Joe Nuttall

Joseph Andre Nuttall (born 27 January 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League club Altrincham on loan from National League side Oldham Athletic. He has previously played for Aberdeen, Stranraer, Dumbarton, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Northampton Town, Scunthorpe United and Cheltenham Town.

Joe Nuttall

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Andre Nuttall[1]
Date of birth	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth	Bury, England
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Altrincham (on loan from Oldham Athletic)
Number	24
Youth career
2013–2015	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Aberdeen	2	(0)
2016–2017	→ Stranraer (loan)	9	(2)
2017	→ Dumbarton (loan)	2	(0)
2017–2019	Blackburn Rovers	28	(4)
2019–2022	Blackpool	27	(2)
2020–2021	→ Northampton Town (loan)	1	(0)
2022	Scunthorpe United	36	(11)
2022–	Oldham Athletic	35	(8)
2024	→ Cheltenham Town (loan)	16	(2)
2024–	→ Altrincham (loan)	14	(1)
International career‡
2023–	England C	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:17, 17 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:55, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Career

Manchester City

Nuttall began his career in the Manchester City academy in 2013.^[3]

Aberdeen

During the summer of 2015, Aberdeen completed the signing of the then-teenage Nuttall on a two-year deal. A product of the City youth academy, he first spent a spell training with the club at the end of the 2014–15 season. He made his debut for the Dons' U-20s against Dundee United on 1 September 2015.^{[citation needed]} He scored his first goal in the Youth Cup win over Fraserburgh at Pittodrie, and later scored against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.^{[citation needed]}

Nuttall made his professional debut for Aberdeen as an 81st-minute substitute in a league match against Heart of Midlothian on 16 May 2016.^[4]

Loan spells

On 10 November 2016, Nuttall moved to Stranraer on a 28-day loan.^[5] He scored on his debut for the club in a 3–2 loss to Albion Rovers and then scored again in a 3–1 win against Stenhousemuir.^[6] On 6 December 2016, Stranraer extended his loan deal until 18 January.^[7] After returning to Aberdeen he joined Dumbarton on 31 March 2017, on an emergency loan until the end of the season.^[8] Nuttall's contract expired in May 2017, resulting in his leaving Aberdeen without making any significant impact in the first team.^[9]

Blackburn Rovers

On 11 July, Nuttall joined Blackburn Rovers on trial, and played in a pre-season Rovers development team game against Darwen; he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 Rovers victory.^[10] The next week he scored two goals for the Rovers development team against Ramsbottom United.^[11] Nuttall made his senior first-team debut coming on as a substitute in the second half of a pre-season game against Morecambe on 21 July 2017.^[12] The next day, Blackburn announced he had signed a 12-month contract with an option for a further 12 months.^[13]

In August 2017, Nuttall made his first-team debut as a substitute and scored the only goal for Blackburn in a 2017–18 EFL Trophy victory against Stoke City U-21s.^[14]

On 31 October, Nuttall made his league debut coming on in the second half against Fleetwood Town and scored again. He also came off the bench in the FA Cup against Barnet and scored, making it three goals in his first four appearances for Rovers.

Premier League 2

After arriving on trial in July, Nuttall went on to contribute 14 goals in 15 appearances and gained two assists. It was after ten goals in seven games midway through October for the development squad that Nuttall was promoted into the first team, before dropping back down into the development squad towards the end of January 2018. On 12 May Nuttall was one of seven players nominated for Premier League 2 Player of the Season. Also on this list were Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, Lukas Nmecha and Harry Wilson. Also, despite his 13 appearances in the Blackburn first team, Nuttall finished as the Premier League 2's second-top goalscorer with 14 goals, behind Lukas Nmecha's 15 strikes.

2017–18 season

In Nuttall's breakthrough season, the striker went on to make 13 appearances for the Blackburn Rovers first-team squad. In that time, Nuttall scored two goals, the first on his debut against Fleetwood in a 2–2 draw and his second coming three weeks later on 21 November in a 4–2 win over Oxford United. He would go on to make ten more appearances and help Blackburn get promoted back to the Championship at the first time of asking. He also scored three more goals in both league and cup competitions.

Blackpool

On 1 August 2019, Nuttall joined Blackpool for an undisclosed fee.^[15] He scored his first goal for Blackpool in an EFL Trophy tie against Morecambe on 3 September 2019 and later scored his first EFL League One goal for Blackpool against Ipswich Town on 23 November 2019.^[16] His second was an injury-time winner, also against Ipswich, at Bloomfield Road on 29 February 2020.^[17]

Northampton Town (loan)

Nuttall joined Northampton Town on a season-long loan deal on 31 August 2020,^[18] but returned to his parent club in October after making only one substitute appearance against Hull City on account of a knee injury.^[19]

Scunthorpe United

On 31 January 2022, Nuttall joined League Two club Scunthorpe United for an undisclosed fee.^[20] Nuttall made his debut for Scunthorpe in the next game, which ended in a 1–0 loss to Oldham Athletic.^[21] He would score his first goal for Scunthorpe on 12 March 2022, in a 3–1 loss to Colchester United.^[22] Nuttall would score his only other goal of the season in a 5–1 loss to Salford City.^[23] Following a 1–1 draw to Hartlepool United,^[24] Nuttall missed an opportunity to score and began swearing at the Scunthorpe fans, before being taken off by manager Keith Hill.^[25] Nuttall later apologised for his actions on Twitter.^[26] Scunthorpe were relegated from League Two, with Nuttall made 16 appearances for Scunthorpe in the 2021–22 season.

Nuttall remained at Scunthorpe for the start of the 2022–23 season. He would go on to score nine goals for Scunthorpe, including braces against Maidenhead United, Solihull Moors and Gateshead.^[27][28][29] Nuttall rejected an offer to move to Oldham in September and October 2022,^[30] but by December, he had made the club aware of his desire to leave.^[31] In his final game for Scunthorpe, Nuttall was given a red card for the first time in his professional career after a late tackle on Wealdstone goalkeeper, Sam Howes.^[32] In total, Nuttall played 36 league games for Scunthorpe, scoring 11 times.

Oldham Athletic

On 9 December 2022, Nuttall joined fellow National League side, Oldham Athletic on a three-year deal.^[33] Nuttall would made his debut and score for Oldham in a 4–1 loss against Notts County.^[34] He would also score in the next game, which was a 2–2 draw to Notts County,^[35] though he would only score one goal in his next three games. Oldham manager, David Unsworth, claimed the lack of goals was due to his "unselfish" nature.^[36] By the end of the season, Nuttall had played 23 times and scored 7 goals.

On 20 June 2024, Nuttall joined fellow National League side Altrincham on a season-long loan deal.^[37]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 November 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Domestic Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	2015–16[38]	Scottish Premiership	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2016–17[39]	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	2[a]	1	2	1
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1
Stranraer (loan)	2016–17[39]	Scottish League One	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
Dumbarton (loan)	2016–17[39]	Scottish Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Blackburn Rovers	2017–18[40]	League One	13	2	3	1	0	0	3[b]	2	19	5
	2018–19[41]	Championship	15	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	18	3
	Total		28	4	4	1	2	1	3	2	37	8
Blackpool	2019–20[42]	League One	27	2	3	0	0	0	3[b]	2	33	4
	2020–21[43]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2021–22[44]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		27	2	3	0	0	0	3	2	33	4
Northampton Town (loan)	2020–21[43]	League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Scunthorpe United	2021–22[44]	League Two	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2
	2022–23[45]	National League	20	9	1	0	—		0	0	21	9
	Total		36	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	11
Oldham Athletic	2022–23[45]	National League	23	7	0	0	0	0	1[c]	0	24	7
	2023–24[45]	National League	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
	2024–25[46]	National League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		35	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	37	8
Cheltenham Town (loan)	2023–24[47]	League One	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2
Altrincham (loan)	2024–25[45]	National League	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
Career total			170	30	10	1	2	1	9	5	191	37

1. Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup with Aberdeen's U20 side.
2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
3. Appearance in FA Trophy

Honours

Aberdeen

• Scottish Premiership runner-up: 2015–16^[45]

Blackburn Rovers

• EFL League One runner-up: 2017–18^[48]

References

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4. Davie, Scott. "Aberdeen 0–1 Heart of Midlothian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
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14. "Rovers v Stoke City u21 team news". rovers.co.uk. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
15. "Nuttall joins Blackpool". Blackburn Rovers Official Site. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
16. "Blackpool 5-1 Morecambe: Seasiders run riot in opening EFL Trophy group game". blackpoolgazette.co.uk. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
17. Blackpool 2–1 Ipswich Town - BBC Sport, 29 February 2020
18. "Joe Nuttall: Northampton Town sign Blackpool striker on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
19. "Joe Nuttall returns to Blackpool from Northampton Town loan spell to recover from knee operation". Blackpool Gazette. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
20. "Joe Nuttall signs for the Iron from Blackpool". www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk. 31 January 2022.
21. "Scunthorpe United 0 1 Oldham Athletic". BBC. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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24. "Scunthorpe United 1 1 Hartlepool United". BBC. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
25. Scrafton, Matt (3 May 2022). "Former Blackpool striker Joe Nuttall issues apology after swearing at Scunthorpe United fans". Blackpool Gazette. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
26. "@nuttall_joe9 on Twitter - To all Iron supporters following my actions during Saturdays game". Twitter. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
27. "Maidenhead United 3 2 Scunthorpe United". BBC. 13 August 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
28. "Scunthorpe United 3 4 Solihull Moors". BBC. 20 August 2022. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
29. "Scunthorpe United 3 1 Gateshead". BBC. 25 October 2022. Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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31. "Joe Nuttall signs for Oldham Athletic". Scunthorpe United. 9 December 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
32. Beaman, Will (26 November 2022). "Report: Wealdstone 3 Scunthorpe 1". Wealdstone FC. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
33. "Nuttall Joins Latics". Oldham Athletic. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
34. "Notts County 4 1 Oldham Athletic". BBC. 26 December 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
35. "Oldham Athletic 2 2 Notts County". BBC. 1 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
36. Geldard, Suzanne (9 March 2023). "Oldham boss Unsworth praises 'unselfish' striker Nuttall". The Oldham Times. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
37. "I'VE BEEN AFTER HIM FOR SEVEN YEARS! PHIL JUBILANT AT LANDING LONG-TERM TARGET JOE NUTTALL". altrinchamfc.com. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
38. "Games played by Joe Nuttall in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
39. "Games played by Joe Nuttall in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
40. "Games played by Joe Nuttall in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
41. "Games played by Joe Nuttall in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
42. "Games played by Joe Nuttall in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
43. "Games played by Joe Nuttall in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
44. "Games played by Joe Nuttall in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
45. Joe Nuttall at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
46. "Games played by Joe Nuttall in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
47. "Games played by Joe Nuttall in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
48. Anderson, John, ed. (2018). Football Yearbook 2018–2019. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-1-4722-6106-9.

External links

• Joe Nuttall at Soccerbase
• Joe Nuttall at Soccerway