Elis Watts
Personal information
Full name Elis William Watts[1]
Date of birth (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002
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 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:43, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

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

Career

Newport County

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 16 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newport County 2019–20[15] League Two 0000002[lower-alpha 1]020
Bristol Manor Farm (loan) 2019–20[16] Southern League Division One South 60——0060
Aldershot Town 2020–21 National League 0000—0000
2021–22[17] National League 6000——60
Total 6000—0060
Metropolitan Police (loan) 2020–21[5] Southern League Premier Division South 00——0000
Farnborough (loan) 2021–22[16] Southern League Premier Division South 93——1[lower-alpha 2]0103
Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 2021–22[16] Southern League Premier Division South 131———131
Weston-super-Mare (loan) 2021–22[16] Southern League Premier Division South 81——1[lower-alpha 3]091
Weston-super-Mare 2022–23[16] Southern League Premier Division South 31330—2[lower-alpha 2]1364
Hungerford Town 2023–24[16] Southern League Premier Division South 6222—0084
Career Total 79105200619013
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.
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