Wes Baynes

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Wes Baynes
Personal information
Full name Wesley Baynes
Date of birth (1988-10-12) 12 October 1988 (age 33)
Place of birth Chester, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Runcorn Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Wrexham 74 (8)
2010–2011 → Altrincham (loan) 26 (2)
2011–2013 Chester 62 (8)
2013–2015 AFC Telford United 46 (0)
2014–2015 → Colwyn Bay (loan) 28 (3)
2015 Colwyn Bay 4 (0)
2015–2017 Connah's Quay Nomads 58 (3)
2017–2018 Airbus UK Broughton 17 (3)
2018 Llandudno 12 (0)
2018–2020 Aberystwyth Town 53 (5)
2020–2021 Flint Town United 12 (0)
2021– Prestatyn Town 5 (0)
2021– Runcorn Town 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:30, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Wesley Baynes (born 12 October 1988) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Runcorn Town.

Career[]

Born in Chester, Baynes came through the ranks at Wrexham,[2] and made his first-team debut in a 2–2 home draw against Chester City in November 2007.[3] After impressing in his first season, he signed an extension to his contract in March 2008, keeping him at the club until 2010.[2] He scored his first goals for the club in the 4–2 away win against Lincoln City in May 2008 which was Wrexham's last match before relegation from the Football League.[4] On 7 January 2009, Baynes handed in a transfer request amid rumours of interest from top clubs[5]

In June 2011 he joined his hometown club Chester. Wes scored his first goal for Chester in the 3–0 victory over Worksop Town scoring the final goal in the 90th minute. He scored his second goal for Chester in the 3–0 victory over Chorley, scoring the 3rd goal from 30 yards. Baynes scored four more goals for Chester in their back-to-back title winning season, scoring the first goal in the 2–1 victory over Marine. He also scored Chester's only goal in the 1–1 draw against Northwich Victoria but his joy was soon to be cut short after being sent off later in the game. His fifth and sixth goal came in Chester's 4–0 win over Buxton.[6]

In May 2013 it was announced that Baynes rejected the chance to stay with Chester for another season but this time in the Conference National. Instead he joined recently relegated AFC Telford United where he would be playing in the Conference North for another season. On 26 April 2014 he won promotion to the Conference Premier with Telford after they clinched the Conference North title on the final game of the season.

In late September 2014 he joined Colwyn Bay on loan[7] and subsequently permanently, before signing for Connah's Quay Nomads in the Welsh Premier League.[8]

In May 2015, Baynes scored the only goal in the Europa League play-off final against Airbus UK Broughton that sent Nomads into Europe for the first time in their history.

After spending two years with the club he signed for Airbus UK in the summer of 2017.[9] In January 2018, he returned to the Welsh Premier with Llandudno.[10]

At the end of the season, he was released by Llandudno and signed for Aberystwyth.[11] Baynes made his Aberystwyth debut on the opening day of the season in a 2–0 win over former club Llandudno.

In June 2020, Baynes signed for Flint Town United.[12]

He then signed in 2021 for Cymru North side Prestatyn Town.

In November 2021 he moved to Runcorn Town.[13]

Career statistics[]

As of 6 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wrexham 2007–08 League Two 12 2 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 12 2
2008–09 Conference Premier 26 1 0 0 — — 1 0 27 1
2009–10 Conference Premier 36 5 2 0 — — 0 0 38 5
2010–11 Conference Premier 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Total 74 8 2 0 0 0 — 1 0 77 8
Altrincham (loan) 2010–11 Conference Premier 26 2 0 0 — — 0 0 26 2
Chester 2011–12 NPL Premier Division 30 6 0 0 — — 7 0 37 6
2012–13 Conference North 32 2 3 0 — — 4 1 39 3
Total 62 8 3 0 — — 11 1 76 9
AFC Telford United 2013–14 Conference North 39 0 0 0 — — 2 0 41 0
2014–15 Conference Premier 7 0 0 0 — — 0 0 7 0
Total 46 0 0 0 — — 2 0 48 0
Colwyn Bay (loan) 2014–15 Conference North 28 3 2 0 — — 1 0 31 3
Colwyn Bay 2015–16 NPL Premier Division 4 0 0 0 — — 0 0 4 0
Total 32 3 2 0 — — 1 0 35 3
Connah's Quay Nomads 2015–16[14] Welsh Premier League 29 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 2[a] 2 37 4
2016–17[15] Welsh Premier League 29 1 3 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 37 3
Total 58 3 7 1 3 0 4 1 2 2 74 7
Airbus UK Broughton 2017–18[16] Cymru Alliance 17 3 2 1 3 0 — 1[b] 1 23 5
Llandudno 2017–18[17] Welsh Premier League 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Aberystwyth Town 2018–19[18] Welsh Premier League 30 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 4
2019–20[18] Cymru Premier 23 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 28 2
Total 53 5 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 61 6
Career total 380 34 20 3 10 0 4 1 18 4 432 42
  1. ^ Appearances in league playoffs
  2. ^ Appearance in Cymru Alliance League Cup

References[]

  1. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2008). Sky Sports Football Yearbook: 2008–2009. London: Headline. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-7553-1819-3.
  2. ^ a b "Wrexham rookies sign new deals". BBC Sport. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Games played by Wes Baynes in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  4. ^ "Lincoln 2–4 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  5. ^ "Wrexham FC's Wes Baynes hands in shock transfer request". Evening Leader (Wales). North Wales Newspapers Ltd. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
  6. ^ "Blues sign Wes Baynes and Rob Marsh-Evans". Flintshire Chronicle. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Sinclair Takes Baynes on Loan". Football Conference. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Wes Baynes | Connah's Quay Nomads Football Club". the-nomads.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  9. ^ http://airbusfc.com/index.php/news/1309-manager-tommo-delighted-with-new-signings
  10. ^ "Defender Baynes joins Llandudno from Airbus". welsh-premier.com. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Welsh Prem ace Wes Baynes is latest addition to 2018/19 squad". Aberystwyth Town Football Club. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  12. ^ Jones, Jordan (12 June 2020). "Wes Baynes: Aberystwyth defender moves to Flint Town United". Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Wes Baynes signs for Town". Runcorn Town FC. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  14. ^ "2015/16 Season for Connah's Quay Nomads". the-nomads.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  15. ^ "2016/17 Season for Connah's Quay Nomads". the-nomads.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Wes Baynes leaves to sign for Llandudno". airbusfc.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  17. ^ "TEAMS".
  18. ^ a b "Fixtures & Results". Aberystwyth Town Football Club. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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