James Constable

James Ashley Constable (born 4 October 1984) is an English semi-professional football coach and player who plays as a striker.

He plays for and is the assistant manager at club Banbury United.

He has played in the Football League for Walsall, Shrewsbury Town and Oxford United.

This was followed by his Football League debut four days later after being introduced as an 89th-minute substitute in a 3–1 victory over Rotherham United.

He scored his first goal for Walsall in a 3–2 victory over Wycombe Wanderers in the Trophy on 20 December with a "fine drive", which drew the teams at 1–1.

Constable scored two goals in seven minutes to help Walsall to a 2–0 victory over Blackpool.

Constable started his career with the Cirencester Town youth system, before breaking into the first team during the 2002–03 season.

He played for Malmesbury Youth before starting his career with Cirencester Town after progressing through their youth system, playing for the Academy and making several first-team appearances as a substitute in the 2002–03 season.

He moved to Chippenham Town in 2003, before signing for Walsall in the Football League in 2005.

He progressed to being a regular in the team and signed for Southern League Premier Division club Chippenham Town in December 2003.

He made his debut in a 3–1 defeat to Tiverton Town on 1 January 2004, scoring in the following match against Nuneaton Borough with the opening goal in a 1–1 draw He finished 2003–04 with 19 appearances and 9 goals for Chippenham.

He made 37 appearances and scored 13 goals in 2004–05.

He scored for Chippenham with the opening goal in a 1–1 draw against Worcester City in the FA Cup first round in November 2005.

While playing as a semi-professional at Chippenham, he worked in an undergarment lining factory.

Football League clubs Bristol City, Swansea City, Swindon Town and Walsall all made enquiries for Constable in November 2005.

He eventually signed for League One team Walsall on 21 November 2005 on loan until 1 January 2006, when he would sign permanently for a fee of £4,000 on a contract until June 2007, having made 14 appearances and scored 8 goals for Chippenham up to that point in 2005–06.

He made his debut as an 82nd-minute substitute in a 1–0 victory over AFC Bournemouth in the Football League Trophy on 22 November 2005.

Chippenham failed in an attempt to re-sign Constable on loan for the remainder of 2005–06 in February 2006.

He moved out on loan to Kidderminster Harriers of the Conference National in 2006, before signing permanently in 2007.

His first appearance after signing permanently came in a 3–0 defeat to Bristol City on 2 January 2006.

He scored Walsall's second equaliser in a 2–2 draw against Swansea City in the Football League Trophy, which was lost 6–5 on a penalty shoot-out.

He scored his last goal of 2005–06 with a shot from Dean Keates' cross, which was the opening goal in a 1–1 draw with Port Vale on 15 April 2006.

He finished the season with 5 goals in 20 appearances for Walsall.

He joined Conference National club Kidderminster Harriers on 24 November 2006 on a two-month loan, having made nine appearances for Walsall up to that point in 2006–07.

After arriving at Kidderminster, he made "a mammoth impact".

He made his debut in a 2–1 defeat to Stevenage Borough, and manager Mark Yates praised him, saying "I thought James was excellent, bar taking the couple of chances that fell his way he can be well pleased with himself."

He scored his first goal in the following match, a 3–1 victory over Gravesend & Northfleet, with a "clinical finish" from a Michael Blackwood cross.

He scored two goals against Stafford Rangers after he "coolly slotted home" and scored with "ease into the bottom-right corner", which gave Kidderminster a 2–1 victory on 26 December 2006.

After a year at the club, during which he scored the first club goal at the new Wembley Stadium in the 2007 FA Trophy final, he returned to the League with Shrewsbury Town.

He has played for the England national C team, who represent England at non-League level, making his debut in 2007 in a 2–0 victory over Finland in the International Challenge Trophy.

His hat-trick in a 4–0 victory against Vauxhall Motors in the first round of the FA Trophy in January 2007 was the first for a Kidderminster player since Bo Henriksen in 2003.

After impressing during the loan, he moved to the club permanently on 31 January 2007 on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

He scored Kidderminster's equaliser in a 1–1 draw against St Albans City on 24 March 2007, before being sent off for a "wild" challenge on Ahmed Deen.

In the 2007 FA Trophy final, Constable scored the first and second goals for an English club at the new Wembley Stadium, although his efforts were in vain as Kidderminster lost 3–2 to Stevenage Borough.

He finished the season as Kidderminster's top scorer with 16 goals in 32 appearances.

After spending 2008–09 on loan at Oxford United, he signed for the club permanently in 2009.

He scored the goal in a 2–2 draw with Italy in 2008 that took England to the International Challenge Trophy final, which Constable played in as England were defeated 1–0 by the Belgium under-21 team in 2009.

Constable was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, and grew up in the town as a Tottenham Hotspur supporter.

Constable scored the second goal in Oxford's 3–1 2010 Conference Premier play-off final victory over York City in 2010, which secured Oxford's promotion into League Two.

He was leading goalscorer in each of his six seasons at the club, and when he left after 2013–14 he had scored 106 goals, one short of the club record.