Miles Welch-Hayes

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Miles Welch-Hayes
Personal information
Full name Miles Winfield Welch-Hayes [1]
Date of birth (1996-10-25) 25 October 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Oxford, England [2]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Maidenhead United
(on loan from Livingston)
Number 22
Youth career
2010–2015 Oxford United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Oxford United 1 (0)
2015Daventry Town (loan) 11 (0)
2015North Leigh (loan) 9 (1)
2015–2016Banbury United (loan) 16 (0)
2016–2017Bath City (loan) 22 (0)
2017–2018 Bath City 31 (3)
2017Oxford City (loan) 3 (0)
2018−2020 Macclesfield Town 47 (1)
2020−2022 Colchester United 50 (1)
2022−2023 Harrogate Town 10 (0)
2023Altrincham (loan) 11 (1)
2023– Livingston 3 (0)
2024Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 12 (1)
2024–Maidenhead United (loan) 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:42, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Miles Winfield Welch-Hayes (born 25 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League side Maidenhead United, on loan from Scottish Championship club Livingston.

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Career

Welch-Hayes signed a professional contract with Oxford United in May 2016, at the age of 19. [3] He made his League One debut for the club on 17 August 2016, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 away defeat to Fleetwood Town at Highbury Stadium. [4] He was released without making further appearances in May 2017 [5] and joined Bath City on a permanent contract a week or so later. [6] In October 2017 he began a one-month loan at Oxford City [7] and started in the team that beat Colchester United of League Two in a first-round FA Cup upset on 4 November 2017. [8] He was named in the Conference South team of the year in the 2017−18 season just after missing out on the play-offs with Bath City.

In June 2018, he signed for Macclesfield Town, newly promoted to League Two. [9] He scored his first goal for the club at Walsall on 14 December 2019. [10] On 1 February 2020 it was announced that he was one of three players to have left financially troubled Macclesfield during the January 2020 transfer window, following a meeting with the English Football League. [11]

On 21 February 2020, Welch-Hayes joined Colchester United on a contract until summer 2022. [12] He made his debut in Colchester's 3–2 aggregate League Two play-off semi-final defeat to Exeter City on 22 June 2020. [13] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 October 2020 during their 3–3 draw with Oldham Athletic. [14] Welch-Hayes was released at the end of the 2021–22 season. [15]

In June 2022 he signed for Harrogate Town, also of League Two. [16] In January 2023, he joined National League club Altrincham on loan until the end of the season. [17]

Welch-Hayes signed for Livingston in June 2023. [18]

On 22 February 2024, Welch-Hayes joined Dunfermline Athletic on loan for the rest of the season. [19]

On 30 August 2024, he returned to England to join Maidenhead United on loan. [20] [21]

Career statistics

As of end of 2023-24 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oxford United 2016–17 [22] League One 1000000010
Daventry Town (loan) 2014–15 [23] SFL - Div 1 Central 1100000140
North Leigh (loan) 2015–16 [23] SFL - Div 1 South & West 131001 [lower-alpha 1] 0101
Banbury United (loan) 2015–16 [23] SFL - Div 1 South & West 230002 [lower-alpha 2] 0180
Bath City 2016–17 [2] National League South 220001 [lower-alpha 1] 0230
2017–18 [2] 31300313
Bath City total533000010543
Oxford City (loan) 2017–18 [2] National League South 30100040
Macclesfield Town 2018–19 [24] League Two 23010303 [lower-alpha 3] 0300
2019–20 [25] League Two24100202 [lower-alpha 3] 0281
Macclesfield total471105050581
Colchester United 2019–20 [25] League Two0000001 [lower-alpha 4] 010
2020–21 [26] League Two38110003 [lower-alpha 3] 0421
2021–22 [27] League Two12000102 [lower-alpha 3] 0150
Colchester total501101060581
Harrogate Town 2022–23 [28] League Two10000103 [lower-alpha 3] 1141
Altrincham (loan) 2022–23 [28] National League 11100002 [lower-alpha 1] 0131
Livingston 2023–24 [28] Scottish Premiership 3000000030
Livingston B 2023–24 [28] 1 [lower-alpha 5] 010
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2023–24 [28] Scottish Championship 121000000121
Maidenhead United (loan) 2024–25 [28] National League0000000000
Career total238830702112609
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. One appearance in the Birmingham Senior Cup and one in the Buckinghamshire Senior Charity Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  4. Appearance in EFL League Two play-offs
  5. Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup

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