Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jay K. Edward Foulston [1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 November 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Torquay United | ||
Youth career | |||
–2017 | Newport County | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Newport County | 4 | (0) |
2019 | → Merthyr Town (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → Chippenham Town (loan) | 31 | (1) |
2020–2024 | Taunton Town | 82 | (7) |
2021 | → Chippenham Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2023-2024 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 20 | (1) |
2024– | Torquay United | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2018–2019 | Wales U19 | 11 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:50, 20 April 2024 (UTC) |
Jay K. Edward Foulston (born 27 November 2000) is a Welsh professional football player who plays as defender for Torquay United.
Foulston was a product of the Newport County academy, and was promoted to the first team squad in July 2017 following appearances in Newport's pre-season friendly matches. [2]
He made his senior debut at 16 years old for Newport County on 8 August 2017 in a Football League Cup first round match versus Southend United, during which he entered into play as a late second-half substitute. Newport won the game 2–0. [3] His debut aged 16 years 8 months and 12 days made him the third youngest ever County player, behind Regan Poole and Steve Aizlewood [4]
On 16 April 2018, he signed his first professional contract at Newport until June 2020. [5] On 10 January 2019, he joined Merthyr Town on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. [6] On 11 July 2019, he joined Chippenham Town on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. [7]
He was released by Newport County at the end of the 2019–20 season. [8] On 24 August 2020, he was signed on free transfer from Newport County to Taunton Town, where as of 20 November 2023 he has made 53 appearances, scoring 4 goals, and was part of the squad that won the 2021–22 Southern Football League Premier Division South. [9] [10] He won the club's Goal of the Season award for both the 2019–20 [11] and 2022–23 seasons. [12]
On 15 December 2023, Foulston joined fellow National League South side Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season with a view to a permanent move. [13]
In March 2018, Foulston was called up to the Wales under 19 squad for two friendly international matches against Croatia. [14]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Newport County | 2017–18 [15] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2018–19 [16] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2019–20 [17] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Merthyr Town (loan) | 2018–19 [18] | Southern League Premier Division South | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
Chippenham Town (loan) | 2019–20 [19] | National League South | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
Taunton Town | 2020–21 [20] | Southern League Premier Division South | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
2021–22 [20] | Southern League Premier Division South | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 40 | 5 | ||
2022–23 [19] | National League South | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 43 | 3 | ||
2023–24 [19] | National League South | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
Total | 82 | 7 | 10 | 0 | — | 14 | 3 | 106 | 10 | |||
Chippenham Town (loan) | 2020–21 [19] | National League South | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Yeovil Town (loan) | 2023–24 [19] | National League South | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
Torquay United | 2024–25 [19] | National League South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 141 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 178 | 14 |
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