Harry McKirdy

Harry McKirdy (born 29 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Carlisle United. McKirdy is a product of the Aston Villa and Stoke City academies. While in Aston Villa's academy he played on loan at English Football League sides Stevenage, Crewe Alexandra and Newport County before moving permanently to Carlisle United in 2019.

Harry McKirdy
Personal information
Full name Harry McKirdy[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997[2]
Place of birth London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Striker / Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2004–2011 Stoke City
2011–2013 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Stevenage (loan) 11 (1)
2018 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 16 (3)
2019 → Newport County (loan) 12 (1)
2019–2020 Carlisle United 28 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Career

McKirdy was born in London[3] and brought up in the Stoke-on-Trent area, where he attended St Joseph's College.[4] He was on the books of Stoke City from the age of seven to fourteen, and then joined Aston Villa's academy. McKirdy signed a scholarship in 2013,[4] and went on to sign a two-year professional contract in 2016.[5]

McKirdy trained with the first team in 2016–17 pre-season,[3] but had played no first-team football by the time that he joined League Two club Stevenage on 31 August 2016, on loan until January 2017.[5] He made his club and Football League debut on 24 September, coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Exeter City.[6] He scored his first goal for Stevenage in an EFL Trophy tie against Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s on 4 October 2016,[7] and scored his first league goal in a 2–1 win for Stevenage at Mansfield Town on 29 October 2016.

In January 2018, he signed for Crewe Alexandra on loan to the end of the season,[8] and scored on his Crewe debut against Wycombe Wanderers on 20 January 2018 after coming on as a second-half substitute.[9]

On 31 January 2019 McKirdy joined Newport County on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[10] He made his debut for Newport on 19 February 2019 as a second-half substitute in the League Two 4–1 win against Notts County.[11] McKirdy scored his first goal for Newport on 13 April 2019 in the 3-0 League Two win against Cambridge United.[12] He was part of the team that reached the League Two playoff final at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 2019, although he was an unused substitute in the final.

In the summer of 2019, it was announced that McKirdy had been released by Aston Villa.[13] He signed for Carlisle United on 11 June 2019.[14]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2016–17[15] Championship 0000000000
2017–18[16] Championship 0000000000
2018–19 Championship 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Stevenage (loan) 2016–17[15] League Two 11110001[lower-alpha 1]1132
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2017–18[16] League Two 163000000163
Newport County (loan) 2018–19 League Two 121000000121
Carlisle United 2019–20 League Two 2855521303811
Career totals 67106521417917
  1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

References
  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. "Harry McKirdy". 11v11. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. Evans, Gregg (1 July 2016). "Aston Villa: Roberto Di Matteo keen on young trio – and promotes them to first-team set-up". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. "Football: St Joe's starlet hoping for a big future in the game with Villa". The Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. "McKirdy pens new deal and joins Stevenage on loan". Aston Villa F.C. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. "Match report: Stevenage 0, Exeter City 2". Stevenage F.C. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. "Stevenage 2-2 Brighton U23: Late McKirdy goal rescues point for Boro in Checkatrade Trophy". hertfordshiremercury.co.uk. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. "Signing: Harry McKirdy Joins On Loan From Aston Villa". CreweAlex.net. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  9. "Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  10. McKirdy joins Newport
  11. McKirdy debut for Newport
  12. [ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47836134 McKirdy scores for Newport]
  13. Evans, Gregg (30 May 2019). "Confirmed: Released Aston Villa man has found himself a new club". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  14. "Harry McKirdy: Carlisle United sign former Aston Villa striker on one-year deal". BBC Football. BBC. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  15. "Games played by Harry McKirdy in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  16. "Games played by Harry McKirdy in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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