Nathan Joynes is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 who plays as a forward for Matlock Town

Matlock Town F.C.

Matlock Town F.C. is an English football club based at Causeway Lane in Matlock, Derbyshire.-History:The club was established in the late 1870s and have competed in the Central Alliance and the Midland Counties League before reaching the Northern Premier League.In the 1974–75 season the club won...

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Born Nathan White

Career

Joynes came through the youth ranks with his hometown side Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

. His first team debut came on 23 April 2005 against Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

 while still a trainee, Joynes replacing Simon Johnson

Simon Johnson (footballer)

Simon Ainsley Johnson is an English professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Premier League side Hibernians, where he plays as an attacking midfielder.-Playing career:...

 as a second-half substitute in 5-0 away defeat for Barnsley. Joynes was given his first professional contract in September 2005.

Joynes joined FC Halifax Town on loan in November 2006, scoring three times in the Conference National

Conference National

Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

 before being recalled by Barnsley in January 2007. Later that month he joined Boston United

Boston United F.C.

Boston United Football Club are an association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. They currently play in the Conference North. The club is known as 'the Pilgrims' in reference to the Pilgrim Fathers, who fled from Boston to the USA and founded Boston, Massachusetts. The club's...

 on loan, and was a regular in their struggling side until returning to Barnsley with four games remaining and Boston deep in both financial trouble and a relegation battle. In July 2007 Joynes joined recently relegated League Two

Football League Two

Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

 side Bradford City

Bradford City A.F.C.

Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....

 on loan until 1 January 2008. He played two league games before he returned to Barnsley. Two days after his return to Barnsley, Joynes and his team-mate Thomas Harban

Thomas Harban

Thomas Harban is an English footballer, who is currently without a club after being released from Halifax Town. He plays in defence.-Career:Harban has come through the youth ranks with Barnsley he has yet to make his first team debut....

, who was also on loan at Bradford, joined FC Halifax Town on a free transfer.

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