Domestic-league season · Gillingham.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1728 | 6.38 |
Following his move to Gillingham, Palmer-Houlden's current-season form is down 42% on last season (Season 19→11), while his Rating eased 46→31. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 19).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Gillingham · 17th | 34 | 4 | 0 | 6.38 | 31 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | Dundee · 11th | 34 | 5 | 1 | 6.64 | 46 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | Newport County · 18th | 34 | 7 | 1 | 6.74 | 34 | 19 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
S. Palmer-Houlden is a 22-year-old attacking midfielder at Gillingham, rated 31.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 104th of 478 in the League Two and 2495th of 2861 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (41.7% of available minutes). He brings 0.21 goal contributions per 90 (0.21 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Palmer-Houlden.
Judged on this season alone, Palmer-Houlden graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 47th of 60 of the 60 attacking midfielders in the League Two, on 4 goals and 0 assists in 34 appearances (0.208 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 19 → 11). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, 25th of 60 of the 60 attacking midfielders in the League Two. At 22 Palmer-Houlden is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 8.9 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4 goals in 34 appearances (0.12 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
With a Rating of 31.4, Palmer-Houlden carries the 25th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the League Two of 60, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Gillingham finished 17th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.21 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 22, Palmer-Houlden sits on 8.9, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Palmer-Houlden's projected Rating — 31.4 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
