Nathan Joynes (born 7 August 1985) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a forward for

Handsworth Parramore F.C. Handsworth Football Club is a football club based in Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Olivers Mount in Darnall. History The club was established in 2014 as the result of a merger ...

Career

Joynes came through the youth ranks with his hometown side

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

. His first team debut came on 23 April 2005 against

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

while still a trainee, Joynes replacing Simon Johnson as a second-half substitute in 5–0 away defeat for Barnsley. Joynes was given his first professional contract in September 2005. Joynes joined

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. ...

on loan in November 2006, scoring three times in the

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before being recalled by Barnsley in January 2007. Later that month he joined

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

on loan, and was a regular in their struggling side until returning to Barnsley with four games remaining and Boston deep in both financial trouble and a relegation battle. In July 2007 Joynes joined recently relegated

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side

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

on loan until 1 January 2008. He played two league games before he returned to Barnsley. Two days after his return to Barnsley, Joynes and his teammate Thomas Harban, who was also on loan at Bradford, joined

on a free transfer. He moved to

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...

for the 2008–09 season before moving back to FC Halifax Town in March 2009 for his third spell with the club. In August 2009 a move to

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 t ...

followed, before in November 2009 he signed with

Matlock Town Matlock Town Football Club is a association football, football club based in Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Nicknamed 'the Gladiators', they are currently members of the and play at Causeway Lane. History The club was esta ...

. In October 2012 he joined Stocksbridge Park Steels. In 2015, he joined

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joynes, Nathan 1985 births Living people English men's footballers Barnsley F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players FC Halifax Town players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Guiseley A.F.C. players Matlock Town F.C. players Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. players Handsworth F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Footballers from Barnsley Men's association football forwards