James Comley

For the American pioneer in horticultural science, see James Henry Comley.

James Richard Comley (born 24 January 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hayes & Yeading United and the Montserrat national team.

James Comley

Personal information
Full name	James Richard Comley[1]
Date of birth	(1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth	Holloway, London, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hayes & Yeading United
Youth career
000?–2009	Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Crystal Palace	4	(0)
2012	Canvey Island	8	(0)
2012	St Albans City	6	(0)
2012	Kettering Town	0	(0)
2012–2016	St Albans City	114	(12)
2016	→ Maidenhead United (loan)	16	(0)
2016–2021	Maidenhead United	161	(2)
2021	Walton Casuals	7	(2)
2021–2022	Boreham Wood	18	(0)
2022–2023	Dulwich Hamlet	11	(0)
2023–2024	Hampton & Richmond Borough	5	(0)
2024–	Hayes & Yeading United	17	(0)
International career‡
2014	England C	1	(0)
2015–	Montserrat	23	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:53, 4 June 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:01, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Comley came through the youth system at Crystal Palace and made his English Football League debut on 17 March 2009 as a substitute against Barnsley. He made three further appearances in the league in the 2008–09 season, and played twice in the FA Cup 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 Tottenham Hotspur in the first half of the 2011–12 season before joining Canvey Island in January 2012.^[2]

He then joined St Albans City for the remainder of the season. For 2012–13, he joined Kettering Town, but made no appearances due to injury and rejoined St Albans in December 2012.^[3]

Comley joined Maidenhead United on loan in February 2016. The loan was made permanent at the end of the season.^[4] Comley left the Magpies at the end of the 2020–21 season after 196 appearances since first joining the club.^[5]

Comley joined Walton Casuals in October 2021.^[6] He joined Boreham Wood the following month.^[7] Comley was released in June 2022.^[8]

On 29 June 2022, Comley joined National League South club Dulwich Hamlet following his release from Boreham Wood.^[9]

On 4 March 2023, he signed for Hampton & Richmond Borough.^[10]

In December 2024, Comley joined Isthmian League South Central Division side Hayes & Yeading United.^[11]

International career

Comley played for the England C team in October 2014 against a Turkey U23 side.^[12]

In March 2015, Comley was called up by Montserrat for 2018 World Cup qualifying, playing in both legs of a 3–4 aggregate defeat to Curaçao.^[13]

Personal life

Comley's younger brother Brandon is also a footballer.^[14] He is also a Montserrat international and the brothers played together for the first time against El Salvador in September 2018.^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 February 2023

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
Crystal Palace	2008–09[16]	Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2009–10[17]		0	0	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Crystal Palace total		4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Canvey Island	2011–12[18]	Isthmian League Premier Division	8	0	0	0	—		1	0	9	0
St Albans City	2011–12[18]	SFL Premier Division	6	0	0	0	—		0	0	6	0
Kettering Town	2012–13[18]	SFL Premier Division	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
St Albans City	2012–13[18]	SFL Premier Division	21	3	0	0	—		1[a]	0	22	3
	2013–14[18]	SFL Premier Division	39	6	5	0	—		11[b]	2	55	8
	2014–15[18]	Conference South	30	3	3	0	—		6[c]	0	39	3
	2015–16[18]	National League South	24	0	4	0	—		2[d]	1	30	1
	St Albans total		114	12	12	0	0	0	20	3	146	15
Maidenhead United (loan)	2015–16[19]	National League South	16	0	—		—		0	0	16	0
Maidenhead United	2016–17[18]	National League South	37	0	1	0	—		1[e]	0	38	0
	2017–18[19]	National League	32	1	2	0	—		4[f]	0	37	1
	2018–19[19]	National League	38	0	3	0	—		1[g]	0	42	0
	2019–20[19]	National League	26	0	3	0	—		4[h]	0	33	0
	2020–21[19]	National League	28	1	0	0	—		0	0	28	1
	Maidenhead total		177	2	9	0	0	0	10	0	196	2
Walton Casuals	2021–22[20]	SFL Premier Division South	7	2	0	0	—		3[i]	0	10	2
Boreham Wood	2021–22[21]	National League	18	0	3	0	—		0	0	21	0
Dulwich Hamlet	2022–23[22]	National League South	11	0	0	0	—		3[j]	0	14	0
Hampton & Richmond Borough	2022–23	National League South	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Career total			345	16	26	0	0	0	37	3	408	19

1. Appearance in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup
2. One appearance in the Herts Charity Cup; five appearances and a goal in the FA Trophy; three appearances in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup; two appearances and a goal in the SFL Premier Division play-offs
3. One appearance in the Herts Charity Cup, two in the FA Trophy and three in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup
4. One appearance in the FA Trophy; one appearance and a goal in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup
5. One appearance in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
6. Three appearances in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
7. One appearance in the FA Trophy
8. Three appearances in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
9. One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in the Southern League Cup
10. Appearance(s) in London Senior Cup

International

As of match played 20 November 2023^[23]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Montserrat	2015	2	0
	2018	3	0
	2019	5	1
	2021	5	0
	2022	3	0
	2023	4	0
Total		22	1

International goals

Scores and results list Montserrat's goal tally first.^[23]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2019	Blakes Estate Stadium, Look Out, Montserrat	Dominican Republic	1–1	2–1	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B