| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miles Winfield Welch-Hayes [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1996 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Oxford United | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Daventry Town (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2015 | → North Leigh (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Banbury United (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Bath City (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Bath City | 31 | (3) |
| 2017 | → Oxford City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2018−2020 | Macclesfield Town | 47 | (1) |
| 2020−2022 | Colchester United | 50 | (1) |
| 2022−2023 | Harrogate Town | 10 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Altrincham (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2023– | Livingston | 3 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2024– | → Maidenhead United (loan) | 25 | (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.
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]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oxford United | 2016–17 [22] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daventry Town (loan) | 2014–15 [23] | SFL - Div 1 Central | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| North Leigh (loan) | 2015–16 [23] | SFL - Div 1 South & West | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Banbury United (loan) | 2015–16 [23] | SFL - Div 1 South & West | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bath City | 2016–17 [2] | National League South | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 [2] | 31 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||||
| Bath City total | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 3 | ||
| Oxford City (loan) | 2017–18 [2] | National League South | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 2018–19 [24] | League Two | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2019–20 [25] | League Two | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| Macclesfield total | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Colchester United | 2019–20 [25] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020–21 [26] | League Two | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 [27] | League Two | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Colchester total | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Harrogate Town | 2022–23 [28] | League Two | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [c] | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Altrincham (loan) | 2022–23 [28] | National League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Livingston | 2023–24 [28] | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Livingston B | 2023–24 [28] | — | — | — | 1 [e] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 2023–24 [28] | Scottish Championship | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Maidenhead United (loan) | 2024–25 [28] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 238 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 260 | 9 | ||