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Paddy Lane

Paddy Lane

Attack - Right Winger  at Reading FC
Age25
CitizenshipNorthern Ireland England
Height1.77 m
Footleft
BornFebruary 18, 2001
at Reading FC 297 days · joined 2025-07-31
👕100+ Apps
Market value €700k
Right Winger Attack

Career snapshot

4
clubs played for
20/21
debut season
0.14
goals / match
Portsmouth FC
top club · 84 apps

Career highs

€700k
peak value · 2023
€288k
top transfer fee · 25/26
12
best season · 23/24
10 / 1
int'l caps / goals
161Appearances
23Goals
19Assists
19Yellow cards
2Red cards
43Full matches (90′)
Full namePaddy Lane
Name in home countryPatrick John Lane
Date of birth2001-02-18 (25 yrs)
Place of birthHalifax, Northern Ireland
CitizenshipNorthern Ireland England
PositionAttack - Right Winger (main: Attack)
Footleft
Height177.00 m
Current clubReading FC
Joined2025-07-31
Contract expires2028-06-30
AgentWasserman
Jul 2025
Transfer: Portsmouth → Reading
25/26 · Transfer · €288k
Jul 2025
25/26 — Reading FC
5 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2024
24/25 — Portsmouth FC
24 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2023
23/24 — Portsmouth FC
45 matches · 12 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2023
Transfer: Fleetwood → Portsmouth
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — Fleetwood Town, Portsmouth FC
40 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — Fleetwood Town
38 matches · 5 G · 8 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Hyde United → Fleetwood
21/22 · Transfer
Jan 2021
Transfer: Farsley → Hyde United
20/21 · Return from loan
Nov 2020
Transfer: Hyde United → Farsley
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — Farsley Celtic
9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €700k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 34 other Attack - Right Wingers with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.47/90
91
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A1 total · 0.47/90
62
Yellow cards1 total · 0.47/90
9
3,834 min
Minutes played by club
Reading FC 5.0%
Portsmouth FC 56.4%
Fleetwood Town 38.7%
Farsley Celtic 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Reading FC 1 25/26 25/26 5 1 0 190
Portsmouth FC 3 22/23 24/25 84 14 11 2,162
Fleetwood Town 2 21/22 22/23 63 8 8 1,482
Farsley Celtic 1 20/21 20/21 9 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

5€175K10€350K15€525K20€700K21/22 — 5 goals (Fleetwood Town)21/22 — 8 assists1321/2222/23 — 4 goals (Portsmouth FC)22/23 — 2 assists622/2323/24 — 12 goals (Portsmouth FC)23/24 — 8 assists2023/2424/25 — 1 goals (Portsmouth FC)24/25 — 1 assists224/2525/26 — 1 goals (Reading FC)125/2622/23 — €450K23/24 — €700K24/25 — €700K25/26 — €700KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

20/21: 0020/2121/22: 5521/2222/23: 4422/2323/24: 121223/2424/25: 1124/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

20/21: 0020/2121/22: 8821/2222/23: 2222/2323/24: 8823/2424/25: 1124/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 EFL Cup Reading FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 League One Reading FC 4 1 0 1 0 190
24/25 Championship Portsmouth FC 22 1 1 2 0 1,072
24/25 EFL Cup Portsmouth FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Portsmouth FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 EFL Cup Portsmouth FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
23/24 EFL Trophy Portsmouth FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 FA Cup Portsmouth FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 League One Portsmouth FC 42 12 7 7 0 251
22/23 EFL Cup Fleetwood Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 EFL Trophy Fleetwood Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 FA Cup Fleetwood Town 3 2 0 1 0 96
22/23 League One Portsmouth FC 15 1 2 1 0 839
22/23 League One Fleetwood Town 20 1 0 2 1 825
21/22 FA Cup Fleetwood Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 League One Fleetwood Town 37 5 8 5 1 561
20/21 National League North Farsley Celtic 9 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
20/21 2020-11-06 Hyde United Farsley Loan 0
20/21 2021-01-31 Farsley Hyde United Return from loan 0
21/22 2021-07-01 Hyde United Fleetwood Transfer 0
22/23 2023-01-31 Fleetwood Portsmouth Transfer 450000
25/26 2025-07-31 Portsmouth Reading Transfer 700000 €288k

No recorded injuries.

Current€700k
Peak€700k
Low€450k
Δ since start+€250k
€450k€513k€575k€638k€700k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #17621 #21 6 1 former national player
Team #5674 #13 4 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Carl Johnston 1 3 0
Terry Devlin 1 0 0
Zak Swanson 1 0 0
Ryley Towler 1 0 0
Callum Lang 1 2 0
Jack Sparkes 2 0 0
Gerard Garner 1 1 0
Cian Hayes 1 0 0
Alex Cairns 1 0 0
Toto Nsiala 1 0 0
Callum Johnson 1 1 0
Colby Bishop 2 4 0
Daniel Batty 1 1 0
Abu Kamara 2 3 0
Christian Saydee 2 2 0
Conor Shaughnessy 2 0 0
Sean Raggett 2 0 0
Joe Rafferty 2 0 0
Will Norris 2 0 0
Danny Andrew 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
23/24 League One Portsmouth FC 12 42
21/22 League One Fleetwood Town 5 37
22/23 FA Cup Fleetwood Town 2 3

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
21/22 League One Fleetwood Town 8 37
23/24 League One Portsmouth FC 7 42
22/23 League One Portsmouth FC 2 35

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
20/21 2021-01-31 Farsley Hyde United Return from loan
20/21 2020-11-06 Hyde United Farsley Loan

Last 50 matches for Reading FC The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2026-02-07 GB3 AFC Wimbledon 3–2 Reading FC Available
2026-01-31 GB3 Northampton Town 0–2 Reading FC Available
2026-01-27 GB3 Reading FC 2–2 Exeter City Available
2026-01-24 GB3 Reading FC 2–2 Barnsley FC Available
2026-01-17 GB3 Leyton Orient 3–1 Reading FC Available
2026-01-04 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Stockport County Available
2026-01-01 GB3 Reading FC 2–0 Burton Albion Available
2025-12-29 GB3 Peterborough United 2–2 Reading FC Available
2025-12-26 GB3 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Reading FC Available
2025-12-18 GB3 Reading FC 0–1 Luton Town Available
2025-12-13 GB3 Bradford City 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-12-09 GB3 Reading FC 3–2 Peterborough United Available
2025-11-29 GB3 Blackpool FC 2–1 Reading FC Available
2025-11-22 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Rotherham United Available
2025-11-15 GB3 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Reading FC Available
2025-11-06 GB3 Reading FC 2–0 Stevenage FC Available
2025-10-25 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Doncaster Rovers Available
2025-10-21 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Northampton Town Available
2025-10-18 GB3 Cardiff City 2–1 Reading FC Available
2025-10-11 GB3 Exeter City 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-10-04 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Mansfield Town Available
2025-09-27 GB3 Stockport County 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-09-20 GB3 Reading FC 2–1 Leyton Orient Available
2025-09-13 GB3 Barnsley FC 3–2 Reading FC Available
2025-08-30 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Port Vale FC Available
2025-08-23 GB3 Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Reading FC Available
2025-08-20 GB3 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-08-16 GB3 Reading FC 1–2 AFC Wimbledon Available
2025-08-09 GB3 Reading FC 0–2 Huddersfield Town Available
2025-08-02 GB3 Lincoln City 2–0 Reading FC Available
2025-05-03 GB3 Reading FC 2–4 Barnsley FC Available
2025-04-26 GB3 Bristol Rovers 0–2 Reading FC Available
2025-04-21 GB3 Mansfield Town 1–5 Reading FC Available
2025-04-18 GB3 Reading FC 0–1 Lincoln City Available
2025-04-12 GB3 Northampton Town 0–0 Reading FC Available
2025-04-08 GB3 Shrewsbury Town 1–3 Reading FC Available
2025-04-05 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Available
2025-04-01 GB3 Blackpool FC 3–0 Reading FC Available
2025-03-29 GB3 Reading FC 3–1 Peterborough United Available
2025-03-15 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Stevenage FC Available
2025-03-11 GB3 Reading FC 2–0 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-03-08 GB3 Crawley Town 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-03-04 GB3 Reading FC 0–0 Exeter City Available
2025-03-01 GB3 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Reading FC Available
2025-02-22 GB3 Reading FC 0–0 Birmingham City Available
2025-02-15 GB3 Reading FC 2–1 Rotherham United Available
2025-02-11 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Available
2025-02-08 GB3 Huddersfield Town 0–0 Reading FC Available
2025-02-01 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Available
2025-01-28 GB3 Burton Albion 3–2 Reading FC Available

Teams faced most often by Paddy Lane's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Cheltenham Town 17 7 4 6 21 15 +6 41%
Burton Albion 17 9 2 6 28 19 +9 53%
Lincoln City 17 5 6 6 19 19 0 29%
Shrewsbury Town 17 7 4 6 25 21 +4 41%
Bolton Wanderers 17 6 3 8 23 31 -8 35%
Cambridge United 17 7 4 6 26 17 +9 41%
Wycombe Wanderers 17 5 7 5 22 25 -3 29%
Barnsley FC 16 3 6 7 25 32 -7 19%
Charlton Athletic 16 3 6 7 16 25 -9 19%
Peterborough United 15 8 2 5 26 23 +3 53%
Exeter City 14 5 7 2 19 13 +6 36%
Port Vale FC 14 6 4 4 20 15 +5 43%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
20/21 Senior debut season
21/22 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 5 190 1 0 0 0.47
24/25 24 1,072 2 0 0 0.17
23/24 45 251 7 0 0 2.51
22/23 40 1,760 4 0 1 0.26
21/22 38 561 5 0 1 0.96

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

League One
118 apps
20 G
17 A
FA Cup
6 apps
2 G
0 A
Championship
22 apps
1 G
1 A
EFL Cup
4 apps
0 G
1 A
National League North
9 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Paddy Lane

Who is Paddy Lane?

Paddy Lane is a Northern professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Reading FC.

How old is Paddy Lane?

Paddy Lane is 25 years old. He was born on February 18, 2001 in Halifax.

What position does Paddy Lane play?

Paddy Lane plays as a right winger (Attack - Right Winger).

What club does Paddy Lane play for?

Paddy Lane currently plays for Reading FC.

How many career goals has Paddy Lane scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Paddy Lane has scored 23 goals in 161 appearances.

What is Paddy Lane's market value?

Paddy Lane's most recent reported market value is €700k.