Henry Woods (footballer)

Henry Woods

Personal information
Full name	Henry Woods [1]
Date of birth	(1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 (age 24) [2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dubai City
Number	8
Youth career
	Southampton [3]
	Gillingham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2022	Gillingham	4	(0)
2018–2019	→ Sittingbourne (loan)	20	(2)
2019	→ Concord Rangers (loan)	8	(0)
2019–2020	→ Concord Rangers (loan)	4	(0)
2021–2022	→ Dover Athletic (loan)	39	(1)
2022–2023	Maidstone United	4	(0)
2024–	Dubai City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Henry Woods (born 7 September 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dubai City.

Career

Woods joined Southampton's academy aged 6, and remained there until the under-16s. ^[4] He then joined Gillingham's youth setup, before turning professional with the Kent side in January 2018, at the same time as Jack Tucker and Ryan Huckle. ^[5] He made his debut on 13 November 2018 in the EFL Trophy. ^[6]

On 5 December 2018, Woods joined Sittingbourne on a one-month loan deal alongside his teammate from Gillingham, Danny Divine. ^[7] On 10 January 2019, Sittingbourne announced that they had extended both players' loan deals for the rest of the season. ^[8]

He was offered a new contract by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season. ^[9] He moved on loan to Concord Rangers in October 2019. ^[10] The loan ended a month later, but he returned to the club for a second loan spell in December 2019. ^{[11] [12]}

Woods was to be released by Gillingham at the end of the 2019–20 season, ^[13] but then signed a contract on 4 September 2020 to stay at the club for another year. ^[14] Woods made his league debut for the club on 10 October 2020 as a 90th minute substitute in a 3–1 win over Oxford United. ^[15]

On 27 July 2021, Woods signed a new contract with the club and joined National League side Dover Athletic on loan until 10 January 2022. ^[16] In November 2021, Woods scored a first career goal as he equalised for a second time in a match where Dover were defeated 3–2 by Wealdstone. ^[17] In January 2022, Woods' loan deal was extended until the end of the season. ^[18]

On 27 June 2022, Woods joined newly promoted National League club Maidstone United on a free transfer. ^[19] Following their relegation at the end of the 2022–23 season, he was announced to be leaving the club upon the expiration of his contract. ^[20]

Following his release from Maidstone, Woods joined Dubai City of the UAE First Division League, as a player-coach. ^[4]

Career statistics

As of end of 2021–22 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gillingham	2018–19 [6]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	2019–20 [21]	League One	0	0	0	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2020–21 [22]	League One	4	0	0	0	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]	0	9	0
	2021–22 [23]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	13	0
Sittingbourne (loan)	2018–19 [24]	Isthmian League South East Division	20	2	—		—		—		20	2
Concord Rangers (loan)	2019–20 [25]	National League South	12	0	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	13	0
Dover Athletic (loan)	2021–22 [25]	National League	39	1	0	0	—		0	0	39	1
Career Total			75	3	0	0	2	0	8	0	85	3

1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Gillingham" (PDF). English Football League. p. 30. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
2. "Henry Woods - Midfielder - First Team - Gillingham". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
3. Gillingham pair Henry Woods and Danny Divine join Sittingbourne on loan, kentonline.co.uk, 5 December 2018
4. "🎙️ Henry woods - Henry spills the reasons behind choosing Dubai 🌆". Dubai City F.C. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024– via Instagram.
5. "Three sign professional contracts with Gills". Gillingham F.C. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
6. "Games played by Henry Woods in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
7. Trio depart on loan, gillinghamfootballclub.com, 30 November 2018
8. Sittingbourne FC News Archive, sittingbournefc.uk, 10 January 2019
9. "Tom Eaves and Tomas Holy offered new contracts by Gillingham". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
10. "Gills youngster agrees loan move". 9 October 2019.
11. "Gills youngster on the move again". 2 December 2019.
12. "Gillingham midfielder Henry Woods seals a Concord Rangers return with 28-day loan". Echo. 4 December 2019.
13. "EFL Club List of Registered Players" (PDF). www.efl.com.
14. "Gillingham midfielder Henry Woods has signed a contract extension at the club". Kent Online. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
15. "Gillingham 3 Oxford United 1: Goals from Vadaine Oliver, Jacob Mellis and Jordan Graham win League 1 encounter". Kent Online. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
16. "Woods joins Dover on loan after agreeing news Gills contract". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. 27 July 2021.
17. "Dover Athletic 2–3 Wealdstone". BBC Sport. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
18. "GILLS LOANEE STAYING". www.doverathletic.com. 14 January 2022.
19. "Maidstone sign Woods". maidstoneunited.co.uk. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
20. "Player update". maidstoneunited.co.uk. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
21. "Games played by Henry Woods in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
22. "Games played by Henry Woods in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
23. "Games played by Henry Woods in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
24. "Tadcaster Albion – Appearances – Alfie Beestin – 2019-2020". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
25. Henry Woods at Soccerway