James Brophy

Following his move to Gillingham, Brophy's current-season form is level with last season (Season 32→32), while his Rating held around 17. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 43).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Gillingham · 10th	9	3	0	7.51	17	32
2025/26	Cambridge United · 3rd	43	3	8	6.9	16	32
2024/25	Cambridge United · 23rd	46	3	6	6.92	29	43
2023/24	Cambridge United · 18th	46	0	3	6.76	32	26
2022/23	Cambridge United · 20th	44	0	1	6.76	35	19

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCreative Centre-forward

J. Brophy is a 32-year-old centre-forward at Cambridge United, enjoying a standout season — 3 goals and 8 assists in 43 appearances, a Season grade of 23, top 17% of League Two centre-forwards. On long-term scout potential he's rated 15.5, ranking 173rd of 221 in the League Two. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (69.2% of available minutes). He brings 0.35 goal contributions per 90 (0.09 goals, 0.25 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Brophy.

Judged on this season alone, Brophy graded 23 — a strong campaign that ranks top 17% of the 30 centre-forwards in the League Two, on 3 goals and 8 assists in 43 appearances (0.346 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 32 → 32). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 19th of 30 of the 30 centre-forwards in the League Two. At 32 Brophy is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2024/25Remarkably consistentStepped up 2021/22

Current potential19th of 30 centre-forwards · League Two Current seasonTop 17% centre-forwards · League Two 5th-best centre-forward in the League Two 173rd in the League Two · potential 19th-highest potential centre-forward in the League Two

15.5

Ratingi

19th of 30 centre-forwards

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

69.2%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.35

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Cambridge United finished 3rd of 24 · an upper-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.07

Goals / app

3 goals in 43 appearances (0.07 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 8 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 11 goal contributions (0.26 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 69.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 15.5, Brophy carries the 19th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the League Two of 30. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.35 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %69.2%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.094

Assists / 900.251

Goal contribution / 900.346

Defensive actions / 901.823

Player flow

Goal involvements11

Cards / 900.094

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~3), then tapers with age. At 32, Brophy sits on 1.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Brophy's projected Rating — 15.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists8

Defending

Tackles35

Interceptions20

Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3

Red cards0

Transfer history

GillinghamJun 2026 – nowFree

Cambridge UnitedJul 2021 – Jun 2026Free

Leyton Orientuntil Jul 2021

Swindon Town(back from loan)Nov 2017 – Jul 2021

Leyton Orient(on loan)Sept 2017 – Nov 2017

Swindon Townuntil Sept 2017

About J. Brophy

James Robert Brophy is a 32-year-old centre-forward who plays for Gillingham, born on July 25, 1994 in London, standing 180 cm tall. He is from England. Gillingham currently sit 10th of 24 in the League Two.

This season

In the current season, J. Brophy has made 9 appearances with 3 goals and 0 assists across 803 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

J. Brophy's next match is on October 10, 2026, when Gillingham face Rotherham away in the League Two.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates J. Brophy at 15.5 with a Season form score of 23, ranking 173rd of 221 centre-forwards in the League Two. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the National League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, J. Brophy has totalled 417 club appearances with 17 goals and 30 assists for 4 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 46 appearances for Cambridge United.

J. Brophy's career has also included time at Cambridge United, Leyton Orient and Swindon Town.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

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Season stats

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Career

Scout report

Output in context · Cambridge United finished 3rd of 24 · an upper-table side

Strengths

Watch points