James Richard Comley (born 24 January 1991) is an English

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Montserrat national team.

Club career

Comley came through the youth system at

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and made his

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debut on 17 March 2009 as a substitute against

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. He made three further appearances in the league in the 2008–09 season, and played twice in the

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the following season, before being released in June 2010. Comley was without a club in the 2010–11 season due to injury, and trained with

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in the first half of the 2011–12 season before joining

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in January 2012. He then joined St Albans City for the remainder of the season. For 2012–13, he joined

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, but made no appearances due to injury and rejoined St Albans in December 2012. Comley joined

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on loan in February 2016. The loan was made permanent at the end of the season. Comley left the Magpies at the end of the 2020–21 season after 196 appearances since first joining the club. Comley joined Walton Casuals in October 2021. He joined

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the following month. Comley was released in June 2022. On 29 June 2022, Comley joined National League South club

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following his release from Boreham Wood. On 4 March 2023, he signed for Hampton & Richmond Borough. In December 2024, Comley joined Isthmian League South Central Division side

International career

Comley played for the

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team in October 2014 against a

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U23 side. In March 2015, Comley was called up by

Montserrat Montserrat ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, wit ...

for

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, playing in both legs of a 3–4 aggregate defeat to

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Personal life

Comley's younger brother Brandon is also a footballer. He is also a Montserrat international and the brothers played together for the first time against

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in September 2018.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Montserrat's goal tally first.''

References

External links

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at Aylesbury United {{DEFAULTSORT:Comley, James Living people 1991 births Footballers from the London Borough of Islington People from Holloway, London Montserratian men's footballers Montserrat men's international footballers English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Crystal Palace F.C. players Canvey Island F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players St Albans City F.C. players Maidenhead United F.C. players Walton Casuals F.C. players Boreham Wood F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Southern Football League players English people of Montserratian descent England men's semi-pro international footballers Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people 21st-century English sportsmen