George Sykes (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Robert James Sykes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Buckhurst Hill, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Canvey Island | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | Barnet | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Barnet | 7 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2014 | → Farnborough (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2014 | → St Albans City (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Canvey Island (loan) | 19 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | Dartford | 25 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Canvey Island (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2016– | Canvey Island | 17 | (7) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:44, 27 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
George Robert James Sykes (born 14 September 1994) is an English footballer of Scottish ancestry and currently plays for Canvey Island as a striker.
Career
Sykes joined the Barnet youth team as an under-16 and was top scorer in the English U-18 youth system in the 2011-12 season with 24 goals.[2] He made his senior debut at the age of 17 against Bristol Rovers on 21 August 2012.[3] Sykes signed his first professional contract with the Bees in November 2012.[4] He won the League Two Apprentice of the Year award at the Football League Awards in March 2013.[5] On 15 August 2013, he joined Bishop's Stortford on loan.[6]
On his return to Barnet in November, Sykes came on as substitute at home to Cambridge United. With the score at 2-2, Sykes put the ball in the net in injury time after it had dropped from a cloud of smoke caused by a smoke bomb, obscuring the view of the assistant referee, who controversially disallowed the goal, claiming the ball had gone out of play, and Sykes was denied his first goal for Barnet.[7] His first goal for Barnet came on 30 November, when he scored an 89th minute acrobatic winner in an FA Trophy first round tie against Hayes & Yeading United.[8]
Sykes joined Farnborough on loan on 31 January 2014, along with Jon Nurse.[9] On 13 March, he joined St Albans City on loan until the end of the season,[10] and was part of the team that won the Southern Football League Premier Division play-offs.[11]
Sykes re-joined Bishop's Stortford on loan on 22 August 2014 until 1 January.[12] Two weeks after his return from loan, he went out on loan for a fifth time, at Canvey Island.[13]
Sykes joined Dartford on a free transfer in June 2015.[14] After scoring only one goal in the National League South in the entire 2015-16 season, Sykes rejoined Canvey Island for 2016-17.
International career
In September 2012, Sykes was called up by Ricky Sbragia to the Scotland U-19 training camp ahead of qualifying games against Armenia, Romania and Switzerland in October 2012.[15]
Career statistics
- As of match played 26 November 2016.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barnet | 2012–13[16] | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013–14[17] | Conference Premier | 4 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15[17] | Conference Premier | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 2013–14[18] | Conference South | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||
| Farnborough (loan) | 2013–14[18] | Conference South | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| St Albans City (loan) | 2013–14[18] | Southern League Premier Division | 7 | 2 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 2014–15[19] | Conference South | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Canvey Island (loan) | 2014–15[20] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 19 | 8 | — | — | — | 19 | 8 | |||
| Dartford | 2015–16[21] | National League South | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Canvey Island (loan) | 2015–16[20] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Canvey Island | 2016–17[22] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 |
| Total | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 113 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 124 | 25 | ||
Honours
- St Albans City
- Southern Football League Premier Division
- Play-off winners: 2013–14
References
- ↑ "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ Youth Team Profiles
- ↑ Barnet 1 – 1 Bristol Rovers
- ↑ Sykes signs
- ↑ Barnet striker George Sykes named LFE Apprentice of the Year for League 2
- ↑ Sykes and Lowe leave on loan
- ↑ Up in smoke! Barnet have late winner chalked off after ball gets lost in white mist
- ↑ Last minute Sykes goal helps Bees progress
- ↑ Duo join Farnborough on loan
- ↑ Sykes joins on loan
- ↑ Frendo celebrates with a double as Saints secure promotion
- ↑ By George - he's back!
- ↑ New striker joins ahead of Hendon trip
- ↑ More player news - Friday 5 June
- ↑ Scotland summon Sykes
- ↑ "Games played by George Sykes in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- 1 2 "George Sykes - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 "George Sykes - Aylesbury United profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ "George Sykes - Bishop's Stortford profile". Bishop's Stortford F.C. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- 1 2 "George Sykes - Canvey Island profile". Canvey Island F.C. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ "Games played by George Sykes in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Games played by George Sykes in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
