Romal Jordan Palmer (born 30 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Romal Jordan Palmer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Wigan, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Manchester City | ||
| 2016–2018 | Barnsley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Barnsley | 70 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | → Darlington (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Göztepe | 33 | (3) |
| 2024 | → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2025– | St Patrick's Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:49, 2 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Early life
editPalmer was born and raised in Wigan, Greater Manchester.[3][4]
Career
editBarnsley
editAfter a decade with Manchester City's academy, he was released in 2016, and joined Barnsley.[5][6] He signed an 18-month professional contract with Barnsley in January 2017.[7] In July 2018, he signed a one-year contract extension with Barnsley.[6][8] On 21 December 2018, Palmer joined National League North club Darlington on a one-month loan.[9] On 23 January 2019, Palmer's loan at Darlington was extended until the end of the seasons.[10] He made 18 appearances on loan at Darlington.[2] In May 2019, Palmer signed a new contract with Barnsley until summer 2020.[11]
In May 2020, Barnsley announced that Palmer had signed a new two-year contract with the club.[12] Palmer made his debut for Barnsley on 20 June 2020 against Queens Park Rangers in the EFL Championship.[13] He made 3 league appearances during the 2019–20 season.[14] Palmer made a first-team breakthrough during the 2020–21 season, making 36 league appearances.[13][15] He scored his first goal for Barnsley in a 2–1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 28 November 2020.[16] Despite starting his career as an attacking midfielder, Palmer was used mainly as a holding midfielder during the 2020–21 season as Barnsley finished 5th in the Championship, qualifying for the play-offs.[17] He played in both legs of their play-off semi-final defeat to Swansea City.[15]
Barnsley manager Valerien Ismael and Palmer's midfield partner Alex Mowatt both left the club in summer 2021, leaving Palmer as the oldest midfielder in Barnsley's squad.[18][19] He made 33 appearances for Barnsley during the 2021–22 season, scoring once against Millwall, in what the Barnsley Chronicle described as a "very tough campaign" for Palmer.[20][18] Barnsley were relegated to EFL League One after a 24th-place finish in the Championship.[21]
Göztepe
editOn 1 July 2022, Palmer joined TFF First League club Göztepe after seven years at Barnsley.[22][23]
St Patrick's Athletic
edit2024 loan season
editOn 10 February 2024, Palmer signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic on a season long loan.[24] He made his debut for the club on 29 March as a substitute in an away match against Drogheda United.[25] His first start came on 24 May 2024 under newly appointed former Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny, in a 2–2 draw away to Bohemians in which Palmer won the penalty for his side's first goal, before assisting the second goal.[26][27] On 25 July 2024, Palmer made his first European appearance of his career, assisting Jake Mulraney's second goal in a 3–1 win over Vaduz of Liechtenstein in the UEFA Conference League.[28] He scored his first goal for the club in the away leg against Vaduz, scoring an 81st minute equaliser to secure a 2–2 draw at the Rheinpark Stadion, earning a third qualifying round tie with Sabah of Azerbaijan.[29] On 8 August 2024, Palmer scored the only goal of the game to secure a 1–0 win in the first leg against Sabah at Tallaght Stadium.[30][31] On 22 August 2024, he was substituted off in the first half of his sides 0–0 draw with İstanbul Başakşehir in the UEFA Conference League due to a Medial collateral ligament injury that would keep him out of action for 8 weeks, including the following week's second leg.[32][33] On 1 November 2024, Palmer scored in the 90th minute of a 2–0 win over Sligo Rovers as his side won a record equaling 9 league games in a row to secure 3rd position in the table and UEFA Conference League football for the following season.[34]
2025 season
editOn 2 December 2024, Palmer signed for the club on a permanent basis, on a 2 year contract.[35][36]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 1 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barnsley | 2019–20[14] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[15] | Championship | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22[20] | Championship | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 | |||
| Total | 70 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 77 | 2 | |||
| Darlington (loan) | 2018–19[2] | National League North | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| Göztepe | 2022–23[37] | TFF First League | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24[38] | TFF First League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25[2] | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 34 | 3 | |||||
| St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 2024[2] | LOI Premier Division | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 5[d] | 2 | 0[e] | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2025[2] | LOI Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0[d] | 0 | 0[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 140 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 154 | 8 | ||
- ^ Includes FA Cup, Turkish Cup & FAI Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup
- ^ Appearances in 2021 EFL Championship Play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Conference League
- ^ a b Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup
Honours
edit- St Patrick's Athletic
References
edit- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Barnsley" (PDF). English Football League. p. 4. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "R. Palmer: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Romal Palmer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Palmer: 'I sympathise with Wigan but I am a Barnsley footballer'". Barnsley Chronicle. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ Wobschall, Leon (9 September 2021). "Barnsley's Romal Palmer keen to continue his footballing education at Oakwell". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Romal Palmer Extends Contract!". barnsleyfc.co.uk. Barnsley F.C. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Romal Palmer Signs Professional Contract!". barnsleyfc.co.uk. Barnsley F.C. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Flurry of signings for under 23s". Barnsley Chronicle. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ Simpson, Ray (21 December 2018). "Quakers sign Will Smith and Romal Palmer". darlingtonfc.co.uk. Darlington F.C. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Quakers extend Romal Palmer loan deal for remainder of season". The Northern Echo. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "2020 | Romal Palmer". barnsleyfc.co.uk. Barnsley F.C. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Palmer keen to repay Barnsley's 'amazing' faith". Barnsley Chronicle. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ a b Wobschall, Leon (11 November 2020). "Barnsley FC prospect Romal Palmer hoping to build on Oakwell breakthrough". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Games played by Romal Palmer in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Romal Palmer in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Blackburn 2–1 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ O'Kane, Doug (29 May 2021). "A player by player review of Barnsley's 2020/21 season". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ a b O'Kane, Doug (15 May 2022). "A player-by-player review of Barnsley's season". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ O'Kane, Doug (18 February 2022). "'I haven't been the player I wanted to be this season' – Palmer". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Games played by Romal Palmer in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Championship table 2021/22". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Romal Palmer Göztepe'mizde" [Roman Palmer in Göztepe]. goztepe.org.tr (in Turkish). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "ROMAL PALMER DEPARTS OAKWELL". www.barnsleyfc.co.uk. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Welcoming Loan Signing Romal Palmer". www.stpatsfc.com.
- ^ "Drogheda United (0) - St Patrick's Athletic (0)". www.stpatsfc.com. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Fennessy, Paul (25 May 2024). "Ex-Man City youngster impresses Kenny on full League of Ireland debut". The 42.
- ^ "Bohemians strike late to deny Stephen Kenny a first win as St Pat's boss". Irish Independent. 24 May 2024.
- ^ "St Pat's return to form with impressive European win over FC Vaduz". Irish Independent. 25 July 2024.
- ^ Fallon, John (1 August 2024). "St Pat's draw in Vaduz to set up Conference League third round clash". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "Romal Palmer the star as Stephen Kenny's Saints rule the roost in huge Euro win". Irish Independent. 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Manchester City graduate Romal Palmer has found hero status at St Pat's". Irish Independent. 10 August 2024.
- ^ Pyne, Anthony (22 August 2024). "Conference League recap: St Pat's 0-0 Basaksehir" – via www.rte.ie.
- ^ https://www.extratime.com/articles/34546/conference-league-play-off-report-st-patricks-athletic-0---0-istanbul-basaksehir/
- ^ Goulden, David (1 November 2024). "Ninth win in a row for St Pat's as they see off Sligo Rovers". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "Romal Palmer Pens New Two Year Deal". www.stpatsfc.com.
- ^ "Palmer makes permanent switch to St Pat's". 2 December 2024 – via www.rte.ie.
- ^ "Romal Palmer :: Romal Palmer :: Goztepe :: Statistics :: Titles :: History (Timeline) :: Goals Scored :: Fixtures :: Results :: News & Features :: Videos :: Photos :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ^ "Romal Palmer :: Romal Palmer :: Goztepe :: Statistics :: Titles :: History (Timeline) :: Goals Scored :: Fixtures :: Results :: News & Features :: Videos :: Photos :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
External links
edit- Romal Palmer at Soccerway
