Will Boyle

Will Boyle
Personal information
Full name William Sam Douglas Harry Boyle[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-01) 1 September 1995[2]
Place of birth Garforth, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Kilmarnock
(on loan from Huddersfield Town)
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2010 Garforth Villa
2010–2015 Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Huddersfield Town 2 (0)
2015 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2 (0)
2015 → Macclesfield Town (loan) 0 (0)
2015–2016 → York City (loan) 6 (0)
2016 → York City (loan) 6 (0)
2016– → Kilmarnock (loan) 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:10, 3 December 2016 (UTC).


William Sam Douglas Harry "Will" Boyle (born 1 September 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock, on loan from Championship club Huddersfield Town.

Club career

Boyle was born in Garforth, West Yorkshire.[2] He attended Garforth Community College before joining Huddersfield Town's academy at under-15 level from his local club Garforth Villa in October 2010.[3] He was nearly ever-present for the under-18 team in the 2012–13 season.[3] He made his first-team debut for Huddersfield as a late substitute in the 3–0 win against Reading on 24 February 2015.

On 26 March 2015, he joined Conference Premier side Kidderminster Harriers on loan for the rest of the season, and made two appearances for the club. On 5 August 2015, he joined Macclesfield Town on loan for two months.

On 18 November 2015, Boyle joined League Two club York City on a youth loan until 3 January 2016,[4] He made his debut on 21 November 2015 when starting York's 3–2 away to Leyton Orient, in which he struggled to cope with the physicality of opponent striker Ollie Palmer.[5][6] He struck up a partnership at centre-back with Dave Winfield,[7] and despite York wanting to exten his loan[8] Boyle returned to Huddersfield in January 2016.[9] Having made only one appearance as a late substitute after returning to Huddersfield,[10] he rejoined York on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season on 26 February 2016.[11]

In June 2016, Boyle and fellow Huddersfield player Flo Bojaj joined Scottish Premiership team Kilmarnock on a six-month loan deal.[12] He scored on his debut, as Kilmarnock beat Clyde 2–1 in the Scottish League Cup on 16 July 2016. The goal came after he had earlier conceded a penalty, which was saved by Kilmarnock goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald.[13]

International career

Boyle's father is Scottish, and he attended an under-18s training camp for the Scotland national football team in October 2012.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 December 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Huddersfield Town 2014–15[15] Championship 100000—10
2015–16[16] Championship 100000—10
Total 200000—20
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2014–15[17] Conference Premier 20———20
Macclesfield Town (loan) 2015–16[17] National League 00———00
York City (loan) 2015–16[16] League Two 120———120
Kilmarnock (loan) 2016–17[18] Scottish Premiership 600031—91
Career total 220003100251

References

  1. ↑ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 21. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "William Boyle". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Huddersfield Town AFC player profiles: William Boyle". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Martini, Peter (18 November 2015). "York City sign Huddersfield youth captain – and 'leader' – William Boyle on loan". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Flett, Dave (23 November 2015). "Marvin McCoy back on York City's transfer list". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Flett, Dave (22 November 2015). "Leyton Orient mete out capital punishment against York City". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Flett, Dave (16 December 2015). "Dave Winfield declares William Boyle partnership can solve York City's defensive woes". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Flett, Dave (2 January 2016). "York City hoping to make Tottenham winger Kenny McEvoy's loan move permanent". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Thomson, Doug (5 January 2016). "Former Huddersfield Town duo in talks with Glasgow Rangers". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Flett, Dave (25 February 2016). "Huddersfield's Will Boyle in the bag for loan return to York City". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Flett, Dave (26 February 2016). "Young guns Bradley Fewster and Lubo Satka could be next for a York City rest". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Thomson, Doug (24 June 2016). "Huddersfield Town loan duo to Kilmarnock". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Kilmarnock beat Clyde as Albion Rovers and Morton draw". BBC Sport. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  14. ↑ Thomson, Doug (15 October 2012). "Huddersfield Town youngster William Boyle set for Scotland under 18 training camp". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Will Boyle in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Will Boyle in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  17. 1 2 "W. Boyle". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Will Boyle in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

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