James Hayter (footballer)

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James Hayter
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Hayter in 2014
Personal information
Full name James Edward Hayter [1]
Date of birth (1979-04-09) 9 April 1979 (age 44) [1]
Place of birth Sandown, Isle of Wight, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
AFC Bournemouth (U18 coach)
Youth career
000?–1997 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2007 AFC Bournemouth 358 (94)
1998–1999Salisbury City (loan) 8 (4)
2007–2012 Doncaster Rovers 162 (39)
2012–2015 Yeovil Town 119 (25)
2015–2018 Havant & Waterlooville 84 (13)
2017Weymouth (loan) 3 (0)
Total734(175)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Edward Hayter (born 9 April 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward; he last played for Weymouth FC. He holds the record for the fastest Football League hat-trick ever and has been on the winning side in three Football League play-off finals.

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Club career

AFC Bournemouth

After progressing through the youth system with the south coast club AFC Bournemouth, Hayter made his official début for them in the 1996–97 season in a 3–1 Division Two defeat to Peterborough United. Despite a promising start, he failed to gain a first-team place and moved to Salisbury City on loan.

His performances there earned him a recall to Bournemouth from manager Mel Machin, scoring the fourth goal in a 4–0 demolition of Stoke on his return, and in October 2000 he equaled the club record for the number of goals scored in a match when he scored 4 against Bury. He was soon established as one of the most consistent and sought-after strikers outside the Premier League, and the proudest moment of his Bournemouth career came in May 2003 when he helped them achieve victory over Lincoln City in the Division Three playoff final.

On 24 February 2004, he came on as an 84th-minute substitute while Bournemouth were 3–0 up at home to Wrexham and scored the fastest Football League hat-trick ever in 2 minutes and 21.88seconds, [2] beating the record set by Jimmy Scarth of Gillingham in 1952. His parents were at the match but missed his hat-trick as they had to leave early to get the last ferry back to the Isle of Wight. [3]

Hayter finished as Bournemouth's top scorer for the 2005–06 season, with 22 goals to his name, which proved vital in saving them from relegation. While struggling to score for Bournemouth in the 2006–07 season, he was a vital part of their first-team and scored twice against Oldham Athletic (3–2 win), the winner at Chesterfield (1–0) and one in the 5–0 win against Leyton Orient.

Doncaster Rovers

On 30 May 2007, Hayter signed for Doncaster Rovers for a club record transfer fee of £200,000. [4]

His 47th-minute header in the 2008 League One play-off final, against Leeds United helped Doncaster Rovers gain promotion to the Championship. [5]

After Rovers' promotion to the Championship, Hayter struggled to find the net at the start of the 2008/9 season, but Rovers continued to show faith in Hayter, until an injury kept him out until March 2009. He started to find the form on his return to the side, scoring his first goal of the season in narrow 2–1 defeat to Watford on 4 April 2009. He scored another 3 goals in the 2008/9 season against Ipswich Town, Plymouth Argyle, and Crystal Palace, taking his goal tally for the season to 4. He made a good start to the 2009/10 season as well, scoring on an opening day at Watford, and also grabbing goals in games against Cardiff, Sheffield United and Crystal Palace to take his tally for the season to 4 in early December. He ended the 2009/10 season with 9 goals – a very good achievement given that Hayter played the majority of the season in a deeper role in the team due to Rovers' success using Billy Sharp as a lone striker.

He renewed his contract with Rovers in the summer of 2010, signing on for another two years. Hayter started the 2010/11 season well, scoring a headed goal in Doncaster's opening day win against Preston North End at Deepdale. Most of Hayter's goals for Rovers in the 2010/11 season have been headers and he has proved himself to be one of the best headers of the ball outside the Premiership. His headed goal against Middlesbrough on 17 December was his 7th league goal of the season. In May 2012, Hayter was released by the club after the expiry of his contract. [6]

Yeovil Town

On 28 June 2012, Hayter signed for League One side Yeovil Town on a two-year contract, taking the vacant number 9 shirt. [7] He scored two of Yeovil's goals in a 3 – 1 away win over Brentford on 21 August. Two weeks later, he got a goal against his former club Doncaster Rovers in a 2 – 1 win for Yeovil. Hayter scored twice in Yeovil's 2–2 draw with Torquay United in the Football League Trophy, as well as netting in the penalty shootout to help the Glovers through to the next round. [8] On 19 May 2013, Hayter won promotion via the play-offs for the third time in his career as Yeovil were promoted to the Championship for the first time in the club's history. [9]

Hayter was released by Yeovil at the end of the 2014–15 season following their relegation to League Two. [10]

Havant & Waterlooville

In June 2015, Hayter joined Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville. [11]

In June 2018, having made 84 league appearances and scored 13 goals for Havant & Waterlooville, Hayter departed the club. [12]

Weymouth loan

In November 2017, Hayter joined Weymouth on a short-term loan from Havant & Waterlooville, [13] making his début as a half-time substitute in a 0–3 Southern League Premier Division defeat at Slough Town. [14]

After a month, having made three appearances for Weymouth, Hayter returned to Havant & Waterlooville in December 2017, featuring as a late substitute in a goalless draw with Bognor Regis Town. [15]

Career statistics

As of 1 May 2018 [16]
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Bournemouth 1996–97 [17] Second Division 2000000020
1997–98 [18] Second Division5000001 [lower-alpha 1] 060
1998–99 [19] Second Division202000000202
1999–2000 [20] Second Division31210212 [lower-alpha 1] 1364
2000–01 [21] Second Division401131101 [lower-alpha 1] 04512
2001–02 [22] Second Division44721101 [lower-alpha 1] 0488
2002–03 [23] Third Division 45961107 [lower-alpha 2] 45914
Second Division441420101 [lower-alpha 1] 04814
League One 391930331 [lower-alpha 1] 04622
League One462010201 [lower-alpha 1] 05020
League One421032101 [lower-alpha 1] 04712
Total35894215124165407108
Doncaster Rovers League One34722214 [lower-alpha 3] 14211
Championship 2740010284
2009–10 [30] Championship3891020419
2010–11 [31] Championship32921103510
2011–12 [32] Championship3141011335
Total1623363724117939
Yeovil Town 2012–13 [33] League One441410207 [lower-alpha 4] 25416
2013–14 [34] Championship3762210408
2014–15 [35] League One38530101 [lower-alpha 1] 0435
Total1192562408213729
Havant & Waterlooville 2015–16 [36] National League South 351021534214
2016–17 [37] [38] Isthmian Premier Division 2821132325
2017–18 [36] National League South2113246289
Total841364121110228
Career totals72316539142364019825204
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. 4 appearances in Football League Third Division play-offs, 3 appearances and 1 goal in Football League Trophy
  3. 3 appearances and 1 goal in Football League One play-offs, 1 appearance in Football League Trophy
  4. 3 appearances in Football League One play-offs, 4 appearances and 2 goals in Football League Trophy

Honours

Club

AFC Bournemouth
Doncaster Rovers
Yeovil Town

Individual

AFC Bournemouth
Doncaster Rovers

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