Ryan James Broom (born 4 September 1996) is a Welsh professional

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

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Established in 1997, the current Fleetwood Town F.C. is the fourth incarnation of the club; it was originally formed in ...

Playing career

Bristol Rovers

Broom graduated from

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...

' youth set-up in 2015 and made his professional football debut in August 2015 as a second-half substitute during a

League Cup In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament t ...

defeat to

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

. On 19 March 2016 he made his

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

debut as a second-half substitute against his home town club and local rivals Newport County which Rovers won 4–1. He scored his first goals for Bristol Rovers when he scored twice in an

EFL Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Le ...

tie against

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

on 29 August 2017. On 7 October 2016, Broom joined

Bath City Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ...

on a one-month loan. He made his debut for the club the following day where he scored in a 1–1 draw with Eastbourne Borough. He was released by Bristol Rovers at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Cheltenham Town

On 18 May 2018, Broom joined

League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...

side

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

on a one-year deal. On 17 May 2019, after making 48 appearances in his debut season with the club, Broom signed a new two-year contract with the club. The 2019–20 season ended in disappointment for the club when they lost in the play-offs semi-final to eventual winners

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team plays in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...

. After winning the first leg 2–0 away from home, a 3–0 home defeat saw Cheltenham knocked out. On a personal level, Broom won three awards in the club's end of season awards, winning the Mira Showers' Player of the Year, Norwegian Robins' Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year.

Peterborough United

On 24 August 2020, Broom joined

League One The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...

club

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year deal. On 5 September 2020, Broom made his Peterborough debut against former club Cheltenham as his former club knocked his new team out of the

EFL Cup The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...

. His first goal for the club came when he scored the third goal in a 3–1 victory over

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at ...

just 4 minutes after coming off of the bench.

Burton Albion (loan)

On 1 February 2021, Broom joined

side

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. His first goal came on 17 April 2021, a 90+3 minute equaliser against

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

Plymouth Argyle (loan)

On 29 July 2021, Broom joined

side

on loan for the 2021–22 season with a view to a permanent move.

Cheltenham Town

On 1 September 2022 Broom returned to

side

signing a one-year deal. He was offered a new contract at the end of the 2022–23 season.

Fleetwood Town

On 26 June 2023, Broom signed for League One club

on a two-year deal having rejected the offer of a new contract at Cheltenham.

Career statistics

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Broom, Ryan 1996 births Living people Footballers from Newport, Wales Welsh men's footballers Men's association football midfielders English Football League players Southern Football League players National League (English football) players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Taunton Town F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Eastleigh F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Fleetwood Town F.C. players