| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Ferry [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 2000 [2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m) [3] | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dundee United | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bury | |||
| 2017–2021 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Cheltenham Town | 75 | (2) |
| 2024– | Dundee United | 57 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Republic of Ireland U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 5 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 9 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:36, 18 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:18, 6 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
William Ferry (born 7 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Scottish Premiership club Dundee United. Born in England, he is a youth international for Ireland.
Born in Bury, [2] Ferry spent his early career with Bury and Southampton, turning professional in 2017. [4] [5] He signed a new two-year contract with Southampton in August 2021 and immediately moved on loan to Crawley Town. [6] [7]
In August 2022 he signed for Cheltenham Town on a two-year contract. [8] Following relegation at the end of the 2023–24 season, Ferry was offered a new contract to remain with the club. [9]
On 6 June 2024, Ferry agreed to join Scottish Premiership club Dundee United on a three-year deal from the expiration of his contract with Cheltenham Town. [10]
Ferry is a former Republic of Ireland under-18, under-19 and under-21 international. [6] On 6 October 2025, he received his first senior Republic of Ireland call-up, replacing the injured Callum O'Dowda in the squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Portugal and Armenia. [11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southampton U21 | 2020–21 [12] | — | — | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Southampton | 2021–22 [13] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crawley Town (loan) | 2021–22 [13] | League Two | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Cheltenham Town | 2022–23 [14] | League One | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 2023–24 [15] | League One | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 46 | 2 | |
| Total | 75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 2 | ||
| Dundee United | 2024–25 [16] | Scottish Premiership | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 2025–26 [17] | Scottish Premiership | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [d] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 168 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 192 | 3 | ||