Adam Julian Coombes (born 19 June 1991) is an English

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who plays as a

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for club Cray Valley Paper Mills.

Club career

Chelsea

Coombes was scouted by

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while playing in the Non League for

Sutton United Sutton United Football Club is a professional football club in Sutton, South London, England, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They play home games at Gander Green Lane in Sutton about 11 miles sout ...

and being offered a chance to join the Chelsea Academy. His progress continued and he was offered a two-year scholarship from the start of the 2007–08 season. The 2011–12 season started with good form shown and a reserve team goal scored in the opening month but then the highly unfortunate run of injuries continued. In August 2011, Coombes suffered a knee injury, being sidelined for six to nine months. In January 2012 Coombes signed a 12-month extension to a contract that had six months to run, and returned from injury towards the end of the season to make three substitute appearances. He was released by Chelsea with 6 months still remaining on his contract in January 2013 to give him a better chance in finding a club before those released in the summer.

Yeovil Town (loan)

On 15 November 2010, Coombes was loaned out to

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club

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

on a month's youth loan, and made his debut five days later, in a 2–3 away defeat against

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. He made three substitute appearances before returning to Chelsea.

Notts County

On 1 August 2013 Coombes signed for

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. On 27 August 2013, he scored the equalizing goal with his first touch after coming on as a substitute against

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in a 4–2 defeat at

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in the

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Bromley

On 22 January 2016, it was announced that Coombes had signed for

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side

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. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 defeat away to

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on 23 April. He was released by the club at the end of the season.

Welling United

On 25 August, it was announced that Coombes had signed for

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, linking up with Mark Goldberg, whom he worked under at

. Coombes proved prolific in the first half of the 2016–17 season for Welling. Between August and 1 January 2017 he scored 29 goals in 24 matches in all competitions, including a rare double hat-trick in a 7-1 FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round victory over

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on 1 October 2016. The double hat-trick equaled Welling's 'most goals in a match' club record set in 1985 by John Bartley. Coombes continued prolific goal-scoring form into 2017, and left Welling for

on 22 February 2017 with a 0.83 goals ratio (a goal every 103 minutes) from 20 League matches for the Wings.

Sutton United

On 24 February 2017, Coombes returned to boyhood club

after impressing at Welling United. On 25 February, Coombes made his debut for Sutton in a 3–2 victory against

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

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. On 28 February, Coombes made his first home appearance in a 1–0 victory over

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, assisting the game's only goal for Maxime Biamou. Coombes scored his first goals for Sutton on 22 April, a brace in a 5–2 home win over

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Return to Welling United

On 10 March 2018, it was announced that Coombes had re-signed for

, in a deal to run until 2020, which would see Coombes link up with

Chairman Mark Goldberg for the third time, having previously worked under Goldberg at Bromley and Welling United.

Billericay Town

Coombes signed for recently promoted

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side

Billericay Town Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three o ...

on 20 July 2018. He made his debut for his new side on 4 August starting in a 4–0 away victory over Truro City and scored his first goal 10 days later against the side he signed from, Welling United. However, this proved to be his only goal in his first 8 matches and on 28 September returned to Welling United on a short loan. In his first game back for the Wings he scored both goals in a 2–1 victory over

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. Coombes returned to Billericay after less than a month and in his first game back came off the bench against East Thurrock United with the scoreline 0–2 to the visitors and proceeded to score twice as Billericay mounted a comeback to win the game 3–2. On 28 September 2018, he was loaned out to

for one month. He was released by Billericay at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Welling United

In the summer 2019, Coombes returned to

, this time on a permanent deal. On 26 December 2019, he was loaned out to

Wealdstone F.C. Wealdstone Football Club ( ) is an English semi-professional football club based in Ruislip, London Borough of Hillingdon, and affiliated to the Middlesex County Football Association. They currently play in the National League, the fifth tier of ...

until 31 January 2020.

Later career

In December 2021, Coombes signed for National League South club

Tonbridge Angels Tonbridge Angels Football Club is a professional football club based in Tonbridge, Kent, England. The club was founded as Tonbridge Football Club in 1947 and became known as "The Angels" in 1949 when they started playing at the Angel Ground. S ...

following a spell with

Cray Wanderers Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Sidcup, London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St Mary Cray and St Paul's Cr ...

. In July 2022, Coombes joined Cray Valley Paper Mills.

Personal life

He was previously known as Adam Phillip, but officially changed his surname in July 2012 to adopt the use of his mother's maiden name.

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coombes, Adam 1991 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Sutton People from Carshalton English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Sutton United F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Bromley F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players Billericay Town F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Walton Casuals F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Cray Wanderers F.C. players Tonbridge Angels F.C. players Cray Valley Paper Mills F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players