Joel Byrom

Joel Alan Byrom (born 14 September 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Byrom is a scout for EFL Championship club Portsmouth.

Byrom joined the Blackburn Rovers academy at the age of 14, progressing through the youth system and reserve team without making a first-team appearance, before being released in the summer of 2006. He subsequently signed for League Two club Accrington Stanley ahead of the 2006–07 season, but was released in January 2007. Brief spells followed with Clitheroe and Southport, returning to Clitheroe in August 2007, where he captained the team at the age of 20. In January 2008, he signed for Northwich Victoria for a small four-figure fee. During his time at Northwich, Byrom represented the England C team in May 2009.

Byrom signed for Stevenage Borough for a fee of £15,000 in May 2009 and was part of the team that achieved back-to-back promotions from the Conference Premier to League One. He signed for Preston North End in August 2012, spending time on loan at Oldham Athletic and Northampton, with the latter move made permanent in January 2015. Byrom helped Northampton gain promotion to League One during the 2015–16 season. He later played for Mansfield Town, rejoined Stevenage in June 2018 for two seasons, and had subsequent spells in non-League with Farsley Celtic and Clitheroe, the latter marking the final role of his playing career.