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RYAN BROOM
Full Name: Ryan James Broom
Born: 04 September 1996
Came from: Peterborough United Went to:
First game: 07 August 2021 Last game: 30 April 2022
Appearances: 48 (32/16) Goals: 4
Born in Newport, Wales, Broom graduated from Bristol Rovers' youth set-up in 2015 and made his professional debut that August as a second-half substitute in a League Cup defeat by Birmingham City. Seven months later he made his Football League debut as a second half substitute against his hometown club.
After a series of loan spells at Taunton Town, Bath City and Eastleigh, Broom made the move to Cheltenham Town in the summer of 2018. In May 2019, after 48 appearances in his debut season, he signed a new two-year contract with the club. In his second season he helped Cheltenham reach the League Two playoffs and was rewarded at the end of the 2019-2020 campaign with three end-of-season awards, including Cheltenham’s player of the year.
Despite another year on his contract, Broom stepped up a division in August 2020 when he signed a three-year deal with League One Peterborough United. He made his Posh debut in September 2020, coincidentally against Cheltenham, when his former club knocked his new team out of the EFL Cup.
In February 2021 Broom joined League One side Burton Albion on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. His first goal came on 17 April 2021, a 90+3 minute equaliser at home to Argyle.
The 24-year-old midfielder became Ryan Lowe's eighth signing of the summer when he arrived at Home Park on a season-long loan a week before the start of the 2021-22 campaign.
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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]
The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.
I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.
The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.
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