Will de Havilland

Will de Havilland
Personal information
Full name William Lee de Havilland[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Huntingdon, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Maidenhead United
Number 4
Youth career
–2013 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Millwall 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Cambridge City (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → Histon (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Histon (loan) 10 (1)
2014 Bishop's Stortford 1 (0)
2014–2016 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2016–2018 Wycombe Wanderers 19 (0)
2017 → Aldershot Town (loan) 8 (0)
2018 → Maidstone United (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2019 Maidstone United 42 (3)
2019–2021 Dover Athletic 42 (5)
2021– Maidenhead United 109 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:26, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

William Lee de Havilland[1] (born 8 November 1994)[2] is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League club Maidenhead United.

De Havilland began his career with Millwall, never making a first-team appearance, and spending loan spells with non-league clubs Cambridge City and Histon. After leaving Millwall in 2014 he had a brief spell, also in non-league, with Bishop's Stortford, before returning to league football with Sheffield Wednesday. He left the club after two years, having not made a first-team appearance, and signed for Wycombe Wanderers where he made his professional debut. He spent loan spells at non-league Aldershot Town and Maidstone United. In June 2018 it was announced that he would sign a permanent contract with Maidstone United in July 2018.

Career

De Havilland began his career with Millwall, spending a loan spell with Cambridge City and two loan spells with Histon.[2] After playing for Bishop's Stortford,[3] he signed for Sheffield Wednesday in August 2014.[4] He moved to Wycombe Wanderers in July 2016.[5] He signed on loan for Aldershot Town in July 2017.[6] He signed on loan for Maidstone United in February 2018.[7]

In May 2018 it was announced that he would not be retained by Wycombe following the end of the 2017–18 season.[8] Later that month Maidstone United announced that De Havilland would re-sign for them.[9][10] Maidstone United were relegated at the end of the 2018–19 season, and de Havilland had a relegation clause in his contract.[11] He signed for Dover Athletic in June 2019.[12] Following's Dover's decision to not play any more matches in the 2020–21 season, made in late January, and subsequent null and voiding of all results, on 5 May 2021 it was announced that de Havilland was out of contract and had left the club.[13]

On 1 July 2021 it was announced that he had joined Maidenhead United.[14]

Career statistics

As of 9 November 2024
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Millwall 2013–14[15] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambridge City (loan) 2013–14[16] SFL Premier Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Histon (loan) 2013–14[2] Conference North 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
Bishop's Stortford 2014–15[2] Conference South 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sheffield Wednesday 2014–15[17] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16[18] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wycombe Wanderers 2016–17[19] League Two 16 0 1 0 0 0 6[a] 0 23 0
2017–18[20] League Two 3 0 1 0 0 0 2[a] 1 6 1
Total 19 0 2 0 0 0 8 1 29 1
Aldershot Town (loan) 2017–18[2] National League 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Maidstone United (loan) 2017–18[2] National League 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Maidstone United 2018–19[2] National League 42 3 3 0 0 0 6[b] 2 51 5
Dover Athletic 2019–20[2] National League 29 3 2 0 — 1[b] 0 32 3
2020–21[2] National League 13 2 0 0 — 1[b] 0 14 2
Total 42 5 2 0 — 2 0 46 5
Maidenhead United 2021–22[2] National League 27 1 1 0 — 0 0 28 1
2022–23[2] National League 34 2 2 1 — 3[b] 0 39 3
2023–24[2] National League 37 1 2 0 — 1[b] 0 40 1
2024–25[2] National League 11 1 3 0 — 2[c] 0 16 1
Total 109 5 8 1 — 6 0 123 6
Career total 247 14 15 1 0 0 22 3 284 18
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in National League Cup

Playing style

De Havilland, a defender, bases his playing style on John Terry and Gary Cahill.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Will de Havilland at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Blues announce squad". Bishop's Stortford F.C. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ^ "William De Havilland pens Owls deal". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Wycombe Wanderers: Scott Brown and Will De Havilland join League Two club". BBC Sport. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Will de Havilland: Aldershot Town sign Wycombe Wanderers defender on loan". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Will makes Maidstone move". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Scott Brown: Wycombe Wanderers keeper among four to leave Chairboys". BBC Sport. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  9. ^ "How Watt's helped Will". Kent Online. 2 August 2018.
  10. ^ @maidstoneunited (18 May 2018). "Are you ready for some more news? We're delighted to announce that Will De Havilland has agreed terms for the 2018/19 season. 🖤⚽️💛" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Will to consider Stones future". Kent Online. 11 April 2019.
  12. ^ "WHERE THERE'S A WILL". www.doverathletic.com. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  13. ^ "RETAINED AND RELEASED LIST". www.doverathletic.com. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  14. ^ Maidenhead United [@MUFCYorkRoad] (1 July 2021). "Will De Havilland is a Magpie" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Will De_havilland Profile | Aylesbury United FC".
  17. ^ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  19. ^ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  20. ^ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  21. ^ Tim Street (31 July 2014). "Training with Adebayo Akinfenwa will help make Wycombe new boy a better player". Get Bucks. Retrieved 8 December 2016.