James Anthony Roberts (born 21 June 1996) is an English professional

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who plays as a forward for

Havant & Waterlooville Havant & Waterlooville Football Club is a professional football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, after relegation from the National League in the ...

Career

Roberts made his first team debut for

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and t ...

as a substitute in a 5–1 away defeat on 11 October 2014 against

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on Ne ...

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. He made his first senior start, and scored his first two goals, in a first-round FA Cup win over

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 t ...

on 8 November 2014. He was rewarded with his first league start the following week at

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

, where his debut league goal won the game for Oxford. He scored 5 goals in total in his inaugural season but, after not featuring in the opening 10 games of the following season, he was loaned to Chester for a month on 29 September 2015. Roberts joined

Oxford City Oxford City Football Club is a semi-professional English association football club based in Marston, Oxford. They currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play their home matches at Marsh Lane. ...

on loan in January 2016, and then

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the following month. Roberts joined Oxford City on loan for a second time in September 2016. In February 2017 he joined Stalybridge Celtic on loan for the rest of the season. Roberts joined

Guiseley Guiseley ( ) is a town in metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Otley and Menston and is now a north-western suburb of Leeds. It sits in th ...

on a month's loan on 15 December 2017, later extended until the end of the 2017–18 season. At the end of the season, he was released by Oxford. After a short spell with

Halesowen Town Halesowen Town Football Club is a football club based in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Grove Recreation Ground. History The club was believed to have been established around 1873, but rec ...

, Roberts joined Hereford on 24 October 2018. On 28 March 2019, he was loaned out to

Alvechurch Alvechurch ( ) is a large village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district in northeast Worcestershire, England, in the valley of the River Arrow. The Lickey Hills Country Park is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the northwest. It is south of Bir ...

until the end of the season. Having been released by Hereford, on 17 June 2019 Roberts joined

Spennymoor Town Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, in the North East of England. They currently compete in and currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field. The club began playing in the Northern ...

. The following season, he joined

. After a prolific season, he joined divisional rivals

for an undisclosed fee.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, James 1996 births Living people Footballers from Aylesbury English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Oxford United F.C. players Chester F.C. players Oxford City F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Guiseley A.F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players Hereford F.C. players Alvechurch F.C. players Spennymoor Town F.C. players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players