Macaulay Langstaff

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Macaulay Langstaff
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Langstaff playing for York City in 2018
Personal information
Full name Macaulay Kevin Langstaff
Date of birth (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Millwall
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2010 [2] Middlesbrough
2010–2014 [2] Boro Rangers
2014 Stockton Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Stockton Town
2015–2017 Billingham Synthonia
2017–2018 Gateshead 5 (0)
2017 → Billingham Synthonia (loan)
2017–2018 → Blyth Spartans (loan) 8 (0)
2018 → Blyth Spartans (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2020 York City 52 (11)
2019 → Bradford (Park Avenue) (loan) 5 (1)
2020 → Blyth Spartans (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2022 Gateshead 53 (31)
2022–2024 Notts County 91 (70)
2024– Millwall 24 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:46, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Macaulay Kevin Langstaff (born 3 February 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Millwall.

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As of 2023, he holds the National League record for most league goals scored in a season.

Early life

Macaulay Kevin Langstaff [3] was born on 3 February 1997 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. [4] He often attended Middlesbrough games as a child, and played for Marton FC. [2]

Career

Early career

When he was 10, Langstaff joined the academy of Middlesbrough, where he played until he was 13. [2] He played for Boro Rangers for the next four years, before signing for Wearside Football League club Stockton Town in 2014. He moved up to Stockton's first team later that season, as they won the Shipowners' Cup for the first time. [5]

In 2015, while in college, he started playing for Billingham Synthonia. [2] [5] After scoring 31 in goals in 65 appearances in all competitions, [6] he took on a local agent and signed his first professional contract with Gateshead in February 2017. [7] He made five appearances before being loaned back to Billingham and to Blyth Spartans. [8]

In 2018, he moved to York City, where he played for two years. [9] In 2020, he returned to Gateshead for another two seasons. In his first season, he scored four goals in 16 appearances. In the 2021–22 season, he scored 32 goals across all competitions, leading the league, and was named Player of the Season. [10] He was also named in the league's Team of the Year. [10] Gateshead earned promotion to the National League that season as champions. [11]

Notts County

Langstaff warming up for Notts County in 2024 Langstaff uncropped.jpg
Langstaff warming up for Notts County in 2024

In 2022, Langstaff joined Notts County on a three-year contract for a transfer fee of £50,000. [12] In October, he became the first player to win back-to-back National League Player of the month awards. [8] By mid-October he had scored 15 goals in 13 games and was being compared to Erling Haaland, as they vied to be the top scorer in the top five leagues. [7] [13] [14] On 7 April 2023, he scored his 41st goal in 41 league games, none of them penalties. [15] [16] This set a new County club record, and the National League division record, for league goals in a season. [17] [18] At the end of the 2022–23 season, Langstaff was voted as the Notts County Fans' and Players' Player of the Season. [19] He played in County's 2–2 extra-time draw with Chesterfield on 13 May at Wembley Stadium in the 2023 National League play-off final, with County winning the ensuing penalty shoot-out 4–3 to earn promotion to League Two. [20] Langstaff converted his kick during the shootout. [21]

On 7 August 2023, after fielding offers from teams in higher leagues, [22] Langstaff signed a new contract with Notts County, contracting him to the club until the end of the 2026–27 season. [23] He started the 2023–24 season strongly, with 11 goals in his first 15 appearances. [24] He recorded a first-half hat-trick in Notts' 5–0 win over Morecambe on 29 December, which was his first hat-trick in the English Football League. [25] By the start of 2024, he was the top scorer in the EFL, with 20 goals in 27 appearances. [26] He won a third consecutive golden boot award for the 2023–24 season with a tally of twenty-eight and finished the season as the top scorer in the EFL. [27] [28] On 10 June 2024, it was announced that Langstaff would become Notts County's club captain. [28]

Millwall

On 8 July 2024, Langstaff signed for Championship club Millwall on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee. [29] He would make his debut on 10 August 2024, coming off the bench in a 3–2 home defeat to Watford. [30] [4] His first goal for the club came on 28 September in a 3–1 home win against Preston North End. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gateshead 2017–18 [4] National League 5000—0050
Blyth Spartans (loan) 2017–18 [4] [31] National League North 170———170
York City 2018–19 [4] [32] National League North311030—1 [a] 03510
2019–20 [4] [33] National League North21120—2 [b] 0251
Total521150—306011
Bradford (Park Avenue) (loan)2018–19 [4] National League North51———51
Blyth Spartans (loan)2019–20 [4] National League North30———30
Gateshead 2020–21 [4] [34] National League North14310—1 [a] 1164
2021–22 [4] [35] National League North392874—004632
Total533184—116236
Notts County 2022–23 [4] National League454210—2 [c] 04842
2023–24 [36] League Two 462821001 [d] 04929
Total91703100309771
Millwall 2024–25 [37] Championship 2410020—261
Career total2501141652071275120
  1. 1 2 Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, one in National League North play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in National League play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Gateshead

Notts County

Individual

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