James Hayter (footballer)

James Hayter

Hayter in May 2014
Personal information
Full nameJames Edward Hayter[1]
Date of birth9 April 1979[1]
Place of birthSandown, Isle of Wight, England
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Yeovil Town
Number9
Youth career
?–1997Bournemouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1997–2007Bournemouth359(93)
1998–1999→ Salisbury City (loan)8(4)
2007–2012Doncaster Rovers162(33)
2012–Yeovil Town118(25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:45, 11 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

James Edward Hayter (born 9 April 1979 in Sandown, Isle of Wight) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Football League One side Yeovil Town. He holds the record for the fastest Football League hat-trick ever, and has been on the winning side in three Football League play-off finals.

Club career

Bournemouth

After progressing through the youth system with south coast club Bournemouth, Hayter made his official début for them in the 1996–97 season in a 3–1 Division Two defeat to Peterborough United. Despite a promising start, he failed to gain a first team place and moved to Salisbury City on loan.

His performances there earned him a recall to Bournemouth from manager Mel Machin, scoring the fourth goal in a 4–0 demolition of Stoke on his return, and in October 2000 he equalled the club record for the number of goals scored in a match when he scored 4 against Bury. He was soon established as one of the most consistent and sought-after strikers outside the Premier League, and the proudest moment of his Bournemouth career came in May 2003 when he helped them achieve victory over Lincoln City in the Division Three playoff final.

On 24 February 2004, he came on as an 84th minute substitute while Bournemouth were 3–0 up at home to Wrexham and scored the fastest Football League hat-trick ever in less than 140 seconds,[2] beating the record set by Jimmy Scarth of Gillingham in 1952. His parents were at the match but missed his hat-trick as they had to leave early to get the last ferry back to the Isle of Wight.[3]

Hayter finished as Bournemouth's top scorer for the 2005–06 season, with 22 goals to his name, which proved vital in saving them from relegation. While struggling to score for Bournemouth in the 2006–07 season, he was a vital part of their first-team and scored twice against Oldham Athletic (3–2 win), the winner at Chesterfield (1–0) and one in the 5–0 win against Leyton Orient.

Doncaster Rovers

On 30 May 2007, Hayter signed for Doncaster Rovers for a club record transfer fee of £200,000.[4]

His 47th minute header in the 2008 League One play-off final, against Leeds United helped Doncaster Rovers gain promotion to the Championship.[5]

After Rovers' promotion to the Championship, Hayter struggled to find the net at the start of the 2008/9 season, but Rovers continued to show faith in Hayter, until an injury kept him out until March 2009. He started to find form on his return to the side, scoring his first goal of the season in narrow 2–1 defeat to Watford on 4 April 2009. He scored another 3 goals in the 2008/9 season against Ipswich Town, Plymouth Argyle and Crystal Palace, taking his goal tally for the season to 4. He made a good start to the 2009/10 season as well, scoring on the opening day at Watford, and also grabbing goals in games against Cardiff, Sheffield United and Crystal Palace to take his tally for the season to 4 in early December. He ended the 2009/10 season with 9 goals – a very good achievement given that Hayter played the majority of the season in a deeper role in the team due to Rovers' success using Billy Sharp as a lone striker.

He renewed his contract with Rovers in the summer of 2010, signing on for another two years. Hayter started the 2010/11 season well, scoring a headed goal in Doncaster's opening day win against Preston North End at Deepdale. Most of Hayters goals for Rovers in the 2010/11 season have been headers and he has proved himself to be one of the best headers of the ball outside the Premiership. His headed goal against Middlesbrough on 17 December was his 7th league goal of the season. In May 2012, Hayter was released by the club after the expiry of his contract.[6]

Yeovil Town

On 28 June 2012, Hayter signed for League One side Yeovil Town on a two-year contract, taking the vacant number 9 shirt.[7] He scored two of Yeovil's goals in a 3 – 1 away win over Brentford on 21 August. Two weeks later, he got a goal against his former club Doncaster Rovers in a 2 – 1 win for Yeovil. Hayter scored twice in Yeovil's 2–2 draw with Torquay United in the Football League Trophy, as well as netting in the penalty shootout to help the Glovers through to the next round.[8] On 19 May 2013, Hayter won promotion via the play-offs for the third time in his career as Yeovil were promoted to the Championship for the first time in the club's history.[9]

Career statistics

As of 11 April 2015.[10]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bournemouth 1996–97[11] Second Division 2000000020
1997–98[12] Second Division 5000001[lower-alpha 1]060
1998–99[13] Second Division 202000000202
1999–2000[14] Second Division 31210212[lower-alpha 1]1364
2000–01[15] Second Division 401131101[lower-alpha 1]04512
2001–02[16] Second Division 44721101[lower-alpha 1]0488
2002–03[17] Third Division 45961107[lower-alpha 2]45914
2003–04[18]
 Second Division 441420101[lower-alpha 1]04814
2004–05[19]
 League One 391930331[lower-alpha 1]04622
2005–06[20]
 League One 462010201[lower-alpha 1]05020
2006–07[21]
 League One 421032101[lower-alpha 1]04712
Total 35894215124165407108
Doncaster Rovers
2007–08[22]
 League One 34722214[lower-alpha 3]14211
2008–09[23]
 Championship 2740010—284
2009–10[24] Championship 3891020—419
2010–11[25] Championship 3292110—3510
2011–12[26] Championship 3141011—335
Total 1623363724117939
Yeovil Town 2012–13[27] League One 441410207[lower-alpha 4]25416
2013–14[28] Championship 3762210—408
2014–15[29] League One 37530101[lower-alpha 1]0425
Total 1182562408213629
Career totals 6381523310236278722176
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ 4 appearances in Football League Third Division play-offs, 3 appearances and 1 goal in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ 3 appearances and 1 goal in Football League One play-offs, 1 appearance in Football League Trophy
  4. ↑ 3 appearances in Football League One play-offs, 4 appearances and 2 goals in Football League Trophy

Honours

Club

Bournemouth
Doncaster Rovers
Yeovil Town

Individual

Bournemouth
Doncaster Rovers

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ↑ "Hayter hits fastest treble". BBC. 23 February 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "James Hayter celebrates 10th anniversary of record hat-trick". BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Doncaster sign Cherries' Hayter". BBC Sport. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
  5. ↑ "HAYTER HEADS DONNY INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP", The Football League, Tony Leighton, 25 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "Dozen depart from Rovers". Sky Sports. 18 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "James Hayter and Jamie McAllister join Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. 28 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Torquay 4 Yeovil 5 on Penalties". Ciderspace. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Brentford 1–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "James Hayter". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Bournemouth 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Bournemouth 1997/1998 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Bournemouth 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "Bournemouth 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Bournemouth 2000/2001 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Bournemouth 2001/2002 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "Bournemouth 2002/2003 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  18. ↑ "Bournemouth 2003/2004 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  19. ↑ "Bournemouth 2004/2005 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  20. ↑ "Bournemouth 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  21. ↑ "Bournemouth 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  22. ↑ "Doncaster 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  23. ↑ "Doncaster 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  24. ↑ "Doncaster 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "Doncaster 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  26. ↑ "Doncaster 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  27. ↑ "Yeovil 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  28. ↑ "Yeovil 2013/2014 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  29. ↑ "Yeovil 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  30. ↑ "James Hayter, an Island lad who was recently named the south's footballer of the year.". Isle of Wright County Press online. 23 December 2004.

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