Josh Woods (footballer)

Josh Woods
Personal information
Full name Josh Stanley Ronald Woods[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 24)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley
Number 39
Youth career
Marine
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Marine 1 (0)
Clay Brow
2021– Accrington Stanley 61 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:59, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Josh Stanley Ronald Woods (born 5 July 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League Two club Accrington Stanley.[2]

Woods was raised in Skelmersdale. Woods is a fan of Liverpool, where his father was a steward. His older brother Connor is also a footballer.[3] Woods played for Marine's reserve side and scored on his first-team debut in a friendly on 15 October 2019 against Salford City.[4] He made his league debut on 19 October,[5][6] and scored his first competitive goal in the Liverpool Senior Cup on 26 November.[7] He was the first player from the newly formed reserves team to play for the Marine first team.[8] After playing in non-league for Clay Brow, and working as a barber,[3] Woods signed an initial one-year contract with Accrington Stanley in July 2021.[9] At the end of the 2023–24 season, a contract extension was triggered.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Club List of Registered Players as at 21st May 2022" (PDF). English Football League. p. 44. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ Josh Woods at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "FA Cup: Liverpool fan Josh Woods ready to play against the Reds for Accrington". BBC Sport. 10 January 2025.
  4. ^ @marineafc (21 October 2019). "What a moment for @_Josh_Woods_ being promoted from @Marinefcressies to the first team squad. Scoring against Salford in a friendly, then making his first team debut against Marske last Saturday! Could see the raw emotion of scoring, well done Josh #COYM" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Marine | Appearances | Josh Woods | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Marine AFC 3-1 Marske United". www.merseysportlive.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Marine Football Club on Twitter". Twitter.
  8. ^ "Swift revenge as the Marske slips away" – via PressReader.
  9. ^ "SIGNING: Woods joins the Reds". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk.
  10. ^ "UPDATE: Retained list". Accrington Stanley. 30 April 2024.


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