Shea Gordon (footballer)

Shea Martin Gordon (born 16 May 1998) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle. He has previously played for Sheffield United and Motherwell and on loan for Stalybridge Celtic.

Shea Gordon
Personal information
Full name Shea Martin Gordon[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-16) 16 May 1998
Place of birth Derryloughan, Northern Ireland
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Partick Thistle
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2014 Dungannon Swifts
2014–2016 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Sheffield United 0 (0)
2016 → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2019 Motherwell 4 (0)
2018–2019 → Partick Thistle (loan) 9 (2)
2019– Partick Thistle 16 (4)
National team
2014–2015 Northern Ireland U17 6 (0)
2015–2016 Northern Ireland U19 8 (0)
2017– Northern Ireland U21 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:41, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Sheffield United

Gordon began his career with Sheffield United, signing his first professional contract in May 2016.[2]

On 21 September 2016, Gordon joined Stalybridge Celtic on a one-month loan.[3]

Motherwell

On 31 January 2017, Gordon signed for Motherwell, joining up with their U20's team.[4] He went on to make his debut for Motherwell on 5 April 2017, in a 0–0 home draw against rivals Hamilton Academical.[5]

Partick Thistle (loan)

In early July 2018, Gordon joined Partick Thistle on a season-long loan.[6] He scored two goals within the first six minutes of his Thistle debut in a 2–0 win over Stenhousemuir in the Scottish League Cup.[7] Gordon suffered an injury in a League Cup match against Celtic in August which kept him out for most of the season.[8] He made his return for Thistle after being out injured for 8 months in a 3–0 win over Greenock Morton in March.[9] Gordon scored his first league goal for the Jags in a 1–0 win away to Ayr United on 23 April.

Partick Thistle

On 15 May 2019, Gordon joined Partick Thistle on a permanent basis, with the move to be completed in July, signing a two-year contract.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 July 2019[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheffield United 2016–17 League One 0000000000
Stalybridge Celtic (loan) 2016–17 National League North 2000—0020
Motherwell 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 400000—40
2017–18 Scottish Premiership 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2018–19[12] Scottish Premiership 000000—00
Total 4000001050
Partick Thistle (loan) 2018–19[12] Scottish Championship 92005200144
Partick Thistle 2019–20[13] Scottish Championship 0000430043
Career total 152009510257
  1. Appearance for Motherwell under-20s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs

References
  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17". English Football League. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "Professional deals for youngsters". Sheffield United F.C. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. "Development loan round-up". Sheffield United F.C. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. "Two join the under 20s squad". Motherwell F.C. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. "Motherwell 0-0 Hamilton Accies". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. "LOAN NEWS: Shea Gordon joins Thistle on loan". Partick Thistle F.C. 2 July 2018.
  7. "Scottish League Cup: Lawrence Shankland hits hat-trick as Ayr beat Morton". BBC Sport. 14 July 2018.
  8. "Partick Thistle v Celtic – 18th August 2018". Partick Thistle F.C. 18 August 2018.
  9. Crawford, Kenny (30 March 2019). "Greenock Morton 0–3 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport.
  10. "Shea Gordon extends Thistle stay". Partick Thistle F.C. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  11. "S.Gordon". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  12. "Games played by Shea Gordon in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  13. "Games played by Shea Gordon in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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