Joe Lolley

Joseph Lolley (born 25 August 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for A-League club Sydney FC. His previous clubs in English football include Huddersfield Town, for whom he appeared in the Premier League, and Nottingham Forest. He has represented his country at England C level and University level.

Joe Lolley

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Lolley
Date of birth	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Redditch, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Sydney FC
Number	10
Youth career
2005–2008	Birmingham City
2008–2011	Bromsgrove Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Littleton
2013–2014	Kidderminster Harriers	21	(9)
2014–2018	Huddersfield Town	80	(9)
2015	→ Scunthorpe United (loan)	6	(0)
2018–2022	Nottingham Forest	159	(24)
2022–	Sydney FC	62	(22)
International career
2013	United Kingdom (universiades)
2013	England C	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024

Club career

Early life and early career

Joseph Lolley^[2] was born on 25 August 1992 in Redditch, Worcestershire.^[3] He was part of Birmingham City's academy until the age of 16.^[4] He then moved to Bromsgrove Rovers, but made his name with Midland Combination side Littleton, scoring 88 goals in 83 games.^[4]

Kidderminster Harriers

In July 2013, following a successful trial, Lolley signed a one-year contract with Conference Premier side Kidderminster Harriers.^[5] After a strong start to the season, Lolley scored his first Harriers goal in his second appearance, a 3–1 win over Chester. Lolley went on to score 9 league goals in 21 league appearances, and also 2 goals in 6 appearances in the FA Cup. Kidderminster won every game that Lolley scored in.^[6] In his last league game for the Harriers, he scored a hat-trick against Salisbury City,^[7] in his last game for the Harriers, he scored the winning goal in a 3–2 FA Cup 3rd Round replay away to Peterborough United. Kidderminster received an offer from Peterborough United, but Lolley rejected the move.^[8]

Huddersfield Town

On 15 January 2014, just one day after scoring the goal that knocked Peterborough out of the FA Cup, Lolley joined Championship side Huddersfield Town for an undisclosed fee.^[9] He made his début as a substitute in the 5–1 defeat by Leeds United at Elland Road on 1 February 2014.^[10] On 3 May 2014, Lolley made his first start for the Terriers where he scored the first goal in the 4–1 victory over Watford in the 46th minute and also claimed two assists which was the last game of the season. On 14 March 2015, Lolley scored his second league goal for Huddersfield in a 1–1 away draw at Birmingham City.^[11] His first home goal for the Terriers was the equalising goal in the 2–2 draw against Blackburn Rovers on 25 April 2015.

On 25 September, Lolley joined Scunthorpe United on an initial one-month loan.^[12] After making 6 appearances on loan for the Iron, he along with his teammate Murray Wallace were recalled on 1 November.

Nottingham Forest

On 31 January 2018, Lolley signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee. He was one of six additions to the Forest squad on deadline day.^[13] He scored his first goal for Forest in a 5–2 win at QPR on 24 February 2018.^[14]

On 3 May 2019 he was crowned Nottingham Forest's Player of the Season for the 2018–19 season.^[15] He also won Forest's Goal of the Season award for a long range strike against his boyhood club Aston Villa in a thrilling match that would finish 5-5.^[16] He also provided four assists in this game.^[17]

In August 2022, Lolley was training with the club's U23 side and was looking for a move away from the club.^[18]

Sydney FC

On 15 August 2022, it was announced that Lolley had signed a two-year deal with A–League side Sydney FC. Taking on the number 10 jersey, Lolley scored his first goal against Western United in a 3–1 away win.^[19] Lolley finished his first season in Australia with six goals and five assists as Sydney reached the finals. After finding the net 13 times in his first 18 months of his 24 month contract with Sydney, he signed a 2-year extension with the club in January 2024.^[20]

International career

As an England and Great Britain International, Lolley has represented his country at both University Level and semi-professional level. In the summer of 2013 he was selected by the Great Britain University team to play at the 2013 World University Games in Russia where GB went on to reach the final winning the silver medal.^[21][22] He then made his debut for the England C team in a 2–2 friendly match with the Czech Republic U21s in November 2013 during his time at Kidderminster.^[23][24]

Personal life

Lolley studied Sports Coaching at the University of Central Lancashire.^[25]

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Lolley is also a dog lover. He visited the Soi Dog Foundation in Thailand in June 2019, and also has his own black Labrador named Bear.^[26]

Career statistics

As of 8 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kidderminster Harriers	2013–14[6]	Conference Premier	21	9	6	2	—		1[c]	0	28	11
Huddersfield Town	2013–14[27]	Championship	6	1	—		—		—		6	1
	2014–15[28]	Championship	17	2	1	0	1	1	—		19	3
	2015–16[29]	Championship	32	4	2	0	0	0	—		34	4
	2016–17[30]	Championship	19	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	1
	2017–18[31]	Premier League	6	1	2	0	2	1	—		10	2
	Total		80	9	8	0	3	2	0	0	91	11
Scunthorpe United (loan)	2015–16[29]	League One	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
Nottingham Forest	2017–18[31]	Championship	16	3	—		—		—		16	3
	2018–19[32]	Championship	46	11	1	0	4	1	—		51	12
	2019–20[33]	Championship	42	9	0	0	2	1	—		44	10
	2020–21[34]	Championship	28	1	2	0	0	0	—		30	1
	2021–22[35]	Championship	27	0	1	0	0	0	2[d]	0	30	0
	Total		159	24	4	0	6	2	2	0	171	26
Sydney FC	2022–23[6]	A-League Men	27	6	1	0	—		—		28	6
	2023–24[6]	A-League Men	28	12	5	1	—		—		33	13
	Total		55	18	6	1	—		—		61	19
Career total			321	60	24	3	9	4	3	0	357	67

1. Includes FA Cup, Australia Cup
2. Includes Football League Cup/EFL Cup
3. Appearance in FA Trophy
4. Appearances in EFL Championship play-offs

Honours

Nottingham Forest

• EFL Championship play-offs: 2022^[36]

Huddersfield Town

• EFL Championship play-offs 2017

Sydney FC

• Australia Cup: 2023^[37]

Individual

• Nottingham Forest Player of the Season 2018–19^[38]
• Nottingham Forest Goal of the Season 2018–19^[39]
• Mark Viduka Medal: 2023^[37]
• PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2023–24^[40]

References

1. "Joe Lolley: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
2. "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
3. "Joe Lolley". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
4. Threlfall-Sykes, David (15 January 2014). "Lolley joins the Terriers". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
5. "Kidderminster Harriers: Joe Lolley moves to Aggborough". BBC Sport. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
6. "J. Lolley: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
7. Ged Scott. "BBC Sport – Kidderminster Harriers 3–0 Salisbury City". BBC Sport.
8. "Transfer window: Peterborough frustrated over Hogan & Lolley". BBC Sport. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
9. "Transfer window: Joe Lolley joins Huddersfield from Kidderminster". BBC Sport. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
10. Thomson, Doug (3 February 2014). "Debut performance of Joe Lolley at least provides one plus for Huddersfield Town manager Mark Robins after mauling by Leeds United". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
11. "Birmingham City 1-1 Huddersfield Town". BBC Sport.
12. "Iron Make Lolley Loan Move". Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
13. "Nottingham Forest FC".
14. "QPR 2-5 Nottm Forest". BBC Sport. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
15. "Lolley crowned Player of the Season". Nottingham Forest. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
16. "Joe Lolley wins Goal of the Season award". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
17. "Abraham scores four as Villa & Forest draw". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
18. "Joe Lolley poised to complete Nottingham Forest transfer exit". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
19. "Sydney FC Sign Joe Lolley". Sydney FC. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
20. Dodd, James. "'I love being here' – Sydney FC star pens new two-year deal to remain in Sky Blue". A-Leagues. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
21. "From university to the Championship: Huddersfield sign FA Cup hero Joe Lolley – 'this kid from uni who played like Messi'". The Independent. 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022.
22. "Hot-shot Joe off to the World University Games". Redditch Advertiser.
23. KHFC. "LATE LEVELLER FOR ENGLAND C". harriers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
24. The Football Association. "England C manager Paul Fairclough selects his squad to face Czech Republic at Woking – England – The FA". thefa.com.
25. "News".
26. James, Stuart. "Joe Lolley interview: 'You just get to a point where you don't really want to… play'". The Athletic. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
27. "Games played by Joe Lolley in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
28. "Games played by Joe Lolley in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
29. "Games played by Joe Lolley in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
30. "Games played by Joe Lolley in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
31. "Games played by Joe Lolley in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
32. "Games played by Joe Lolley in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
33. "Games played by Joe Lolley in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
34. "Games played by Joe Lolley in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
35. "Games played by Joe Lolley in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
36. "Huddersfield Town 0–1 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
37. Clarke, George (7 October 2023). "Sydney FC beat Brisbane Roar 3–1 to win Australia Cup". The Singleton Argus. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
38. "Lolley crowned Player of the Season". Nottingham Forest Football Club. 3 May 2019.
39. "Joe Lolley wins Goal of the Season award". Nottingham Forest Football Club. 18 May 2019.
40. Rollo, Phillip (16 May 2024). "Wellington Phoenix dominate PFA A-League Men team of the season". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

External links

• Joe Lolley at Soccerbase