 Constable playing for Eastleigh in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Ashley Constable[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1984[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Malmesbury, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Banbury United (player-assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cirencester Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2003 | Cirencester Town | ||
| 2003–2006 | Chippenham Town | 66 | (29) |
| 2005–2006 | → Walsall (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Walsall | 17 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | Kidderminster Harriers | 38 | (12) |
| 2008–2009 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | → Oxford United (loan) | 42 | (23) |
| 2009–2014 | Oxford United | 204 | (67) |
| 2014–2019 | Eastleigh | 161 | (39) |
| 2018 | → Poole Town (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | → Poole Town (loan) | 25 | (13) |
| 2019 | Hungerford Town | 17 | (3) |
| 2020– | Banbury United | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2009 | England C | 3 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021– | Banbury United (player-assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:37, 19 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
James Ashley Constable (born 4 October 1984) is an English semi-professional football coach and player who plays as a striker. He plays for and is the assistant manager at Southern League Premier Division Central club Banbury United. He has played in the Football League for Walsall, Shrewsbury Town and Oxford United.
Constable started his career with the Cirencester Town youth system, before breaking into the first team during the 2002–03 season. He moved to Chippenham Town in 2003, before signing for Walsall in the Football League in 2005. He moved out on loan to Kidderminster Harriers of the Conference National in 2006, before signing permanently in 2007. After a year at the club, during which he scored the first club goal at the new Wembley Stadium in the 2007 FA Trophy final, he returned to the League with Shrewsbury Town. After spending 2008–09 on loan at Oxford United, he signed for the club permanently in 2009. Constable scored the second goal in Oxford's 3–1 2010 Conference Premier play-off final victory over York City in 2010, which secured Oxford's promotion into League Two. He was leading goalscorer in each of his six seasons at the club, and when he left after 2013–14 he had scored 106 goals, one short of the club record.
He has played for the England national C team, who represent England at non-League level, making his debut in 2007 in a 2–0 victory over Finland in the International Challenge Trophy. He scored the goal in a 2–2 draw with Italy in 2008 that took England to the International Challenge Trophy final, which Constable played in as England were defeated 1–0 by the Belgium under-21 team in 2009.
- ^ "Professional retain list & free transfers: 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. p. 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014.
- ^ "James Constable: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "James Constable: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 20 April 2020.