17 Facts About Joe Gamble

Joseph Finbar Gamble was born on 14 January 1982 and is an Irish retired footballer.

Joe Gamble's playing career spanned 16 years and saw him play for a number of teams across England and Ireland, most notably his local Cork City, as well as being capped twice for the national side before finishing his career in Singapore as player-assistant coach at DPMM FC.

Joe Gamble quickly established himself in the City first team and was a mainstay in the team that won the League of Ireland Premier Division in November 2005.

Joe Gamble later went on to win the FAI Cup and the Setanta Sports Cup while at the club.

Hartlepool's Director of Sport Chris Turner was impressed with Joe Gamble and signed him permanently on 5 January 2010.

Joe Gamble joins former Cork teammate Denis Behan at Victoria Park.

Joe Gamble made his Limerick debut on 16 July 2011 against Athlone Town at Athlone Town Stadium.

Joe Gamble was an integral part of the Limerick FCside for the remaining of the 2011 season as Pat Scully's side pushed for promotion for from the First Division.

Joe Gamble made 13 league appearances in midfield for the Shannonsiders as they narrowly missed out on a promotion play-off place to Monaghan United.

Joe Gamble scored his first goal for the club against Young Lions on 23 August 2015.

In 2006 Joe Gamble was nominated on the eircom League team of the season and was shortlisted for player of the year.

Joe Gamble manned the substitutes bench in a match against Chile, but a poor performance saw Staunton unwilling to experiment late in the game.

Joe Gamble later played for the Republic of Ireland B team against Scotland in November 2006.

In May 2007, it was announced that Joe Gamble had again been drafted into Steve Staunton's Republic of Ireland squad to travel to the United States to take part in friendly matches against Ecuador and Bolivia.

Joe Gamble made his international debut against Ecuador on 23 May 2007 at the Giants Stadium, and having suitably impressed, he started the game against Bolivia three days later at the Gillette Stadium, thus becoming the first home-based player to feature in a Republic of Ireland starting eleven since Glen Crowe's appearance against Greece in 2002.

In 2014 and 2015, Joe Gamble assisted Steve Kean on and off the field at Singapore Premier League club DPMM FC as they won the league title for the first time in their history.

Joe Gamble was assistant manager to Neale Fenn at Cork City from November 2019 to October 2020.