James Trevor Berrett (born 13 January 1989) is a professional

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who plays as a

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. Berrett has played professionally in the

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with

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

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 ...

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and

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

before moving into Non-league football in 2018 with

FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

. He is a former Republic of Ireland U19 and U21 international, earning a combined total of ten caps.

Club career

Huddersfield Town

Berrett was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He is a product of the

academy, and made his first-team debut at

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when he came on as a 69th-minute substitute in the 1–1 draw with

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in April 2007. He signed a professional contract with Huddersfield on 5 July 2007. Berrett made his full debut in Huddersfield's third round

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win over

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team

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on 5 January 2008. The following week he made his first full league debut in Huddersfield's 3–1 defeat at home to Gillingham. His first goal for Hudersifled came in the 3–2 win against

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at the Memorial Stadium on 22 March 2008. On 13 May 2008, he signed a new two-year deal at the

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. On 6 August 2008, he scored to give Huddersfield the lead in their centenary match against

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at the Galpharm Stadium, in which they lost 2–1. Following

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's departure as Huddersfield manager, caretaker boss Gerry Murphy deployed Berrett in a sweeper role as part of a back five. Then, following Lee Clark's decision to revert to the 4–4–2 formation, Berrett found himself out of the team again, but following an illness to

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, just before the match against

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in February 2009, he got back in the starting line-up and scored a goal, but Huddersfield lost the match 3–1. He signed a contract extension which would keep him at the club until 2012. Berrett made nine appearances only stating two with seven coming off the bench in the 2009–10 season. He made his first appearances of the season coming on as a 56th-minute substitute for

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in Huddersfield's

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second round tie away at

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. His first start of the season came in Huddersfield's 1–0 away defeat at

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on 3 October 2009. His first home appearance did not come until 12 December 2009, when he came on as a 90th-minute substitute in Huddersfield's 2–1 home win over Gillingham.

Carlisle United

After being put on the transfer list by manager Lee Clark, Berrett left Huddersfield to sign for fellow League One club

on a free transfer on 6 July 2010. On 11 June it was confirmed that Berrett would sign a new two-year deal with Carlisle.

Yeovil Town

On 3 July 2014, Berrett signed for

on a two-year contract after he failed to agree a new contract at Carlisle. After an injury-plagued start to the season Berrett made 32 appearances for Yeovil scoring once, the winner against

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in April 2015. At the end of the season, following Yeovil's relegation into

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, Berrett was one of four players offered a contract termination by new manager

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York City

Berrett signed for League Two club

on 23 June 2015 on a two-year contract after agreeing to terminate his deal with Yeovil.

Grimsby Town

Barrett signed for League Two club

on 30 June 2016 on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He was released by Grimsby at the end of the 2017–18 season.

FC Halifax Town

On 25 August 2018, Berrett joined

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side

Grantham Town

On 27 June 2019, Berrett signed with Grantham Town.

International career

On 7 February 2007, Berrett made his debut for the Republic of Ireland national under-18 team when starting their 0–0 home draw in a

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with the

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. He started their first two matches of the Four-Nations Tournament in Portugal, but was dropped for the final match, which the Republic of Ireland won to win the tournament. Berrett finished his under-18 career with three

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, all earned in 2007. Berrett debuted for the under-19 team in their 2–1 home win over

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in a friendly on 7 August 2007. He earned five caps for the under-19s, from 2007 to 2008. He was called up to the under-21 team for the Intercontinental Cup in Malaysia, and made his debut with a start in a 3–1 win over

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on 15 May 2008. Berrett was dropped for their second group match, before starting the draw in their final group match, which saw them knocked out of the tournament. He was capped five times by the under-21s, with all these appearances coming in 2008.

Career statistics

Honours

Carlisle United *

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berrett, James 1989 births Living people Footballers from Halifax, West Yorkshire English footballers Republic of Ireland association footballers Republic of Ireland youth international footballers Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players York City F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players English Football League players English people of Irish descent FC Halifax Town players Grantham Town F.C. players