Willie Boyd

Willie Boyd
Personal information
Full name William Boyd
Date of birth (1959-10-18) 18 October 1959 (age 67)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Hull City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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.

He won Schoolboy Honours and was a Scotland Youth International.

Senior club career

Hull City

Boyd signed for Hull City in October 1977, 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. His debut was in a 3–2 defeat at Peterborough United on 22 March 1980. The following season Boyd played in all games bar one as Rovers gained promotion to Division 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, with Dennis Peacock having made a return to the club at the beginning of that season as the first choice keeper.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Willie Boyd". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024.
  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. Archived from the original on 12 November 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Willie Boyd".
  6. 1 2 "Where Are They Now? | Footballers | Willie Boyd".