James Berry (footballer)

James Jon Berry-McNally (born 10 December 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chesterfield on loan from EFL League One club Wycombe Wanderers.

James Berry

Personal information
Full name	James Jon Berry-McNally[1]
Date of birth	(2000-12-10) 10 December 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Wigan, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Chesterfield (on loan from Wycombe Wanderers)
Youth career
	Liverpool
2016–2019	Wigan Athletic
2019–2020	Hull City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	Hull City	1	(0)
2021–2022	Altrincham	0	(0)
2021–2022	→ Macclesfield (loan)	30	(11)
2022–2023	Macclesfield	37	(31)
2023–2025	Chesterfield	56	(13)
2025–	Wycombe Wanderers	3	(0)
2025–	→ Chesterfield (loan)	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:24, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Born in Wigan, Berry signed scholarship forms with his hometown club Wigan Athletic in December 2016 after being released by Liverpool.^[2] In November 2017, he was an unused substitute in a 4–0 defeat against Accrington Stanley in the EFL Trophy, but made no first team appearances for the club.

Hull City

In November 2019, Berry joined Hull City after the club agreed a compensation deal with Wigan.^[3] On 11 February 2020, he made his senior debut as a substitute in a 3–0 defeat against Blackburn Rovers.

Non-league

After his release from Hull, he joined Macclesfield on loan after signing for Altrincham.^[4] He signed a two-year contract to make his move to Macclesfield permanent in March 2022, becoming the club's record signing.^[5] He scored 18 goals in his 34 appearances during the 2021-22 season, including a brace in a 4–0 win against Ashton Athletic which secured the North West Counties Premier Division title on 12 March 2022.^[6] Berry's second season with the Silkmen was even more prolific as, despite being injured from February to April, his 24 league goals won him the NPL West Division Golden Boot.^[7] Berry's performances contributed to Macclesfield winning the league title and consecutive promotions. His final competitive match for the club was a 3-1 win against Mossley in which he scored.^[8]

Chesterfield

On 10 August 2023, Berry joined National League club Chesterfield on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.^[9] Despite featuring mainly as a substitute, his six league goals contributed to the club securing the National League title and promotion to League Two, completing a personal hat-trick of league titles and promotions for Berry.^[10] On 17th August 2024, Berry netted an impressive first EFL brace away at Crewe Alexandra F.C, followed by another 8 goals in all competitions during the first half of the season, leading to interest from higher up the football pyramid.

Wycombe Wanderers

On 22 January 2025, Berry signed for League One club Wycombe Wanderers for an undisclosed fee.^[11] Berry made his debut as a 72nd minute substitute in a 1-0 loss against promotion rivals Wrexham and went on to make three appearances for the club during the second half of the season. On 8 August 2025, Berry returned to Chesterfield on a season-long loan deal.^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hull City	2019–20	Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2020–21	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Altrincham	2021–22	National League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Macclesfield (loan)	2021–22[13]	North West Counties Premier Division	30	11	0	0	0	0	—		30	11
Macclesfield	2021-22[b][citation needed]	North West Counties Premier Division	5	7	0	0	3[c]	4	—		8	11
	2022–23[8]	Northern Premier League Division One West	32	24	4	1	—		5[d]	6	41	31
	Total		67	42	4	1	3	4	5	6	79	53
Chesterfield	2023–24[10]	National League	34	6	2	0	—		1[e]	1	37	7
	2024–25[14]	League Two	22	7	2	0	1	0	3[a]	3	28	10
	Total		56	13	4	0	1	0	4	4	65	17
Wycombe Wanderers	2024–25[14]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			124	55	8	1	4	4	10	10	146	70

1. Appearance in EFL Trophy
2. Loan from Altrincham was made permanent on 10 March 2022
3. Appearances in North West Counties League Challenge Cup
4. Four appearances and three goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance and three goals in the Cheshire Senior Cup
5. Appearance and goal in the FA Trophy

Honours

Macclesfield

• Northern Premier League Division One West: 2022–23^[7]
• North West Counties Football League: 2021–22^[6]

Chesterfield

• National League: 2023–24^[15]