0
Senior
Appearances
0
Senior
Goals
72
Reserve League Appearances
1
Reserve League Goals
2
FA Youth Cup
Appearances
0
FA Youth Cup Goals
11 | 0
Other Appearances | Goals
Joshua Webb
u21 Premier League

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RB Joshua Webb | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Joshua John Webb
10 August 1995
Halesowen ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Born
Birthplace
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Citizenship
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
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Transfer Notes
"I was in Year 7 when I first went to Villa. Iโd been at West Brom a couple of times and I'd been in to Walsall and it just never quite worked.
"I remember my dad, who is a big Villa fan, driving me to Bodymoor the first time and he said โWeโll make this your last one so you can enjoy footballโ because I was obviously getting upset when I didnโt get signed.
"After that I just went on and on and on and on. It was just one of those surreal things.
"I wasnโt allowed to get ahead of myself. It helped having the knockbacks because I went into it knowing what itโs like to be told 'no', so I was more relaxed.
"I was still playing for the district on a Saturday, and youโd have your matches at Villa on Sundays.
"I was getting that enjoyment, seeing my friends and the school were really supportive.
"My Mum and Dad kept me grounded. My Mum doesnโt drive so itโd be my dad taking me. Weโd have a 30, 40-minute conversation and most of the time it wasnโt even on football.
"We'd be cleaning boots, blowing up balls, getting the cones ready.
"I remember once it was snowing and the first-team had their pitch cover on and we were training in the barn.
"Our training session was stopped because the first-team needed us to go and take the covers off and clear their pitch.
"There were bonuses. On matchdays three of us would have to go and help the kitman tidy the changing room after the game.
"At half-time weโd collect all the balls in. It was a good experience being on the pitch with 40,000 fans even though you werenโt playing.
"I quite liked it, it was like a routine. You have to start at the bottom to build your way up, but I know itโs a lot different there now.
"NextGen has got to be right up there but having the opportunity to play for my country was big for me and my family.
"I remember when the letter first came through that I'd been selected. I played at Under-16s, 17s and 18s.
"Itโs more since I've come out of Villa that I can reflect on it.
"At the time I didnโt realise I was doing as well as I did. It's probably one of my downfalls that I didnโt realise how good I actually was.
"So I just treated it as โI probably wonโt get called up to the next oneโ type of thing rather than thinking Iโm one of the best for my age in the country.
"Itโs mental strength and I know Villa do this a lot now, a lot more when I was playing there. They have psychologists.
"Itโs not just how good you believe you are. Itโs how do you block out the noises? How do you come back from injuries?
"I donโt know any player whoโs gone through it without injury or without a setback. It's the mental side of football that people donโt see.
"Youโve got the psychologists, but I donโt think thatโs something that you can teach.
"You can practice to be the best technically, you can train to be the fittest, but to have that mindset of saying โIโm going to do this, nothingโs going to phase meโ that's something else entirely.
"People whoโve got that mentality will make a career some way in some league just through resilience, but football is a ruthless, ruthless industry.
"Gordon Cowans rang me. Weโd just got our kit for the next season and I remember him saying โHave you unpacked yours yet?โ
"He said: 'You need it because youโre flying out to Germany tomorrow.โ
"Lambert had been at the final of the NextGen, so I knew he'd been watching. Me and Graham Burke had to catch the next flight out to Germany - it was a bit of a whirlwind.
"I think I played against Paderborn and Bochum and then we came back and played Wycombe and Luton.
"I knew what was coming at Villa. Sean Kimberley, the Academy Manager, came in and said โI know youโve got that offer so itโs probably the best time for us to do thisโฆโ.
"It's hard when you've come up through the ranks, made so many friends and been there so long, but I was okay with it because I knew I had something lined up.
"It was probably the easiest conversation they had even though Iโd been there 10 years.
"I definitely lost my love of football. It was one of those things, maybe it was down to me, maybe it was being 20 and going to live five-and-a-half hours away.
"I just wanted to play golf, take my head completely away from football and have nothing to do with it.
"But I was still speaking to Sean Verity and then I slowly started to get that feeling coming back - yeah I want to be involved again.
"I did some of my coaching qualifications and the coaching side of it brought me back to wanting to play again.
"It was good seeing it from another perspective. Now I get to see it from the coach's side and because Iโm still playing I see it from the playerโs side too.
"When I played football at Villa I was a thinking type of player, reading the game, so coaching has really intrigued me.
"Itโs more about your brain as a coach. How do you get the best out of a certain individual, how do you get the team to function? There's lots of different factors to try and work out.
"Iโm with the Under-9s at the minute. Iโve only just qualified so it was a good place to go in.
โI spoke a lot to Mark Delaney. He started off in the foundation and built himself up through the age groups that way.
"They're still at that age where football isnโt that serious to them, itโs purely the love of playing. Itโs good because you can try new things that they won't have done before.
"Itโs about enthusiasm and because theyโre enthusiastic thatโs helped me get my enthusiasm back as well.
"Before you start any match make sure you have your shirt tucked in, greet the coaches with a handshake and stuff like that.
"Itโs the little things. You donโt realise it at the time but itโs building that foundation of having respect for your coaches and respect for your teammates.
"How you look, how you behave, it's important. Now I get it. It makes sense.
"Obviously you're in the moment and it isnโt until you ring your family and your friends and theyโre like โWhatโs Old Trafford like?โ.
"Itโs only because youโre so focused on the game, you donโt really take in what youโve just done.
"Villa Park is a special place. I donโt think it will ever become just another football pitch. The stadium, the history and stuff.
"I probably didnโt realise until now where I was or what I did. When someone asks me โWhat did you do in football?โ Iโm not someone who is going to blurt things out.
"Then when they ask me more theyโll go โOoh you were actually quite good then, weren't you?โ and Iโm like 'Yeah, maybe I was!'.
"I'm proud to have done what I've done. If I resented it, it would have taken me longer to get over and I wouldn't have got to where I am now.
"For me, the biggest thing the ones getting released need to do is back themselves.
"Theyโve just got to get their heads down and work hard.
"I was always sceptical about going to non-league when I was at Villa, but that was probably my biggest mistake - just go and play menโs football because youโll learn so much stuff.
"If you can show your potential, show what youโre made of, the opportunities are still there.
"Just look at the Conference Prem (the National League). Thatโs full-time football, itโs still your job, a full-time footballer.
"Kids playing in Academies think 'Do I want to play non-league? Nope, why would I?โ. When, actually, why wouldnโt you want to?
"Go and be the best player week-in, week-out, go and score goals, make loads of assists, get loads of clean sheets.
"Do well and people will come and watch you - and then thatโs when you show them what youโre about."
Josh Webb in 2022.
Transfer In
Transfer In:
2011-12
Aston Villa Youth ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Youth
1 July 2011
16
Alex McLeish ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Transfer Out
Transfer Out:
2015-16
Kilmarnock FC ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Free
30 June 2016
20
Roberto Di Matteo ๐ฎ๐น
Previous Clubs
Joshua Webb
Previous Clubs:
-2011 Aston Villa Youth ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Peak Villa
Joshua Webb
u21 Premier League
Career Progression
Joshua Webb
2011-13 Aston Villa u18s
2013-15 Aston Villa u21s
2015-16 Aston Villa u23s
Reserve & Youth
Joshua Webb
Right Back
2015-16 u21 PL ๐ 17 | โ
17 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
2014-15 u21 PL ๐ 13 | โ
7 | ๐ 6 | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ5 |
2013-14 u21 PL ๐ 21 | โ
21 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
2012-13 u21 PL ๐ 9 | โ
9 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ2 |
2011-12 PRL ๐ 12 | โ
11 | ๐ 1 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 1 | ๐บ1 |
2010-11 PRL ๐ 0 | โ
0 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ1 |
2012-13 NextGen ๐ 5 | โ
5 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
2011-12 NextGen ๐ 5 | โ
5 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ1 |
2014-15 PL Cup ๐ 0 | โ
0 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ2 |
2013-14 PL Cup ๐ 1 | โ
1 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
2012-13 FA Youth Cup ๐ 1 | โ
1 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
2011-12 FA Youth Cup ๐ 1 | โ
1 | ๐ 0 | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ0 |
Squad Honours
Joshua Webb
๐ 2011-12 Premier Reserve League Champion
๐ 2012-13 NextGen Series Winner
๐ฅ 2015-16 Premier League 2 Play Off Finalist
Loans Out
Joshua Webb
Loans Out:
None
Subsequent Clubs
Joshua Webb
Subsequent Clubs:
2016-17 Kilmarnock FC ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
2017-18 Kidderminster Harriers ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
2018-21 Coleshill Town ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
2021-22 Hednesford Town ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
2021-22 Sutton Coldfield Town ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ (L)
2022-23 Worcester City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
2023- Without Club
Reserve & Youth Appearances
Joshua Webb
Premier League 2, FA Premier Reserve League, EFL Trophy, FA Youth Cup, UEFA Youth League, Birmingham Senior Cup, Premier League Cup











































