George Sykes (footballer)

George Sykes
Personal information
Full name George Robert James Sykes[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-14) 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
0000–2012 Barnet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Barnet 7 (0)
2013Bishop's Stortford (loan) 12 (2)
2014Farnborough (loan) 8 (1)
2014St Albans City (loan) 7 (2)
2014–2015Bishop's Stortford (loan) 14 (1)
2015Canvey Island (loan) 19 (8)
2015–2016 Dartford 25 (1)
2015Canvey Island (loan) 4 (1)
2016– Canvey Island 17 (7)

* 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 statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barnet 2012–13[16] League Two 3000000030
2013–14[17] Conference Premier 401[lower-alpha 1]151
2014–15[17] Conference Premier 000[lower-alpha 1]000
Total 7000001181
Bishop's Stortford (loan) 2013–14[18] Conference South 12210132
Farnborough (loan) 2013–14[18] Conference South 8181
St Albans City (loan) 2013–14[18] Southern League Premier Division 722[lower-alpha 2]092
Bishop's Stortford (loan) 2014–15[19] Conference South 141201[lower-alpha 1]0171
Canvey Island (loan) 2014–15[20] Isthmian League Premier Division 198198
Dartford 2015–16[21] National League South 251100000261
Total 251100000261
Canvey Island (loan) 2015–16[20] Isthmian League Premier Division 4141
Canvey Island 2016–17[22] Isthmian League Premier Division 177310000208
Total 177310000208
Career total 1132371004112425
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. Appearances in Southern League Premier Division play-offs

Honours

St Albans City

References

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