Joe Partington

Joseph Michael Partington (born 1 April 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League side Eastleigh. At under-21 level, Partington represented Wales on eight occasions between 2009 and 2012.

Joe Partington
Personal information
Full name Joseph Michael Partington [1]
Date of birth (1990-04-01) 1 April 1990[1]
Place of birth Portsmouth, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Eastleigh
Number 2
Youth career
2001–2006 Portsmouth
2006–2007 Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2015 Bournemouth 52 (2)
2010 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Aldershot Town (loan) 8 (1)
2015 → Eastleigh (loan) 17 (2)
2015–2017 Eastleigh 64 (4)
2017–2019 Bristol Rovers 53 (3)
2019– Eastleigh 7 (0)
National team‡
2006–2007 Wales U17 2 (0)
2007–2008 Wales U19 11 (2)
2009–2012 Wales U21 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:20, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2012

Club career

Born in Portsmouth, Partington joined AFC Bournemouth in June 2006 after being released by Portsmouth. He made his first team debut for Bournemouth on 9 February 2008, against Luton Town.[2] Bournemouth won the game 4–1. Partington came on as a late substitute for Marvin Bartley.

On 5 April, Partington scored his first professional goal. This was a crucial goal at the Liberty Stadium in the 90th minute against top of the league side Swansea City. Moments after, Bournemouth scored another goal from Jo Kuffour to win the game 2–1. The goal scored against Swansea when he was 18 years 4 days old means he is currently the youngest player to score for Bournemouth in their history.[3]

On 7 May, Bournemouth manager Kevin Bond announced he had offered Partington, along with youth team goalkeeper Ryan Pryce and winger Josh McQuoid a professional contract with the club. Partington made his full first team début against Bury on 20 December, scoring Bournemouth's second goal of the game in the 44th minute.

On 29 October 2010, Partington joined Eastbourne Borough of the Conference National on an initial one-month's loan in order to gain some first team experience.

The then Bournemouth manager Lee Bradbury offered Partington a new and improved two-and-a-half year contract on 4 February 2011 which he accepted. This will keep him at the club until the end of the 2012–13 season.

Partington's contract was extended by a further two years in June 2013 by current manager Eddie Howe who has stated that he is keen for Partington to convert to a centre half. To assist him in this on 1 January 2014 he signed for Conference Premier team Aldershot Town on a month's loan after turning down two League clubs who wanted to sign him as a central midfielder.[4] He suffered an injury in a match against Dartford which required an operation to reconstruct his knee and kept him out for ten months.[5][6]

Partington signed for Eastleigh in January 2015, after recovering from a knee injury, on an initial one-month loan, which was extended until the end of the 2014–15 season.

On 4 June 2015, Partington joined Eastleigh on a free transfer on a two-year deal after Bournemouth released him.[7] On 25 July 2016 Eastleigh manager Chris Todd persuaded Partington to sign an extension to his contract that will keep him at the club until July 2018. Partington was also made captain of the first team for the 2016/17 season. This came after the fans of the club and his teammates presented him with all four of the 2015/16 end of season awards.

Bristol Rovers

On 13 January 2017, Partington joined League One side Bristol Rovers for an undisclosed fee, although Eastleigh stated that the fee that they received for Partington was a new club record.[8] He made his debut for the club replacing Mark McChrystal in the second half of a 3-1 defeat to Fleetwood Town.[9]

He was offered a new contract by Bristol Rovers at the end of the 2018–19 season.[10]

Return to Eastleigh

On 13 June 2019, Partington returned to Eastleigh[11] after rejecting a new contract at Bristol Rovers to allow him to focus on a new business, providing fitness camps for footballers in Hampshire.[12]

International career

Partington chose to play for Wales, qualifying through his Welsh mother. He made his debut for the Wales under-19 team in July 2007 against Chile. Aged only 17 years and 4 months he was made captain of the Welsh under-19 team for the game against Turkey in the Milk Cup and has captained his country at this level nine times since.[13] His first Welsh goal came in a 3–1 defeat against Hungary.

On 2 February 2009, Partington was called up to the Wales under-21 squad for the first time by manager Brian Flynn for a friendly against Northern Ireland on 10 February. Because the match was cancelled,[14] he made his under-21 debut on 31 March 2009 against Luxembourg at Llanelli's Parc y Scarlets.[15] Partington captained the Welsh under-21s for the first time on 17 November 2010 in a 1–0 win against Austria.

Career statistics
As of match played 19 September 2017 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
A.F.C. Bournemouth 2007–08[17] League One 6100000061
2008–09[18] League Two 11110001[lower-alpha 1]0131
2009–10[19] 110000000110
2010–11[20] League One 5000000050
2011–12[21] 5000001[lower-alpha 1]060
2012–13[22] 14020101[lower-alpha 1]0180
Bournemouth 522301030592
Eastbourne Borough (loan) 2010–11[20] Conference Premier 4000~~0040
Aldershot Town (loan) 2013–14[23] Conference Premier 8100~~2[lower-alpha 2]0101
Eastleigh (loan) 2014–15[24] Conference Premier 17200~~2[lower-alpha 3]0192
Eastleigh 2015–16[25] National League 43251~~2[lower-alpha 2]0503
2016–17[26] 21240~~00252
Eastleigh 81691~~40947
Bristol Rovers 2016–17[26] League One 7000000070
2017–18[27] 39310201[lower-alpha 4]0433
Bristol Rovers 463102010503
Career total 191121313010021613
  1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. Appearances in the Conference Premier play-offs
  4. Appearance in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J. (ed) (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. "Partington's push for senior start". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 19 January 2008.
  3. "Who is the youngest goalscorer at your club?". The Telegraph. 12 December 2016.
  4. "Aldershot: Bournemouth's Joe Partington joins on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. Tervet, Steve (25 February 2014). "Dartford 1 Aldershot Town 1". Kent Online. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  6. "The McNamara Interviews with Joe Partington". Eastleigh F.C. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  7. "Joe Partington: Eastleigh sign AFC Bournemouth defender". BBC Sport. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  8. "Joe Partington: Bristol Rovers sign Eastleigh captain". BBC Sport. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  9. "Fleetwood Town 3-1 Bristol Rovers - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  10. "Bristol Rovers: Chris Lines heads list of nine players to leave League One club". BBC Sport. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  11. "NEW SIGNING Partington returns". www.eastleighfc.com. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  12. "Why Joe Partington has switched Bristol Rovers for a return to non-league". Bristol Post. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  13. "Partington targeting Welsh dream". BBC Sport. 15 January 2009.
  14. "U21 match NI V Wales – cancelled". Irish Football Association. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  15. "Wales U21 5, Luxembourg U21 1". Wales Online. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  16. Joe Partington at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  17. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  18. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  19. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  20. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  21. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  22. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  23. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  24. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  25. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  26. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  27. "Games played by Joe Partington in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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