Joe Heath

Joe Heath
Personal information
Full name Joseph Heath[1]
Date of birth (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dianella White Eagles S.C
Youth career
Manchester United
0000–2005 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Nottingham Forest 10 (0)
2009–2010 → Lincoln City (loan) 4 (0)
2010–2011 Exeter City 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Hereford United (loan) 26 (0)
2011–2013 Hereford United 37 (0)
2013–2014 Chester 23 (1)
2014–2015 West Kirby ? (?)
2016–2017 Runcorn Town 38 (0)
2017–2019 Connah's Quay Nomads 15 (0)
2019– Vauxhall Motors
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:39, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Joseph Heath (born 4 October 1988) is an English footballer who plays for Vauxhall Motors. A defender, Heath plays primarily as a left back.

Despite being a Liverpool fan,[2] Heath was signed by Manchester United as a schoolboy. After being released by United, he signed for Nottingham Forest.

Heath made his full first team debut in August 2008 in a 4–0 League Cup win against Morecambe. He made his Championship debut in a 2–1 defeat to Burnley at the City Ground. In total, Heath made 12 first team appearances during the 2008–2009 season.[3]

On 26 June 2009, Heath signed for Lincoln City on an initial six-month loan deal.[4] However, the need for a hernia operation[5] restricted Heath to just five league and cup appearances for the club before he returned to the City Ground on the completion of his loan.[6] On 19 January 2010 he agreed to leave Forest by mutual consent.[7] On 8 February 2010, along with James Reid, he began a one-week trial with Exeter City.[8] In November 2010 Heath joined Hereford United on-loan initially for a month but this was later extended until the end of the season. He signed a two-year deal to stay at Hereford in June 2011 following his release from Exeter City.[9] In the summer of 2013, Heath joined Chester. He spend the 2014–15 season with West Kirby of the West Cheshire Association Football League, scoring as the club secured the Cheshire FA Amateur Cup with a 4–3 victory over Rudheuth Social on 10 April 2015.[10]

Heath then signed for Runcorn Town.[11]

He later joined Welsh Premier League side Connah's Quay Nomads and signed with the club as a full-time professional.[12]

He then joined Vauxhall Motors, where as well as playing, he was assistant manager gaining two promotions. He also took over as interim manager for a month during the 2023/24 season.[13]

Heath is now U16 head coach and U18 assistant at Perth Glory in the West of Australia.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ "Joe Heath". nottinghamforest.co.uk. Nottingham Forest F.C. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Games played by Joe Heath in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Forest Full-Back Joins on Loan". redimps.co.uk. Lincoln City F.C. 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Injury Update With Michael Wait". redimps.co.uk. Lincoln City F.C. 16 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Loanees Return". redimps.co.uk. Lincoln City F.C. 4 January 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Quartet Leave City Ground". nottinghamforest.co.uk. Nottingham Forest F.C. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Trialist Duo Training with the Grecians". exetercityfc.co.uk. Exeter City F.C. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  9. ^ "Hereford sign Stoke's Matty Lund and Exeter's Joe Heath". BBC Sport. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Corinthian Football News and Match Round Up". Liverpool Echo. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  11. ^ http://www.runcorntownfc.co.uk/news2.php?id=1705 [dead link]
  12. ^ "First four players sign professional contracts at Connah's Quay Nomads".
  13. ^ https://www.vauxhallmotorsfc.co.uk/app/uploads/2018/06/Squad-Profile.pdf [bare URL PDF]