Joe Cardle

Joseph Cardle (born 7 February 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Starting his career at Port Vale in 2005, he made occasional appearances in his three years as a senior player at the club. Following a loan spell with Clyde in 2007, he signed with Scottish club Airdrie United in 2008, winning that year's Scottish Challenge Cup. The following year he moved on to Dunfermline Athletic and helped the club to the First Division title in 2010–11.

Cardle switched to Raith Rovers in March 2013 after Dunfermline Athletic hit a financial crisis. He helped Raith win the Scottish Challenge Cup in 2014 and won a move to top-flight club Ross County in May 2014. He rejoined Dunfermline Athletic in July 2015 and helped the club win the League One title in 2015–16. He signed with English non-League side AFC Fylde in July 2018 and then returned to Scotland to sign for Partick Thistle in January 2019. He won another League One title with Partick Thistle in 2020–21 before joining Kelty Hearts. He was named on the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for the second time after Hearts won the Scottish League Two title at the end of the 2021–22 season and left the club the following summer.