Elis Watts

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Elis Watts
Personal information
Full name Elis William Watts[1]
Date of birth (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 19)
Place of birth Pontypridd, Wales
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hayes & Yeading United
(on loan from Aldershot Town)
Youth career
Cambrian & Clydach Vale
Cardiff City
2014–2020 Newport County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Newport County 0 (0)
2020 → Bristol Manor Farm (loan) 2 (0)
2020– Aldershot Town 5 (0)
2020 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 0 (0)
2021 → Farnborough (loan) 9 (3)
2022– → Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:33, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Elis William Watts is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aldershot Town.

Career[]

Newport County[]

Watts played for Cambrian & Clydach and Cardiff City Academy before joining the Newport County Academy in 2014. On 4 September 2019, Watts made his debut for Newport in the starting line up for the 5–4 defeat to West Ham United Under-21s in the EFL Trophy Southern Group E.[2] On 18 January 2020, Watts joined Bristol Manor Farm on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.

Watts was released by Newport County at the end of the 2019–20 season.[3]

Aldershot Town[]

Having joined Aldershot Town following his release from Newport, Watts was promoted to the club's first-team set up on a full time basis in May 2021.[4] Watts spent time on loan at Metropolitan Police in October 2020, featuring twice for their under-23 side, scoring twice.[5] He made his Aldershot debut on the opening day of the 2021–22 season, coming on as a 90th minute substitute in a 2–0 home defeat to Chesterfield.[6]

On 15 October 2021, Watts joined Farnborough on loan until January 2022,[7] scoring on his debut a day later, during their 4–0 victory over Kings Langley.[8] He went onto feature ten times in all competitions, scoring three goals before being recalled by Aldershot towards the end of 2021.[9] On 5 January 2022, Watts joined Hayes & Yeading United on an initial one-month loan deal.[10]

Career Statistics[]

As of match played 12 February 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newport County 2019–20[11] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
Bristol Manor Farm (loan) 2019–20 Southern League Division One South 2 0 — — 0 0 2 0
Aldershot Town 2020–21 National League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2021–22[12] National League 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Total 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
Metropolitan Police (loan) 2020–21[5] Southern League Premier Division South 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Farnborough (loan) 2021–22[13] Southern League Premier Division South 9 3 — — 1[b] 0 10 3
Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 2021–22 Southern League Premier Division South 8 1 — — 0 0 8 1
Career Total 24 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 27 4
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Newport County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Newport County vs. West Ham United U21 - 4 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "NEWPORT COUNTY AFC CONFIRM LIST OF PLAYERS RETAINED AND RELEASED". www.newport-county.co.uk.
  4. ^ "ROSS MCNEILLY ACADEMY UPDATE: 26/05/21". www.theshots.co.uk. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Elis Watts Player Stats". The Football Association. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Aldershot Town 0–2 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Elis Watts joins". Farnborough F.C. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Southern League - Premier South – Farnborough 4 - 1 Kings Langley". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  9. ^ "TRANSFER NEWS: Winger Elis Watts has been recalled from his loan spell at Farnborough FC". Aldershot Town F.C. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  10. ^ "LOAN MOVE: Winger Elis Watts has joined Hayes & Yeading on loan". www.theshots.co.uk. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Games played by Elis Watts in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Games played by Elis Watts in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Farnborough – Appearances – Elis Watts". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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