Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | William Boyd [1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | 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. [2] [3] [4]
He won Schoolboy Honours and was a Scotland Youth International. [4]
Boyd signed for Hull City in October 1977, [5] but didn't make it to play for the first team.
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. [3] His debut was in a 3–2 defeat at Peterborough United on 22 March 1980. [4] [3] The following season Boyd played in all games bar one as Rovers gained promotion to Division 3. [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, [6] with Dennis Peacock having made a return to the club at the beginning of that season as the first choice keeper. [3]
He went to play amateur football with Grantham Town, [2] and became a HGV driver, remaining in the Doncaster area. [6]