James Berrett
{{Short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = James Berrett
| image = James Berrett 30-04-2016 1.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Berrett playing for York City in 2016
| fullname = James Trevor Berrett{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2016/june/efl-club-retained-and-released-lists-published/ |title=EFL: Club retained and released lists published |publisher=English Football League |date=23 June 2016 |access-date=10 January 2018}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|13|df=y}}{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |year=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=45}}
| birth_place = Halifax, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2007
| youthclubs1 = Huddersfield Town
| years1 = 2007–2010
| clubs1 = Huddersfield Town
| caps1 = 35
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2010–2014
| clubs2 = Carlisle United
| caps2 = 170
| goals2 = 23
| years3 = 2014–2015
| clubs3 = Yeovil Town
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2015–2016
| clubs4 = York City
| caps4 = 36
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2016–2018
| clubs5 = Grimsby Town
| caps5 = 51
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2018–2019
| clubs6 = FC Halifax Town
| caps6 = 26
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2019–2021
| clubs7 = Grantham Town
| caps7 = 42
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2021–2022
| clubs8 = Newark Flowserve
| caps8 = 23
| goals8 = 1
| totalcaps = 411
| totalgoals = 36
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U18
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2007–2008
| nationalteam2 = Republic of Ireland U19
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2008
| nationalteam3 = Republic of Ireland U21
| nationalcaps3 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 20:19, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
James Trevor Berrett (born 13 January 1989) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Berrett has played professionally in the Football League with Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United, Yeovil Town, York City and Grimsby Town before moving into Non-league football in 2018 with FC Halifax Town. He finished his career with spells at Grantham Town and Newark Flowserve. He is a former Republic of Ireland U19 and U21 international, earning a combined total of ten caps.
Club career
Berrett was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire.{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/james-berrett-226725/ |title=James Berrett |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=6 February 2018}} He is a product of the Huddersfield Town academy, and made his first-team debut at Boundary Park when he came on as a 69th-minute substitute in the 1–1 draw with Oldham Athletic in April 2007. He signed a professional contract with Huddersfield on 5 July 2007.
Berrett made his full debut in Huddersfield's third round FA Cup win over Premier League team Birmingham City on 5 January 2008. The following week he made his first full league debut in Huddersfield's 3–1 defeat at home to Gillingham.
His first goal for Hudersifled came in the 3–2 win against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium on 22 March 2008.
On 13 May 2008, he signed a new two-year deal at the Galpharm Stadium. On 6 August 2008, he scored to give Huddersfield the lead in their centenary match against Arsenal at the Galpharm Stadium, in which they lost 2–1.
Following Stan Ternent's departure as Huddersfield manager, caretaker boss Gerry Murphy deployed Berrett in a sweeper role as part of a back five. Then, following Lee Clark's decision to revert to the 4–4–2 formation, Berrett found himself out of the team again, but following an illness to Anthony Pilkington, just before the match against Crewe Alexandra in February 2009, he got back in the starting line-up and scored a goal, but Huddersfield lost the match 3–1.
He signed a contract extension which would keep him at the club until 2012
Berrett made nine appearances only stating two with seven coming off the bench in the 2009–10 season. He made his first appearances of the season coming on as a 56th-minute substitute for Lee Peltier in Huddersfield's League Cup second round tie away at Newcastle United.His first start of the season came in Huddersfield's 1–0 away defeat at Colchester United on 3 October 2009. His first home appearance did not come until 12 December 2009, when he came on as a 90th-minute substitute in Huddersfield's 2–1 home win over Gillingham.
After being put on the transfer list by manager Lee Clark, Berrett left Huddersfield to sign for fellow League One club Carlisle United on a free transfer on 6 July 2010.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/8792937.stm|title=Carlisle sign midfielder Berrett|date=2010-07-06|access-date=2019-01-29|language=en-GB}} On 11 June{{when|date=January 2016}} it was confirmed that Berrett would sign a new two-year deal with Carlisle.
On 3 July 2014, Berrett signed for Yeovil Town on a two-year contract after he failed to agree a new contract at Carlisle.{{cite news |title=James Berrett: Carlisle midfielder signs for Yeovil Town |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28146590 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 July 2014 |access-date=3 December 2016}} After an injury-plagued start to the season Berrett made 32 appearances for Yeovil scoring once,the winner against Swindon Town in April 2015.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32261966 |title=Swindon Town 0–1 Yeovil Town |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 April 2015 |access-date=6 February 2018}} At the end of the season, following Yeovil's relegation into League Two, Berrett was one of four players offered a contract termination by new manager Paul Sturrock.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32662260 |title=Yeovil Town: Paul Sturrock releases 11 players |publisher=BBC Sport |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=3 December 2016}}
File:James Berrett 15-08-2015 1.jpg in 2015]]
Berrett signed for League Two club York City on 23 June 2015 on a two-year contract after agreeing to terminate his deal with Yeovil.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33239170 |title=York City sign Scott Flinders and James Berrett |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 June 2015 |access-date=3 December 2016}}
Barrett signed for League Two club Grimsby Town on 30 June 2016 on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.{{cite news |title=Grimsby Town: James Berrett and Tom Bolarinwa join League Two club |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36673272 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 June 2016 |access-date=30 June 2016}} He was released by Grimsby at the end of the 2017–18 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44054763 |title=James McKeown: Grimsby Town offer new deal to goalkeeper and release 11 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 May 2018 |access-date=9 May 2018}}
On 25 August 2018, Berrett joined National League side FC Halifax Town.{{cite web| url = https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/football/fc-halifax-town/fc-halifax-town-midfielder-berrett-joins-shaymen-1-9319775/amp| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035617/https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/football/fc-halifax-town/fc-halifax-town-midfielder-berrett-joins-shaymen-1-9319775/amp| archive-date = 2018-08-28| title = FC Halifax Town: Midfielder Berrett joins Shaymen}}
On 27 June 2019, Berrett signed with Grantham Town.[https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/football/fc-halifax-town-former-shay-midfielder-joins-grantham-1-9845602 FC Halifax Town: Former Shay midfielder joins Grantham], halifaxcourier.co.uk, 27 June 2019
International career
On 7 February 2007, Berrett made his debut for the Republic of Ireland national under-18 team when starting their 0–0 home draw in a friendly with the Netherlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerscene.ie/ss_gen/player.php?id=114&level=ss18 |title=James Berrett |website=SoccerScene.ie |access-date=6 February 2018}} He started their first two matches of the Four-Nations Tournament in Portugal, but was dropped for the final match, which the Republic of Ireland won to win the tournament.{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Brown |url=http://www.huddersfield.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=55246 |title=Berrett-Irelands gain Englands loss |website=Vital Huddersfield |date=5 March 2007 |access-date=6 February 2018}} Berrett finished his under-18 career with three cap, all earned in 2007. Berrett debuted for the under-19 team in their 2–1 home win over Chile in a friendly on 7 August 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerscene.ie/ss_gen/player.php?id=42&level=ss19 |title=James Berrett |website=SoccerScene.ie |access-date=6 February 2018}} He earned five caps for the under-19s, from 2007 to 2008.
He was called up to the under-21 team for the Intercontinental Cup in Malaysia, and made his debut with a start in a 3–1 win over Malaysia on 15 May 2008.{{cite web |url=http://soccerscene.ie/ss_gen/player.php?id=55&level=ss21 |title=James Berrett |website=SoccerScene.ie |access-date=6 February 2018}} Berrett was dropped for their second group match, before starting the draw in their final group match, which saw them knocked out of the tournament.{{cite web |url=http://soccerscene.ie/ss_gen/matchdetails.php?id=32&level=ss21 |title=Iraq 0–0 Under 21 |website=SoccerScene.ie |access-date=6 February 2018}} He was capped five times by the under-21s, with all these appearances coming in 2008.
Career statistics
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Honours
Carlisle United
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Category:Footballers from Halifax, West Yorkshire
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Category:Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers
Category:Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
Category:Carlisle United F.C. players
Category:Yeovil Town F.C. players
Category:York City F.C. players
Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:English people of Irish descent
Category:FC Halifax Town players
Category:Grantham Town F.C. players