Edwards,Joel

Joel Edwards is a defender (18th August 1991 - 32 years of age) who joined Hereford FC in July 2015 from Westfields A local lad, Joel has spent time with Hereford United, Westfields (both 2 spells) and Hereford FC

Hereford United
Joel graduated through the Hereford United Youth System and made his debut aged just 16 years and 1 month and 28 days in a Herefordshire Senior Cup tie at Ledbury Town - coming off the bench in a 8-0 victory for Robbie Threlfall for the last few minutes of the game. Over the next couple of seasons, Joel made the occassional appearance in the same competition and was given a one year contract in May 2009 - for the 2009/2010 season, Joel given the No.19 squad number. before being released at the end of the 2009/2010 season, without playing a 1st team game that season, and he moved across Hereford to join Westfields.

Prior to the 2013/2014 season, Joel returned to Hereford United after impressing Martin Foyle during pre-season used mainly from the bench, Joel featured 6 times for the club as they survived relegation on the final day of the season, with his final appearance being the 3-0 FA Trophy defeat to Woking in November. In July 2014, Joel, along wide former and future team mates Rob Purdie and Tony James agreed to play for the Hereford United Fans Team.

Hereford FC
Opon joining the newly formed club, Joel was made club captain and made his Hereford FC debut in the opening game of the season, a 4-1 victory over Dunkirk, playing the whole game at Left Back.

A defender who loves to get forward and make surging runs forward, looks to be really enjoying captaining the local team. On the 20th October 2015, Joel scored his 1st competitive goal for the club in the 6-0 victory over Continental Star