Jack Lambert (footballer, born 1999)

For other people named Jack Lambert, see Jack Lambert (disambiguation).

Jack Lambert
Personal information
Full name Jack Lambert[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Darlington (on loan from Kidderminster Harriers)
Number 19
Youth career
–2017 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Dundee 5 (0)
2019–2020 Scunthorpe United 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Darlington (loan) 8 (0)
2020 → Blyth Spartans (loan) 3 (0)
2020 → Darlington (loan) 0 (0)
2020 ÍBV 3 (1)
2021 Hebburn Town 0 (0)
2021–2023 Darlington 71 (20)
2023– Kidderminster Harriers 38 (3)
2024– → Darlington (loan) 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:17, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Jack Lambert (born 19 March 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Darlington on loan from National League North club Kidderminster Harriers. He began his career in Middlesbrough's youth system, made his senior debut in the Scottish Premiership with Dundee, and after joining Scunthorpe United in 2019, spent time on loan at National League North clubs Darlington (two spells) and Blyth Spartans. He spent a short spell in Icelandic football with ÍBV before returning to English non-league football with Hebburn Town. Lambert rejoined Darlington in 2021, and moved on to Kidderminster in 2023.

Club career

Lambert came through Middlesbrough's youth system,[3][4] before joining Scottish Premiership club Dundee in 2017.[5] He made his professional debut at home to Celtic on 26 December 2017, replacing Faissal El Bakhtaoui after an hour of the 2–0 league defeat,[6][7] and signed a new contract in January 2018.[5] Lambert made five Premiership appearances for Dundee, seven in all first-team competitions,[8] before he was released at the end of the 2018–19 season.[9]

Lambert returned to England and signed for League Two club Scunthorpe United in July 2019, as part of their under-23 side.[10] He joined National League North club Darlington on 15 November on a month's loan,[11] and made his debut the following day as a half-time substitute with his new team already 5–0 down away to Brackley Town.[12] The loan was extended for a second month,[13] and he made eight league appearances before returning to his parent club.[14][15] After a month on loan at another National League North club, Blyth Spartans, during which he made three league starts,[16][14] he returned to Darlington on 6 March 2020 for the rest of the season,[17] but was not used in either of the matches played before the season was curtailed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] He was released by Scunthorpe at the end of the season.[18]

On 7 September 2020, Lambert joined Icelandic 1. deild side ÍBV until the end of the season,[19] but the league was suspended and then abandoned in October because of COVID-19,[20] by which time he had scored once from three matches.[14]

Lambert joined Hebburn Town on 13 March 2021 until the end of the season.[21] Although the Northern League campaign had already been abandoned, he played twice in the 2020–21 FA Vase,[22] but not in the 2020 FA Vase Final, rescheduled from the end of the previous season, in which Hebburn beat Consett 3–2 at Wembley.[23]

In September 2021, he rejoined Darlington on non-contract terms.[24] On 12 November, after two goals from seven league appearances, he signed a contract with Darlington,[25] and finished the season with eight goals from 35 appearances in all competitions.[14] In 2022–23, he had twelve goals before Christmas, and amid interest from EFL clubs, Darlington were hoping to persuade him to accept another contract;[26][27] he stayed with the club, without a new contract, and finished the season with sixteen goals.[14] On 20 May 2023, Darlington announced that Lambert would leave the club at the end of the season.[28]

On 13 June 2023, Lambert joined National League club Kidderminster Harriers on a two-year deal.[29]

Having played little during the early part of the 2024–25 season,[14] Lambert rejoined Darlington on 29 November 2024 on loan until 1 January 2025.[30] He scored once in seven appearances before the loan was extended for a further month.[31]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dundee 2017–18[8] Scottish Premiership 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 0
2018–19[32] Scottish Premiership 4 0 1 0 0 0 — 5 0
Total 5 0 2 0 0 0 — 7 0
Dundee U20/U21 2017–18[14] — — — 1[c] 0 1 0
2018–19[32] — — — 2[c] 0 2 0
Total — — — 3 0 3 0
Scunthorpe United 2019–20[33] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darlington (loan) 2019–20[14][34] National League North 8 0 — — 3[d] 2 11 2
Blyth Spartans (loan) 2019–20[14] National League North 3 0 — — — 3 0
Darlington (loan) 2019–20[14] National League North 0 0 — — — 0 0
ÍBV 2020[14] 1. deild karla 3 1 — — — 3 1
Hebburn Town 2020–21[22] Northern League — — — 2[e] 0 2 0
Darlington 2021–22[14][35] National League North 33 8 1 0 — 1[d] 0 35 8
2022–23[14][36] National League North 38 12 2 0 — 3[d] 4 43 16
Total 71 20 3 0 — 4 4 78 24
Kidderminster Harriers 2023–24[14] National League 32 3 0 0 — 2[d] 0 34 3
2024–25[14][37] National League North 6 0 4 1 — 0 0 10 1
Total 38 3 4 1 — 2 0 44 4
Darlington (loan) 2024–25[14] National League North 6 1 — — 1[d] 0 7 1
Career total 134 25 9 1 0 0 15 6 158 32
  1. ^ Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Scottish League Cup, EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against lower-division SPFL clubs
  4. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  5. ^ Appearances in FA Vase

Honours

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Player availability list". PFA Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. ^ "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2015 and 31/07/2015". The Football Association. p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. ^ "FA Youth Cup R5: Boro 0 Leicester City 1 AET". Middlesbrough F.C. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Development signings and re-signing". Dundee F.C. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ Christie, James (26 December 2017). "Dundee vs Celtic". Dundee F.C. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Dundee 0–2 Celtic as it happened". BBC Sport. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Games played by Jack Lambert in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  9. ^ Cran, George (18 April 2019). "Dundee announce departure of eight players". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  10. ^ Crute, Paul (8 July 2019). "The next generation of Scunthorpe United's new stars". GrimsbyLive. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  11. ^ Stoddart, Craig (15 November 2019). "New signing for Darlington from Scunthorpe United". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Darlington suffer bruising defeat at Brackley". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "J. Lambert". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  15. ^ Simpson, Ray (18 January 2020). "Jack Lambert". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  16. ^ Cronin, Jordan (24 January 2020). "Arrival: Lambert signs on loan from Scunthorpe". Blyth Spartans A.F.C. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  17. ^ Stoddart, Craig (6 March 2020). "Jack Lambert returns to Darlington in time for trip to Telford". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  18. ^ Green, Trevor (5 May 2020). "Scunthorpe United player exodus as retained list is announced". GrimsbyLive. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  19. ^ Magnússon, Elvar Geir (7 September 2020). "ÍBV fær enskan miðjumann (Staðfest)" [ÍBV get English midfielder (confirmed)]. fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Keppni hætt" [Competition stopped] (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  21. ^ Rutherford, Stephen (13 March 2021). "Jack Lambert signs for the Hornets". Hebburn Town FC. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  22. ^ a b O'Gorman, Jonny (24 April 2021). "Hebburn Town 1–0 Congleton Town: Michael Richardson last gasp winner sends Hornets into quarter final". Hebburn Town FC. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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  24. ^ Stoddart, Craig (17 September 2021). "Darlington add two new signings ahead of Chester FA Cup clash". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  25. ^ Simpson, Ray (12 November 2021). "Jack Lambert signs a contract". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  26. ^ "Jack Lambert hits another hat-trick in Darlington rout". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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  33. ^ "Games played by Jack Lambert in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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  35. ^ For FA Cup 2nd qualifying round: Simpson, Ray (21 September 2021). "Quakers knocked out of Cup by lucky goal". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  36. ^ For FA Cup: "Becky's hat trick puts Quakers into the next round". Darlington F.C. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
    Simpson, Ray (1 October 2022). "Quakers beaten by second half goal at Hyde". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
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    For FA Cup 3rd qualifying round: "Buxton 1 Kidderminster 1 – Report". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
    For FA Cup 3rd qualifying round replay: "Buxton (H) FACR 01-10-24: Line ups". Kidderminster Harriers F.C. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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