Miles Winfield Welch-Hayes (born 25 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Harrogate Town.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miles Winfield Welch-Hayes[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1996-10-25) 25 October 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Oxford, England[2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Harrogate Town | ||
Number | 2 | ||
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− | Harrogate Town | 14 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:17, 3 September 2022 (UTC) |
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Oxford United | 2016–17[16] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Daventry Town (loan) | 2014–15[17] | SFL - Div 1 Central | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
North Leigh (loan) | 2015–16[17] | SFL - Div 1 South & West | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
Banbury United (loan) | 2015–16[17] | SFL - Div 1 South & West | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Bath City | 2016–17[2] | National League South | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 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[18] | League Two | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 30 | 0 |
2019–20[19] | League Two | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
Macclesfield total | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
Colchester United | 2019–20[19] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21[20] | League Two | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
2021–22[21] | League Two | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Colchester total | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
Career total | 202 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 217 | 6 |
2017–18 National League South Team of the Year | |
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Harrogate Town A.F.C. – current squad | |
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