Adam Coombes

Adam Coombes
Personal information
Full name Adam Julian Coombes
Date of birth (1991-06-19) 19 June 1991
Place of birth Carshalton, England
Height 1.854 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Welling United
(on loan from Billericay Town)
Youth career
0000–2006 Sutton United
2006–2010 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Chelsea 0 (0)
2010 → Yeovil Town (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 Notts County 6 (1)
2016 Bromley 15 (1)
2016–2017 Welling United 24 (20)
2017–2018 Sutton United 26 (2)
2017 → Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) 3 (3)
2018 Welling United 9 (4)
2018– Billericay Town 8 (1)
2018– → Welling United (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2007 England U16 2 (0)
2007 England U17 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Adam Julian Coombes (born 19 June 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Welling United on loan from Billericay Town as a forward.

Club career

Coombes was scouted by Chelsea while playing in the Non League for Sutton United and being offered a chance to join the Chelsea Academy. His progress continued and he was offered a two-year scholarship from the start of the 2007–08 season.

The 2011–12 season started with good form shown and a reserve team goal scored in the opening month but then the highly unfortunate run of injuries continued. In August 2011, Coombes suffered a knee injury, being sidelined for six to nine months.[1]

In January 2012 Coombes signed a 12-month extension to a contract that had six months to run, and returned from injury towards the end of the season to make three substitute appearances. He was released by Chelsea with 6 months still remaining on his contract in January 2013 to give him a better chance in finding a club before those released in the summer.[2]

On 15 November 2010, Coombes was loaned out to Football League One club Yeovil Town on a month's youth loan,[3] and made his debut five days later, in a 2–3 away defeat against Charlton Athletic.[4] He made three substitute appearances before returning to Chelsea.

On 1 August 2013 Coombes signed for Notts County.[5] On 27 August 2013, he scored the equalizing goal with his first touch after coming on as a substitute against Liverpool in a 4–2 defeat at Anfield in the League Cup.[6]

On 22 January 2016, it was announced that Coombes had signed for National League side Bromley.[7] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 defeat away to Gateshead on 23 April. He was released by the club at the end of the season.

On 25 August, it was announced that Coombes had signed for Welling United, linking up with Mark Goldberg, whom he worked under at Bromley. Coombes proved prolific in the first half of the 2016-17 season for Welling. Between August and 1 January 2017 he scored 29 goals in 24 matches in all competitions, including a rare double hat-trick in a 7-1 FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round victory over Swindon Supermarine on 1 October 2016. The double hat-trick equaled Welling's 'most goals in a match' club record set in 1985 by John Bartley.

Coombes continued prolific goal-scoring form into 2017, and left Welling for Sutton United on 22 February 2017 with a 0.83 goals ratio (a goal every 103 minutes) from 20 League matches for the Wings.[8]

On 24 February 2017, Coombes returned to boyhood club Sutton United after impressing at Welling United.[9] On 25 February, Coombes made his debut for Sutton in a 3-2 victory against Torquay United at Plainmoor.[10] On 28 February, Coombes made his first home appearance in a 1-0 victory over Boreham Wood, assisting the game's only goal for Maxime Biamou.[11] Coombes scored his first goals for Sutton on 22 April, a brace in a 5-2 home win over Chester.[12]

On 10 March 2018, it was announced that Coombes had re-signed for Welling United[13], in a deal to run until 2020, which would see Coombes link up with Welling United Chairman Mark Goldberg for the third time, having previously worked under Goldberg at Bromley and Welling United.

On 23 July 2018, Coombes made the switch to newly-promoted, Billericay Town for an undisclosed fee.[14] Following just eight league appearances and one goal, Coombes returned to Welling United on a one-month loan in September 2018.[15]

Personal life

He was previously known as Adam Phillip, but officially changed his surname in July 2012 to adopt the use of his mother's maiden name.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 September 2018.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Yeovil Town (loan) 2010–11[17] League One 3000000030
Notts County 2013–14[17] League One 6000111[lower-alpha 1]081
Bromley 2015–16[17] National League 15100—00151
Welling United 2016–17[18] National League South 242037—4[lower-alpha 2]33130
Sutton United 2016–17[17] National League 132———132
2017–18[17] National League 13010—2[lower-alpha 2]1161
Total 26210—21293
Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) 2017–18[17] National League South 33———33
Welling United 2017–18[19] National League South 94———94
Billericay Town 2018–19[17] National League South 8110—0091
Welling United (loan) 2018–19[17] National League South 00——0000
Career total 943147117410643
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Injury Strikes Again For Phillip". TheChels. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "FIVE UNDER-21S RELEASED". chelseafc.com. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Yeovil sign Chelsea striker Adam Phillip on loan deal". BBC Sport. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Charlton 3–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 20 November 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/strike-force-bolstered-ahead-of-opener-960661.aspx
  6. ↑ "Sturridge and Henderson seal it for Rodgers' men against League One side". Daily Mail. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  7. ↑ http://bromleyfc.tv/site/adam-coombes-joins-bromley/
  8. ↑ "National League South Top Scorers - February 2017 (Screenshot)". BBC Sport. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Adam Coombes: Sutton United sign prolific Welling striker". BBC Sport. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Torquay United 2-3 Sutton United". BBC Sport. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Sutton United 1-0 Boreham Wood". BBC Sport. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Sutton United 5-2 Chester". BBC Sport. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Wings bring Adam Coombes back on a 2 year contract". Welling United FC. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Welling United take Ebbsfleet striker Mills on loan as Coombes sold to Billericay". South London News. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "King adds two ahead of Bath City test". Welling United F.C. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "Adam Phillip Becomes Adam Coombes". SB Nation. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "A. Coombes". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Adam Coombes". Welling United Official Site. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "Adam Coombes". Welling United Official Site. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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