Elis Watts

Elis Watts
Personal information
Full name Elis William Watts[1]
Date of birth (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Pontypridd, Wales
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hungerford 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) 6 (0)
2020–2022 Aldershot Town 6 (0)
2020 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 0 (0)
2021 → Farnborough (loan) 9 (3)
2022 → Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 13 (1)
2022 → Weston-super-Mare (loan) 8 (1)
2022–2023 Weston-super-Mare 31 (3)
2023– Hungerford Town 48 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:03, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Elis William Watts (born 28 June 2002) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hungerford Town.

Career

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]

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] Watts featured twelve times, scoring once for the club before returning to Aldershot and immediately joining Weston-super-Mare on loan for the remainder of the campaign.[11] On 16 May 2022, Watts announced via Twitter that he would be leaving the club at the end of his contract.[12]

On 16 July 2022, Watts returned to Weston-super-Mare on a permanent basis having spent time on loan with the club the previous season after a successful pre-season.[13]

On 4 August 2023, following his departure from Weston-super-Mare, Watts agreed to join Hungerford Town.[14]

Career Statistics

As of match played 21 September 2024
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[15] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
Bristol Manor Farm (loan) 2019–20[16] Southern League Division One South 6 0 — — 0 0 6 0
Aldershot Town 2020–21 National League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2021–22[17] National League 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Total 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
Metropolitan Police (loan) 2020–21[5] Southern League Premier Division South 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Farnborough (loan) 2021–22[16] Southern League Premier Division South 9 3 — — 1[b] 0 10 3
Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 2021–22[16] Southern League Premier Division South 13 1 — — — 13 1
Weston-super-Mare (loan) 2021–22[16] Southern League Premier Division South 8 1 — — 1[c] 0 9 1
Weston-super-Mare 2022–23[16] Southern League Premier Division South 31 3 3 0 — 2[b] 1 36 4
Hungerford Town 2023–24[16] Southern League Premier Division South 40 14 2 2 — 4[b] 2 46 18
2024–25[16] Southern League Premier Division South 8 7 3 0 — 0 0 11 7
Total 48 21 5 2 — 4 2 57 25
Career Total 121 29 8 2 0 0 10 3 139 32
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Southern League Premier Division South play-offs

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. ^ "LOAN MOVE: Winger Elis Watts has joined Weston-super-Mare on loan for the rest of the season". Aldershot Town F.C. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Elis Watts on Twitter". Twitter. Elis Watts. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  13. ^ "WATTS JOINS SEAGULLS PERMANENTLY". www.westonsmareafc.co.uk. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  14. ^ Leach, Martyn (4 August 2023). "New Signing - Elis Watts". Hungerford Town F.C. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Games played by Elis Watts in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g "Elis Watts Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Games played by Elis Watts in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2021.