Will de Havilland

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Will de Havilland
Personal information
Full name William Lee de Havilland [1]
Date of birth (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Huntingdon, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Maidenhead United
Number 4
Youth career
–2013 Millwall
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Millwall 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Cambridge City (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → Histon (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Histon (loan) 10 (1)
2014 Bishop's Stortford 1 (0)
2014–2016 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2016–2018 Wycombe Wanderers 19 (0)
2017 → Aldershot Town (loan) 8 (0)
2018 → Maidstone United (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2019 Maidstone United 42 (3)
2019–2021 Dover Athletic 42 (5)
2021– Maidenhead United 121 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:04, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

William Lee de Havilland [1] (born 8 November 1994) [2] is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League club Maidenhead United.

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De Havilland began his career with Millwall, never making a first-team appearance, and spending loan spells with non-league clubs Cambridge City and Histon. After leaving Millwall in 2014 he had a brief spell, also in non-league, with Bishop's Stortford, before returning to league football with Sheffield Wednesday. He left the club after two years, having not made a first-team appearance, and signed for Wycombe Wanderers where he made his professional debut. He spent loan spells at non-league Aldershot Town and Maidstone United. In June 2018 it was announced that he would sign a permanent contract with Maidstone United in July 2018.

Career

De Havilland began his career with Millwall, spending a loan spell with Cambridge City and two loan spells with Histon. [2] After playing for Bishop's Stortford, [3] he signed for Sheffield Wednesday in August 2014. [4] He moved to Wycombe Wanderers in July 2016. [5] He signed on loan for Aldershot Town in July 2017. [6] He signed on loan for Maidstone United in February 2018. [7]

In May 2018 it was announced that he would not be retained by Wycombe following the end of the 2017–18 season. [8] Later that month Maidstone United announced that De Havilland would re-sign for them. [9] [10] Maidstone United were relegated at the end of the 2018–19 season, and de Havilland had a relegation clause in his contract. [11] He signed for Dover Athletic in June 2019. [12] Following's Dover's decision to not play any more matches in the 2020–21 season, made in late January, and subsequent null and voiding of all results, on 5 May 2021 it was announced that de Havilland was out of contract and had left the club. [13]

On 1 July 2021 it was announced that he had joined Maidenhead United. [14]

Career statistics

As of 8 February 2025
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Millwall 2013–14 [15] Championship 0000000000
Cambridge City (loan) 2013–14 [16] SFL Premier Division2000000020
Histon (loan) 2013–14 [2] Conference North 141000000141
Bishop's Stortford 2014–15 [2] Conference South 1000000010
Sheffield Wednesday 2014–15 [17] Championship0000000000
2015–16 [18] Championship0000000000
Total0000000000
Wycombe Wanderers 2016–17 [19] League Two 16010006 [a] 0230
2017–18 [20] League Two3010002 [a] 161
Total190200081291
Aldershot Town (loan) 2017–18 [2] National League 8000000080
Maidstone United (loan) 2017–18 [2] National League100000000100
Maidstone United 2018–19 [2] National League42330006 [b] 2515
Dover Athletic 2019–20 [2] National League29320—1 [b] 0323
2020–21 [2] National League13200—1 [b] 0142
Total42520—20465
Maidenhead United 2021–22 [2] National League27110—00281
2022–23 [2] National League34221—3 [b] 0393
2023–24 [2] National League37120—1 [b] 0401
2024–25 [2] National League23230—4 [c] 0302
Total121681—801377
Career total259151510024329819
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  3. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, three appearances in National League Cup

Playing style

De Havilland, a defender, bases his playing style on John Terry and Gary Cahill. [21]

References

  1. 1 2 "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Will de Havilland at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Blues announce squad". Bishop's Stortford F.C. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "William De Havilland pens Owls deal". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Wycombe Wanderers: Scott Brown and Will De Havilland join League Two club". BBC Sport. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Will de Havilland: Aldershot Town sign Wycombe Wanderers defender on loan". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Will makes Maidstone move". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Scott Brown: Wycombe Wanderers keeper among four to leave Chairboys". BBC Sport. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "How Watt's helped Will". Kent Online. 2 August 2018.
  10. ↑ @maidstoneunited (18 May 2018). "Are you ready for some more news? We're delighted to announce that Will De Havilland has agreed terms for the 2018/19 season. 🖤⚽️💛" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 May 2018– via Twitter.
  11. ↑ "Will to consider Stones future". Kent Online. 11 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "WHERE THERE'S A WILL". www.doverathletic.com. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  13. ↑ "RETAINED AND RELEASED LIST". www.doverathletic.com. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  14. ↑ Maidenhead United [@MUFCYorkRoad] (1 July 2021). "Will De Havilland is a Magpie" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 July 2021– via Twitter.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "Will De_havilland Profile | Aylesbury United FC".
  17. ↑ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  21. ↑ Tim Street (31 July 2014). "Training with Adebayo Akinfenwa will help make Wycombe new boy a better player". Get Bucks. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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