 2[j] 0 5[k] 1 52 17
2023–24 33 11 4 1 1 0 – 0 0 38 12
2024–25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[l] 0 0 0 0 0
Total 226 100 18 16 18 13 8 2 24 18 294 149
Career total 369 185 27 25 37 36 15 2 34 31 506 341
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Setanta Sports Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b c Appearances in County Antrim Shield
  5. ^ 1 appearance in the NIFL Charity Shield & 3 appearances in County Antrim Shield
  6. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
  7. ^ 2 appearances, 2 goals in the Europa League Playoffs & 2 appearances, 2 goals in County Antrim Shield
  8. ^ 2 appearances, 2 goals in the Europa League Playoffs & 2 appearances, 2 goals in County Antrim Shield
  9. ^ 3 appearances, 5 goals in County Antrim Shield & 2 appearances in 2021 UEFA Europa Conference League play-offs
  10. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  11. ^ 2 appearances, 1 goal in County Antrim Shield & 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup & 2 appearances in 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League play-offs
  12. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Cliftonville
Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Retained List 2015–16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Landmark 300 goals for Irish League club 'just a remarkable achievement for a remarkable player'". News Letter, 6 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025
  3. ^ 'Joe Gormley: I might have another year in me'. Irish News, 6 December 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2025
  4. ^ 'Joe's sweet 16!'. Cliftonville FC, 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2025
  5. ^ a b Luney, Graham (28 January 2014). "Joe Gormley up there with cream of the crop". Belfast Telegraph. Media Huis. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Latest News: Reds are the write choice". Cliftonville FC.
  7. ^ "Cliftonville striker Gormley wins writers player of year award". BBC Sport. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Cliftonville Football Club » Club Records". Cliftonville FC. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Gormley Agrees Posh Switch". Peterborough United FC.
  10. ^ "Joe Gormley: St Johnstone sign Peterborough striker on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Joe Gormley: Peterborough United striker, on loan at St Johnstone, quits pro football". BBC Sport. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  12. ^ "J.Gormley". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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