Lloyd Isgrove
{{Short description|Footballer (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lloyd Isgrove
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Lloyd Jeffrey Isgrove{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/11452001.Saints_submit_squad_list/ |title=Southampton submit their squad list to the Premier League |newspaper=Daily Echo |location=Southampton |access-date=27 January 2019 |date=4 September 2014}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|1|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Yeovil, England
| position = Winger
| currentclub = Hume City
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2002–2012
| youthclubs1 = Southampton
| years1 = 2012–2017
| clubs1 = Southampton
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = → Peterborough United (loan)
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2015–2016
| clubs4 = → Barnsley (loan)
| caps4 = 27
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2017–2019
| clubs5 = Barnsley
| caps5 = 18
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2019
| clubs6 = → Portsmouth (loan)
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2019–2020
| clubs7 = Swindon Town
| caps7 = 29
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2020–2023
| clubs8 = Bolton Wanderers
| caps8 = 53
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2023
| clubs9 = Sholing
| caps9 = 9
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2024–
| clubs10 = Hume City
| caps10 = 35
| goals10 = 19
| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam1 = Wales U21
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2016
| nationalteam2 = Wales
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 13:34, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 21:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
}}
Lloyd Jeffrey Isgrove (born 12 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays for National Premier Leagues Victoria club Hume City.
Isgrove plays primarily as a winger, but he is also comfortable playing in other midfield positions and as a forward. He has one cap for Wales.
Club career
=Southampton=
Isgrove was a member of Southampton's academy system; his first inclusion in the Southampton's first team came on 30 October 2012 in the fourth round of the 2012–13 League Cup against Leeds United, for which he was included on the bench.{{cite web |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/leeds-utd-vs-saints-teamsheets-456728.aspx |title=Leeds Utd vs Saints: Teamsheets |publisher=Southampton F.C. |date=30 October 2012 |access-date=31 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815173653/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/leeds-utd-vs-saints-teamsheets-456728.aspx |archive-date=15 August 2016 |url-status=dead }} The midfielder came on as a substitute for winger Steve De Ridder in the 66th minute, seeing out the remainder of the 3–0 defeat.{{cite web |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/leeds-utd-3-0-saints-report-456821.aspx?pageView=full#anchored |title=Leeds Utd 3–0 Saints: Report |publisher=Southampton F.C. |date=30 October 2012 |access-date=31 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225085218/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/leeds-utd-3-0-saints-report-456821.aspx?pageView=full#anchored |archive-date=25 February 2014}} He made his first start for the club the following August in a 5–1 victory against Barnsley in the League Cup second round, setting up the opening goal.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23763998 |title=Barnsley 1–5 Southampton |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 August 2013 |access-date=28 August 2013}}
Isgrove made his league debut for Southampton in the first game of the 2014–15 season, playing the last 8 minutes of a 2–1 loss at Liverpool in place of Steven Davis.{{cite news|last1=Ornstein|first1=David|title=Liverpool 2–1 Southampton|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28730043|access-date=8 November 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 August 2014}}
On 17 March 2015, Southampton confirmed that Isgrove had signed a two-year contract extension until 2017.{{cite news|last1=Wright|first1=David |title=Confirmed Southampton ace Lloyd Isgrove signs two-year extension|url=http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/564536/CONFIRMED-Southampton-Lloyd-Isgrove|newspaper=Daily Express|access-date=17 March 2015|date=17 March 2015}} He was released by Southampton at the end of the 2016–17 season.{{cite web|title=Saints release four players|url=https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-05-25/southampton-2017-retained-list-players-released|publisher=Southampton F.C.|access-date=26 May 2017|date=25 May 2017}}
==Peterborough United (loan)==
On 13 March 2014, Isgrove joined League One club Peterborough United on a one-month loan,{{Cite web |title=Posh Sign A Saint |url=https://www.theposh.com/news/2014/march/posh-sign-a-saint/ |first=Phil |last=Adlam |publisher=Peterborough United F.C. |date=13 March 2014 |access-date=27 January 2019}}{{cite news |title=Southampton's Lloyd Isgrove joins Peterborough United|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26563070|publisher=BBC Sport|date=13 March 2014|access-date=22 March 2014}} subsequently extended to the end of the season.
Isgrove also played in the 2014 Football League Trophy Final, which Peterborough won 3–1 against Chesterfield on 30 March 2014 at Wembley Stadium. Isgrove returned to Southampton after his loan with Peterborough ended.
==Sheffield Wednesday (loan)==
On 18 March 2015, Isgrove signed an emergency loan deal with Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the season. Isgrove made eight appearances for Sheffield Wednesday, before he returned to Southampton.
==Barnsley (loan)==
On 24 October 2015, Isgrove completed a loan move to League One club Barnsley where he stayed until the end of the season.{{cite web|title=Reds Land Lloyd Isgrove on Loan|url=https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/2015/october/reds-land-lloyd-isgrove-on-loan/|access-date=24 October 2015|publisher=Barnsley F.C.|date=27 January 2019}} He helped Barnsley win the Football League Trophy, beating Oxford United of League Two 3–2 in the final at Wembley.
Isgrove returned to Wembley for the play-off final in May. He scored his first goal for the club after 74 minutes as Barnsley beat Millwall 3–1 to gain promotion to the Championship. He returned to Southampton at the end of the season, when his loan ended.
=Barnsley=
After Southampton released Isgrove at the end of the 2016–17 season, he signed a three-year contract with Championship club Barnsley.{{cite web|url=https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/2017/july/announce-isgrove/ |title=Lloyd Isgrove signs for Barnsley |date=2 July 2017 |publisher=Barnsley F.C. |access-date=2 July 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40475257|title= Lloyd Isgrove: Barnsley sign winger after Southampton release|date=2 July 2017 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=27 January 2019}}
On 30 January 2019, Isgrove signed for League One Portsmouth on a loan deal until the end of the 2018–19 season{{cite web |title=Lloyd Isgrove: Portsmouth sign Barnsley winger on loan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47057224 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=14 March 2019 |date=30 January 2019}}
He was released by Barnsley at the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48313554|title=Adam Davies & Ryan Hedges: Barnsley offer Wales duo new deals|date=17 May 2019|access-date=20 May 2019|publisher=BBC Sport}}
=Swindon Town=
On 30 July 2019, Isgrove joined League Two side Swindon Town on a one-year deal following a successful trial.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49168778|title=Lloyd Isgrove: Swindon sign former Barnsley winger|publisher=BBC Sport|date=30 July 2019|access-date=30 July 2019}}
=Bolton Wanderers=
On 26 September 2020, Isgrove signed for newly relegated League Two side Bolton Wanderers on a one-year contract, joining former Swindon Teammate Eoin Doyle.{{cite news |title=Wanderers land Welsh winger |url=https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/wanderers-land-welsh-winger/ |access-date=26 September 2020 |publisher=Bolton Wanderers F.C. |date=26 September 2020}} He made his debut the same day, coming on as a 65th minute substitute for Jak Hickman in a 0–2 home defeat against Newport County.[https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/report-bolton-wanderers-0-2-newport-county/ BWFC.co.uk Report: Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Newport County]" On 5 December 2020 he scored his first Bolton goal when he scored Bolton's third goal in a 3–6 defeat against Port Vale.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55111734 BBC Sport: "Bolton Wanderers 3–6 Port Vale] On 26 May 2021, he signed a new two-year contract.[https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2021/may/isgrove-commits-to-new-deal/ BWFC: "Isgrove commits to new two-year deal"] During the 2021–22 season, due to injury to Gethin Jones and poor form by Harry Brockbank, Isgrove played multiple matches as a right-back.[https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19670337.ian-evatt-insists-boltons-lloyd-isgrove-can-become-very-good-right-back/ The Bolton News: "Ian Evatt insists Bolton's Lloyd Isgrove can become 'very good right back'"] He was injured in November 2021, and after returning to fitness in March 2022 he was injured playing for the reserves and missed the rest of the season.[https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/20036061.bolton-wanderers-boss-gives-grim-update-team-ahead-wigan-athletic-clash/ The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers boss gives grim update on team ahead of Wigan Athletic clash"] On 2 April, Bolton won 4–0 against Plymouth Argyle in the 2023 EFL Trophy Final{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65088981|title=Bolton Wanderers 4-0 Plymouth Argyle|work=BBC Sport }} He missed the match through injury, though still received a medal as he had played in the earlier rounds. He continued to struggle with injury during the 2022–23 season, and on 23 May the club confirmed that Isgrove would be leaving at the end of his contract in June.{{cite web|url=https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/wanderers-confirm-retained-list/|title=Wanderers Confirm Retained List|publisher=bwfc.co.uk|date=23 May 2023|accessdate=23 May 2023}}
=Sholing=
Following his release from Bolton, Isgrove joined Southern Football League Premier Division South club Sholing, appearing in a matchday squad for the first time on 26 September 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.sholingfc.co.uk/index.php/first-team/fixtures/30-2023-24-match-reports/743-sholing-2-1-salisbury|title=Sholing 2–1 Salisbury|website=www.sholingfc.co.uk|accessdate=2 October 2023}}
=Hume City=
On 22 September 2023, National Premier Leagues Victoria club Hume City announced the future signing of Isgrove, joining the club for the 2024 season.{{cite tweet|number=1705085608908251576|title=Hume City Football Club is thrilled to announce a game-changing addition to our squad. We've secured the signature of the immensely talented Lloyd Isgrove from Bolton Wanderers! ⚽🔥 Lloyd brings a wealth of experience and flair and we cannot wait for 2024! #ZIGIZAGA {{!}} #NPLMVIC|user=FCHumeCity|author-link=Hume City FC|date=22 September 2023|accessdate=2 October 2023}}
International career
In January 2013 Isgrove was selected for the Wales under-21 squad{{cite news|title=Seven uncapped in Wales U21 squad to face Iceland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21160423|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=19 February 2013|date=23 January 2013}} and made his debut in a 3–0 win against Iceland in a friendly match on 6 February 2013.{{cite web|title=Wales v Iceland Under 21 Match. |url=http://www.faw.org.uk/news/FAW90351.ink |publisher=Football Association of Wales |access-date=19 February 2013 |date=6 February 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204034430/http://www.faw.org.uk/news/FAW90351.ink |archive-date=4 December 2013 }} Injuries saw Isgrove called up to the Welsh senior squad in October 2013, he remained on the bench in a 1–1 draw with Belgium.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24439786|title=Belgium 1-1 Wales|work=BBC Sport }}
He made his senior international debut on 24 March 2016 as a 62nd-minute substitute in a friendly against Northern Ireland, helping Wales to a 1–1 draw.{{cite web|title=Isgrove delighted with senior Wales debut|url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20160325-lloyd-isgrove-wales-debut-northern-ireland-3025807.aspx|publisher=Southampton F.C.|access-date=25 March 2016|date=25 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405135004/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20160325-lloyd-isgrove-wales-debut-northern-ireland-3025807.aspx|archive-date=5 April 2016|url-status=dead}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 21 November 2023}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Season
!rowspan=2|Club !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|FA Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=6|Southampton
|2012–13{{Soccerbase season|68039|2012|access-date=27 January 2019}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14{{Soccerbase season|68039|2013|access-date=27 January 2019}}
| Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15{{Soccerbase season|68039|2014|access-date=27 January 2019}}
| Premier League |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16{{soccerbase season|68039|2015|access-date=27 January 2019}}
| Premier League |0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17{{soccerbase season|68039|2016|access-date=27 January 2019}}
| Premier League |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!1||0||2||0||5||0||0||0||8||0 | ||||||||||
| Peterborough United (loan)
|8 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 3{{efn|Two appearances in League One play-offs, one in Football League Trophy}} | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
|8 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Barnsley (loan)
|League One |27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 7{{efn|Three appearances and one goal in League One play-offs, four appearances in Football League Trophy}} | 1 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Southampton U23
|— |colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|Two appearances and one goal in the EFL Trophy}} | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan=3|Barnsley
|2017–18{{soccerbase season|68039|2017|access-date=27 January 2019}} |Championship |16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19{{soccerbase season|68039|2018|access-date=27 January 2019}}
|League One |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFT|Appearances in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!18||1||1||0||1||0||3||0||23||1 | ||||||||||
| Portsmouth (loan)
|League One |0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Swindon Town
|2019–20{{soccerbase season|68039|2019|access-date=8 July 2020}} |29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EFT}} | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| rowspan=4|Bolton Wanderers
|2020–21{{soccerbase season|68039|2020|access-date=26 April 2021}} | League Two |32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|name=EFT}} | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22{{soccerbase season|68039|2021|access-date=27 September 2022}}
|League One |18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFT}} | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|68039|2022|access-date=27 September 2022}}
|League One |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFT}} | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!53||3||3||0||1||0||7||0||64||3 | ||||||||||
| Sholing
|2023–24{{cite web |title=Lloyd Isgrove Profile |url=https://www.aylesburyunitedarchive.com/player/lloyd-isgrove |website=aylesburyunitedarchive.com |publisher=Aylesbury United F.C. |access-date=16 April 2024 }} |Southern League |9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|name=FAT|Appearance in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| colspan=3|Career total
!153||5||7||0||8||0||25||2||193||7 |
;Notes
{{notelist}}
Honours
Peterborough United
- Football League Trophy: 2013–14{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26703740 |title=Chesterfield 1–3 Peterborough United |first=Ian |last=Woodcock |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2014 |access-date=23 December 2018}}
Barnsley
- Football League One play-offs: 2016{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36352352 |title=Barnsley 3–1 Millwall |first=Rob |last=Stevens |publisher=BBC Sport |date=29 May 2016 |access-date=23 December 2018}}
- Football League Trophy: 2015–16{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35906363 |title=Barnsley 3–2 Oxford United |first=Phil |last=Cartwright |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 April 2016 |access-date=23 December 2018}}
Swindon Town
- EFL League Two: 2019–20{{Cite web |date=9 June 2020 |title=League One & League Two clubs vote to end seasons early |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52705124 |access-date=4 January 2021 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}
Bolton Wanderers
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- [https://websites.mygameday.app/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=210378457&client=0-10178-151198-634000-21697670 Stats] at NPL Victoria
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