Joe Heath

{{Short description|English footballer (born 1988)}}

{{use British English|date=July 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Joe Heath

| fullname = Joseph Heath{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10 |year=2009 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-474-0}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|10|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Birkenhead, England

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Dianella White Eagles S.C

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Manchester United

| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2005

| youthclubs2 = Nottingham Forest

| years1 = 2005–2010

| clubs1 = Nottingham Forest

| caps1 = 10

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2009–2010

| clubs2 = → Lincoln City (loan)

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010–2011

| clubs3 = Exeter City

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2010–2011

| clubs4 = → Hereford United (loan)

| caps4 = 26

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2011–2013

| clubs5 = Hereford United

| caps5 = 37

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2013–2014

| clubs6 = Chester

| caps6 = 23

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2014–2015

| clubs7 = West Kirby

| caps7 = ?

| goals7 = ?

| years8 = 2016–2017

| clubs8 = Runcorn Town

| caps8 = 38

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2017–2019

| clubs9 = Connah's Quay Nomads

| caps9 = 15

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2019–

| clubs10 = Vauxhall Motors

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| club-update = 06:39, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

}}

Joseph Heath (born 4 October 1988) is an English footballer who plays for Vauxhall Motors. A defender, Heath plays primarily as a left back.

Despite being a Liverpool fan,{{cite web|url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10308~42586,00.html |title=Joe Heath |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217101444/http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10308~42586%2C00.html |publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C. |archivedate=17 February 2010 |url-status=dead |work=nottinghamforest.co.uk }} Heath was signed by Manchester United as a schoolboy. After being released by United, he signed for Nottingham Forest.

Heath made his full first team debut in August 2008 in a 4–0 League Cup win against Morecambe. He made his Championship debut in a 2–1 defeat to Burnley at the City Ground. In total, Heath made 12 first team appearances during the 2008–2009 season.{{Soccerbase season|48374|2008|name=Joe Heath|access-date=28 February 2013}}

On 26 June 2009, Heath signed for Lincoln City on an initial six-month loan deal.{{cite news

|url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~1702252,00.html

|title=Forest Full-Back Joins on Loan

|date=26 June 2009

|publisher=Lincoln City F.C.

|work=redimps.co.uk

|accessdate=10 February 2010

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307210112/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~1702252%2C00.html

|archivedate= 7 March 2012

|url-status=dead

}} However, the need for a hernia operation{{cite news

|url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~1798727,00.html

|title=Injury Update With Michael Wait

|date=16 September 2009

|publisher=Lincoln City F.C.

|work=redimps.co.uk

|accessdate=10 February 2010

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307210149/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~1798727%2C00.html

|archivedate= 7 March 2012

|url-status=dead

}} restricted Heath to just five league and cup appearances for the club before he returned to the City Ground on the completion of his loan.{{cite news

|url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~1922019,00.html

|title=Loanees Return

|date=4 January 2010

|publisher=Lincoln City F.C.

|work=redimps.co.uk

|accessdate=10 February 2010

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307210222/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10440~1922019%2C00.html

|archivedate= 7 March 2012

|url-status=dead

}} On 19 January 2010 he agreed to leave Forest by mutual consent.{{cite news

|url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10308~1936645,00.html

|title=Quartet Leave City Ground

|date=19 January 2010

|publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C.

|work=nottinghamforest.co.uk

|accessdate=10 February 2010

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327092935/http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10308~1936645%2C00.html

|archivedate=27 March 2012

|url-status=dead

}} On 8 February 2010, along with James Reid, he began a one-week trial with Exeter City.{{cite news

|url=http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10436~1959437,00.html

|title=Trialist Duo Training with the Grecians

|date=8 February 2010

|work=exetercityfc.co.uk

|publisher=Exeter City F.C.

|accessdate=10 February 2010

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211142948/http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10436~1959437%2C00.html

|archivedate=11 February 2010

|url-status=dead

}} In November 2010 Heath joined Hereford United on-loan initially for a month but this was later extended until the end of the season. He signed a two-year deal to stay at Hereford in June 2011 following his release from Exeter City.{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hereford_united/9230443.stm|title=Hereford sign Stoke's Matty Lund and Exeter's Joe Heath |date=25 November 2010

|publisher=BBC Sport

|accessdate=26 November 2010}} In the summer of 2013, Heath joined Chester. He spend the 2014–15 season with West Kirby of the West Cheshire Association Football League, scoring as the club secured the Cheshire FA Amateur Cup with a 4–3 victory over Rudheuth Social on 10 April 2015.{{cite web

|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/amateur-sport/corinthian-football-news-match-round-9064553

|title=Corinthian Football News and Match Round Up

|date=17 April 2015

|publisher=Liverpool Echo

|accessdate=2 June 2015}}

Heath then signed for Runcorn Town.http://www.runcorntownfc.co.uk/news2.php?id=1705 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

He later joined Welsh Premier League side Connah's Quay Nomads and signed with the club as a full-time professional.{{Cite web|url=http://www.deeside.com/first-four-professional-player-sign-connahs-quay-nomads/|title = First four players sign professional contracts at Connah's Quay Nomads}}

He then joined Vauxhall Motors, where as well as playing, he was assistant manager gaining two promotions. He also took over as interim manager for a month during the 2023/24 season.https://www.vauxhallmotorsfc.co.uk/app/uploads/2018/06/Squad-Profile.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Heath is now U16 head coach and U18 assistant at Perth Glory in the West of Australia.