chelsea football club

Born 1/3/93 in Oxford, Oxfordshire. 
The 2009/10 season was Josh's first at the club since leaving school and was one of genuine progress, climaxing with a place in the England Under 17 side that won the European Championship.

It was his second piece of silverware in the matter of weeks following the FA Youth Cup. Josh had been relatively quiet in the opening rounds but bloomed in the semi-final and final when he was as good as anyone on the pitch.

Very comfortable on the ball and with vision and passing to match, he was a regular in the youth team when still a schoolboy and has been with Chelsea since the age of eight.

A left-sided or central creative midfielder, Josh started games in first-team pre-season matches in the summer of 2010 and made his competitive debut in September of the season that followed, coming on as a substitute in a 4-1 away Champions League win in Zilina.

He followed that up with further substitute appearances in the Carling Cup against Newcastle, where his deployment at the centre of midfield in a 10-man team helped inspire a comeback to 3-3 from 3-1 down, and then at Manchester City in the league, when Carlo Ancelotti entrusted the youngster to help get his side back into the game after falling behind.

He also graduated to the England Under 19 side at the start of 2010/11 campaign, and impressed so much that he was selected for the Under 21 squad by Stuart Pearace for the November friendly against Germany, and came on for the final few minutes.

His full Chelsea league debut came in the final home match of the 2010/11 season, a 2-2 draw at home to Newcastle and in total, he made four starts and 13 sub appearances in campaign with then manager Carlo Ancelotti preferring to use him in a deep midfield role. Josh was also part of the reserve squad that won the national championship but did not appear in the final play-off due to first-team involvement.