Johnny Gorman

Gorman was born in Sheffield, and began his football career as a nine-year-old with Manchester City in 2002. A year later, he was signed by Manchester United, where he stayed until 2009, when he joined the Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy. During this time, he earned numerous caps at various Northern Ireland junior levels. Gorman attended Repton School in Derbyshire, for whom he played in the 2010 Independent Schools Football Association Boodles Cup Final against Shrewsbury School. During his studies, he won the "Michael Bristow Academy Scholar of the Year" and "Wolves' Academy Player of the Year" awards for the 2010–11 season, as well as finishing runner-up in the Daily Telegraph/Aviva-sponsored "School Sport Matters Awards 2010 – Male Student of the Year" award. Gorman signed his first professional contract in March 2011, a two-year deal which was to keep him with the club until the summer of 2013. He made his club debut when he appeared as a substitute in a 2–1 Premier League defeat at Norwich City on 24 March 2012, which was to be his only first team appearance for Wolves. The midfielder joined League Two side Plymouth Argyle on loan for five months on 6 August 2012, for whom he scored his first competitive goal in a 3–0 League Cup win on his debut against Portsmouth on 14 August. However, as a result of a lack of regular first team opportunities at Plymouth, he returned to Wolves on 22 September 2012. On 31 January 2013, he joined non-league Macclesfield Town on loan…

Despite having never played a senior game at club level, Gorman made his international debut on 26 May 2010 – aged 17 years and 222 days – for Northern Ireland in a 2–0 friendly defeat to Turkey played in Connecticut, USA. He made his competitive international debut in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying in a 1–0 victory in Slovenia on 3 September 2010.

He studied psychology at the University of Bath. where he published his first academic paper “Inside the Football Factory: Young Players Reflection on Being Released,” documenting the various difficulties young professional footballers face once released from the game. Gorman now works for the NHS. He is currently in training as a clinical psychologist.