Willie Boyd

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Willie Boyd
Personal information
Full name William Boyd [1]
Date of birth (1959-10-18) 18 October 1959 (age 63)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Hull City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1980 Hull City 0 (0)
1980–1983 Doncaster Rovers 104 (0)
1983–198? Grantham Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Boyd (born 18 October 1958) is a former footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers as a goalkeeper. [2] [3] [4]

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He won Schoolboy Honours and was a Scotland Youth International. [4]

Senior club career

Hull City

Boyd signed for Hull City in October 1977, [5] but didn't make it to play for the first team.

Doncaster Rovers

He was signed by English Division 4 club Doncaster Rovers in February 1980, enabling the club to sell the current keeper, Dennis Peacock, for some much needed funds. [3] His debut was in a 3–2 defeat at Peterborough United on 22 March 1980. [4] [3] The following season Boyd played in all games bar one as Rovers gained promotion to Division 3. [3]

After making a total of 118 League and Cup appearances, it was at the end of the 1982–83 season that Boyd retired from the professional game hampered by his knee injury, [6] with Dennis Peacock having made a return to the club at the beginning of that season as the first choice keeper. [3]

He went to play amateur football with Grantham Town, [2] and became a HGV driver, remaining in the Doncaster area. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Willie Boyd". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. 1 2 Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Willie Boyd". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Bluff, Tony (2010). Doncaster Rovers F.C.: The Complete History (1879-2010). Yore Publications. ISBN   9780956410375.
  4. 1 2 3 "Willie Boyd". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Willie Boyd".
  6. 1 2 "Where Are They Now? | Footballers | Willie Boyd".


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