Dominic Michael McHale (born 18 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League North club Gloucester City, on loan from Northern Premier League Premier Division club Radcliffe.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dominic Michael McHale[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 26)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester,[2] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Gloucester City (on loan from Radcliffe) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2014 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Barnsley | 0 | (0) |
| → Northwich Flixton Villa (dual reg) | |||
| 2015 | Ramsbottom United[3] | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | Northwich Victoria | ||
| Northwich Manchester Villa | |||
| 2017 | Achyronas Liopetriou | 10 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Salford City | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Trafford (loan) | ||
| 2018 | → Hyde United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | Southport[4] | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Ashton United | 8 | (1) |
| 2019 | FC United of Manchester | 4 | (1) |
| 2019 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Romford[5] | 2 | (1) |
| 2020 | South Shields[6] | 3 | (1) |
| 2020 | Ashton United[7] | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | AFC Telford United | 34 | (6) |
| 2022 | → Darlington (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Radcliffe[8] | 3 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Matlock Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Gloucester City (loan)[2] | 3 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:02, 30 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
McHale came through the Manchester City Academy before joining Barnsley on an 18-month contract in February 2014 after leaving City by mutual consent.[9]
He joined Northwich Flixton Villa for a spell during the 2014–15 festive season.[10]
He then joined Ramsbottom United in July 2015, having been released by Barnsley.[11] The following month he was sent off for his part in a mass 22-man fight in a match against Buxton.[12] In November he signed for Northwich Victoria,[13] before moving to Northwich Manchester Villa during the 2015–16 festive period.[14]
At the beginning of the 2016–17 season he appeared at least once for AFC Fylde's reserve team.[15] He also played for Achyronas Liopetriou during the 2016–17 Cypriot Third Division season.[16]
After playing on trial for Salford City he signed for the club in August 2017 and made his debut as a late substitute in a league match against Stockport County on 15 August.[17] In February 2018 he joined Trafford on loan,[18] before the following month moving, again on loan, to Hyde United,[19] for whom he played six league matches.[20]
After leaving Salford he joined Ashton United in August 2018.[21] In March 2019 he joined FC United of Manchester,[22] and left the following month.[23]
On 30 August 2019 he joined League Two team Oldham Athletic having trained with them over the summer period.[24] He made one brief appearance in the Football League, as a very late substitute in a 2–2 draw away to Plymouth Argyle on 7 September,[2] and after three months, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[25] He joined Romford,[26] but left again in January 2020.[27]
In March 2020 he rejoined Ashton United,[28] and later that year signed for National League North club AFC Telford United.[29]
On 25 March 2022, McHale joined another National League North club, Darlington, on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[30] McHale was released by AFC Telford United in June 2022.[31] He signed for Radcliffe of the Northern Premier League Premier Division ahead of the 2022–23 season,[32] and played three times before signing on loan for divisional rivals Matlock Town in September 2022.[33] After a month, during which he made five league appearances,[34] McHale returned to the National League North on a one-month loan at Gloucester City.[35] He scored twice on debut as his new side beat Farsley Celtic 5–1.[36]
| Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2014–15[37] | Barnsley | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||