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James Philip Gray (born 26 June 1992) is a semi-professional footballer who plays as a striker for Northern Counties East League Premier Division club Frickley Athletic.

James Gray

Gray playing for York City in 2018
Personal information
Full name	James Philip Gray[1]
Date of birth	(1992-06-26) 26 June 1992 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth	Yarm, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Frickley Athletic
Youth career
2007–2011	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Darlington	11	(0)
2012	Kettering Town	9	(0)
2012–2015	Accrington Stanley	68	(13)
2012	→ Vauxhall Motors (loan)	1	(0)
2015	→ Northampton Town (loan)	8	(3)
2015–2016	Wrexham	27	(7)
2016	Southport	13	(2)
2016–2017	Glenavon	16	(3)
2017	Torquay United	13	(2)
2017	→ York City (loan)	3	(0)
2017–2018	York City	15	(1)
2018	→ Tamworth (loan)	5	(0)
2018–	Frickley Athletic	0	(0)
National team
	Northern Ireland U16	5	(1)
	Northern Ireland U17	5	(1)
	Northern Ireland U19	17	(8)
2012–2014	Northern Ireland U21	11	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:49, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

A former Middlesbrough youth player, he began his career with Darlington in the 2011–12 season. He moved on to Kettering Town in March 2012, before transferring to Accrington Stanley four months later.

He has represented Northern Ireland at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.

Early and personal life

Gray was born in Yarm, North Yorkshire,[1] and is the son of former footballer Phil.[3] Gray was arrested on 29 October 2015 and charged with drink-driving whilst on the way to training at Wrexham.[4] He was charged at Chester Magistrates Court on 20 November 2015.[4] His story was featured in an episode of Channel 4 series 999: What's Your Emergency?.[4]

Club career

Gray started his career in the youth system at Middlesbrough in 2007,[5] before being released in May 2011 at the end of his three-year apprenticeship.[6] He signed for Conference Premier club Darlington in October 2011 on non-contract terms.[7] He left the club by mutual consent in January 2012.[8] He moved from one crisis club to another, signing for Kettering Town in March 2012 on non-contract terms.[9]

Gray signed a one-year contract with League Two club Accrington Stanley in August 2012, following a successful trial spell.[10] He made a scoring debut at the Crown Ground on 21 August, replacing Pádraig Amond on 82 minutes; he scored a stoppage time goal to secure a 2–0 win over Port Vale.[11]

On 6 March 2015, he joined Accrington's League Two rivals Northampton Town on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season.[12]

On 20 October 2017, Gray joined National League North club York City on a 28-day loan.[13] He signed for York permanently on 7 November 2017 on a contract until the end of 2017–18.[14] Gray joined York's divisional rivals Tamworth on 16 February 2018 on a one-month loan.[15] He made his debut the following day as a 55th-minute substitute in a 2–2 draw at home to A.F.C. Telford United.[16] Gray finished the loan with five appearances.[16] He scored one goal from 20 appearances[16][17] as York finished 2017–18 in 11th place in the table.[18] He was released at the end of the season.[19]

Gray signed for Northern Premier League Division One East club Frickley Athletic on 17 May 2018.[20]

International career

Gray has been capped by Northern Ireland at under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels.[21] He scored on his debut for the under-21 team, in a 3–2 defeat to Hungary on 15 August 2012.[22] Gray made 11 appearances for the under-21s from 2012 to 2014, scoring twice.[23]

Career statistics

As of 17 May 2018

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Darlington	2011–12[16]	Conference Premier	11	0	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	13	0
Kettering Town	2011–12[16]	Conference Premier	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
Accrington Stanley	2012–13[24]	League Two	16	2	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	18	2
	2013–14[25]	League Two	35	7	1	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	38	7
	2014–15[26]	League Two	17	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	20	5
	Total		68	13	4	0	2	1	2	0	76	14
Vauxhall Motors (loan)	2012–13[16]	Conference North	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Northampton Town (loan)	2014–15[26]	League Two	8	3	—		—		—		8	3
Wrexham	2015–16[16]	National League	27	7	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	30	7
Southport	2016–17[16]	National League	13	2	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	15	2
Glenavon	2016–17[16]	NIFL Premiership	16	3	3	1	—		—		19	4
Torquay United	2017–18[16]	National League	13	2	0	0	—		—		13	2
York City	2017–18[16][17]	National League North	18	1	—		—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	20	1
Tamworth (loan)	2017–18[16]	National League North	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Frickley Athletic	2018–19[27]	Northern Premier League Division One East	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Career total			189	31	10	1	2	1	8	0	209	33

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Gray (footballer).

• James Gray profile at the Frickley Athletic F.C. website
• James Gray profile at the Irish Football Association website
• James Gray – UEFA competition record (archive)
• James Gray at Soccerbase

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