John Welsh

**John Joseph Welsh** (born 10 January 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as midfielder.

Welsh notably played in the Premier League for Liverpool, where he began his career before playing for Hull City, Chester City, Carlisle United, Bury, Tranmere Rovers and Grimsby Town. In 2019 he dropped down to play at semi-professional level with Atherton Collieries before finishing his career with Stafford Rangers.

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Liverpool|2002–03|rowspan="3"|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|
|2003–04|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|||||
|2004–05|3|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|7|0|||||
|Hull City (loan)|2005–06|Championship|20|2|0|0|1|0|—|21|2||||
|rowspan="3"|Hull City|2005–06|rowspan="2"|Championship|12|0|0|0|0|0|—|12|0||
|2006–07|18|1|0|0|3|0|—|21|1||||||
|Chester City (loan)|2007–08|League Two|6|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|6|0|||
|Carlisle United (loan)|2008–09|League One|4|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|6|0|||
|Bury (loan)|2008–09|League Two|6|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|6|0|||
|rowspan="4"|Tranmere Rovers|2009–10|rowspan="3"|League One|45|4|4|0|2|0|1|0|52|4|
|2010–11|41|4|1|0|2|0|4|0|48|4|||||
|2011–12|44|3|1|0|1|0|3|0|49|3|||||
|rowspan="7"|Preston North End|2012–13|rowspan="3"|League One|36|1|2|0|2|0|2|0|42|1|
|2013–14|36|2|5|0|1|0|3|0|45|2|||||
|2014–15|32|0|4|0|1|0|7|0|44|0|||||
|2015–16|rowspan="3"|Championship|24|0|1|0|1|0|—|26|0||||
|2016–17|6|0|0|0|2|0|—|8|0||||||
|2017–18|9|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|11|0|||||
|Grimsby Town|2018–19|League Two|4|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|5|0|||

## Honours

**Preston North End**
- Football League One play-offs: 2015

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: John Welsh
- **image**: John Welsh.jpg
- **caption**: Welsh with Preston North End F.C., Preston North End in 2016
- **full name**: John Joseph Welsh
- **birth place**: Wavertree, England
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1994–2001
- **youthclubs1**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **years1**: 2001–2006
- **clubs1**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps1**: 4
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2005–2006
- **clubs2**: → Hull City A.F.C., Hull City (loan)
- **caps2**: 20
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 2006–2009
- **clubs3**: Hull City A.F.C., Hull City
- **caps3**: 30
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2008
- **clubs4**: → Chester City F.C., Chester City (loan)
- **caps4**: 6
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2008
- **clubs5**: → Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United (loan)
- **caps5**: 4
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2009
- **clubs6**: → Bury F.C., Bury (loan)
- **caps6**: 5
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2009–2012
- **clubs7**: Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers
- **caps7**: 130
- **goals7**: 11
- **years8**: 2012–2018
- **clubs8**: Preston North End F.C., Preston North End
- **caps8**: 143
- **goals8**: 3
- **years9**: 2018–2019
- **clubs9**: Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town
- **caps9**: 13
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2019–2020
- **clubs10**: Atherton Collieries F.C., Atherton Collieries
- **caps10**: 19
- **goals10**: 0
- **years11**: 2020–2021
- **clubs11**: Stafford Rangers F.C., Stafford Rangers
- **caps11**: 28
- **goals11**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 402
- **totalgoals**: 18
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-16 football team, England U16
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-20 football team, England U20
- **nationalyears3**: 2004–2007
- **nationalteam3**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 8
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **club-update**: 00:41, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
- **ntupdate**: 12 March 2006