Lloyd Doyley

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Lloyd Doyley
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Doyley with Watford in May 2014
Personal information
Full name Lloyd Colin Doyley [1]
Date of birth (1982-12-01) 1 December 1982 (age 41) [2]
Place of birth Whitechapel, London, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [3]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Watford (under-18s assistant coach)
Youth career
1991–2001 Watford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2015 Watford 395 (2)
2016 Rotherham United 3 (0)
2016–2017 Colchester United 3 (0)
2017–2018 Hemel Hempstead Town 23 (0)
2018–2019 Billericay Town 8 (0)
2019–2021 Kings Langley [4] 23 (1)
Total455(3)
International career
2013–2014 Jamaica 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lloyd Colin Doyley (born 1 December 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently under-18s assistant coach at Watford.

Contents

Doyley came through the Watford Academy and went on to make 443 first-team appearances in 14 years with the club. He joined Rotherham United for a short spell in 2016, before moving to Colchester United later the same year.

Born in England, Doyley represented Jamaica at full international level, making nine appearances in 2013 and 2014. [5]

Club career

Watford

Born in Whitechapel, London, [6] Doyley is a graduate of the Watford Academy, [7] who joined the club at the age of 9. [8] He made his first-team debut on 26 September 2001, replacing the injured Pierre Issa after 27-minutes of Watford's 3–3 draw at home to Birmingham City. [9] In total, he made 21 appearances during the 2001–02 season. [10]

Doyley sporadically appeared for the first team in the following seasons, making 24 appearances during 2002–03, [11] twelve appearances in 2003–04, [12] before becoming a first-team regular during the 2004–05 season, [13] under the guidance of Aidy Boothroyd. [8]

In the 2005–06 season, Doyley played a crucial role in helping Watford reach the 2006 play-off final. His side achieved promotion to the Premier League after defeating Leeds United 3–0 at the Millennium Stadium. [14] He made 50 appearances in all competitions. [15]

During Watford's 2006–07 Premier League campaign, Doyley made 25 appearances, including a substitute appearance against Manchester United in the 4–1 FA Cup semi-final defeat, as Watford were relegated after just one season in the top flight. [16]

Doyley's first goal was scored on his 269th appearance for the club, on 7 December 2009 at Vicarage Road in a 3–1 win against Queens Park Rangers, over eight years after his first-team debut. [17]

On 14 February 2012, Doyley received the first red card of his career when he fouled Jermaine Beckford in injury time during Watford's 3–2 home win against Leicester City. [18]

Almost three years after his first goal for the club, Doyley scored his second on 15 September 2012, with a cross that evaded all the players including the goalkeeper, during Watford's 2–1 defeat away to Bolton Wanderers. [19] In the same season, he again helped his side reach the play-off final, but Watford were defeated 1–0 by Crystal Palace. [20] He had made his 400th Watford appearance on 2 April 2013 when he was introduced as a substitute for the injured Fitz Hall in a 1–0 win at Hull City. [21]

After making just six league and two cup appearances during the 2014–15 season, and following Watford's promotion to the Premier League, Doyley was not offered a new contract and not given a squad number for the forthcoming season, but was allowed to continue to rehabilitate with the club following neck surgery. [22] After recovering from injury, Doyley had been training with Charlton Athletic, [23] Queens Park Rangers, Bristol City, [24] and Gillingham in the hope of securing a contract. [25]

Rotherham United

In February 2016, Doyley went on trial with Championship side Rotherham United. [26] After a successful trial, Neil Warnock signed Doyley on a short-term deal until the end of the season. [24] He made his debut on 20 February in Rotherham's 2–0 defeat at Burnley. [27] He made three appearances for the club, [28] but his contract was not renewed at the end of the season and he departed in May 2016. [29]

Colchester United

In October 2016, Doyley signed a contract until the end of the 2016–17 season with League Two club Colchester United. [30] He made his debut on 29 October as Colchester were defeated 2–1 by Plymouth Argyle at Home Park. [31] He managed to play just three games for Colchester between October and the end of the season. [32] He played what would be his final game for the club in February 2017 in a game against Barnet. He suffered a calf injury in that game which ruled him out for the remainder of the season. He was then released in May 2017 after the club decided against offering him a new deal. [33]

Later career

Whilst out of contract, Doyley was allowed to use Watford's training facilities and was given game-time with the club's youth teams in order to maintain his match-fitness. In October 2017, Doyley joined Hemel Hempstead Town of the National League South. [34] On 31 December 2018, he joined National League South rivals Billericay Town. [35] [5]

In August 2019, Doyley signed for Hertfordshire-based Southern League Premier Division side Kings Langley. [36] [37]

International career

Doyley was first called up by the Jamaica national team in March 2013 for their 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Panama and Costa Rica. [38] He made his international debut on 27 March 2013 in Jamaica's 2–0 defeat by Costa Rica, and went on to make nine appearances for Jamaica. [5]

Coaching career

In June 2021, Doyley was announced as the new assistant manager to Luke Garrard at National League side Boreham Wood. Doyley's former Watford teammate Connor Smith was also announced as player/coach alongside his duties as club academy manager. [39] [40]

Following Garrard's departure at the end of the 2023–24 season, Doyley remained at the club as first-team coach, supporting new manager Ross Jenkins whom Doyled had played alongside at Watford. [41]

On 23 May 2024, Doyley was appointed under-18s assistant coach at former club Watford. [42]

Career statistics

Doyley (right) playing for Watford in April 2012 DoyleyLawrence.jpg
Doyley (right) playing for Watford in April 2012
As of June 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Watford 2001–02 [10] First Division 200001000210
2002–03 [11] First Division220101000220
2003–04 [12] First Division90102000120
2004–05 [13] Championship 290004000330
2005–06 [15] Championship44010203 [lower-alpha 1] 0500
2006–07 [16] Premier League 210202000250
2007–08 [43] Championship36020001 [lower-alpha 1] 0390
2008–09 [44] Championship370204000430
2009–10 [45] Championship441102000471
2010–11 [46] Championship360202000400
2011–12 [47] Championship330201000360
2012–13 [48] Championship34110103 [lower-alpha 1] 0391
2013–14 [49] Championship240101000260
2014–15 [50] Championship6000200080
Total3952160250704432
Rotherham United 2015–16 [28] Championship3000000030
Colchester United 2016–17 [32] League Two 3000000030
Hemel Hempstead Town 2017–18 [5] National League South 13000—40170
2018–19 [5] National League South10000—10110
Billericay Town 2018–19 [5] National League South8000—0080
Kings Langley 2019–20 [5] Southern Premier Division Central17100—51222
2020–21 [5] Southern Premier Division Central6000—2080
Career total45531602501915154

Honours

Watford

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