Hayden Lindley

Hayden Taylor Lindley (born 2 September 2002) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League North club Darlington. Lindley is a product of the Aston Villa Academy and was also on the books of Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers as a junior.

Hayden Lindley
Personal information
Full name Hayden Taylor Lindley[1]
Date of birth (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Darlington
Youth career
Honley Junior
2008–2010 Blackburn Rovers
2010–2019 Manchester City
2019–2021 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2022 → Newport County (loan) 5 (0)
2023 Golcar United 1 (0)
2023– Darlington 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:16, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Early career

After impressing for the under-eights team of local side Honley Junior Football Club, Lindley joined the youth setup at Blackburn Rovers in October 2008. Soon after, he also began training with Manchester City's academy at a site in Bradford. Lindley was also approached by Leeds United but did not join them.[2] Lindley remained with City until July 2019, when he departed to join Aston Villa.[3]

Aston Villa

On 8 January 2021, Lindley made his first team debut for Aston Villa as a substitute in a FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool, after Villa had been forced to name a team of inexperienced academy players following a large amount of positive COVID-19 tests affected the first team.[4]

On 24 May 2021, Lindley was part of the Aston Villa U18s team that won the FA Youth Cup, beating Liverpool U18s 2–1 in the final.[5]

On 7 July 2021, he was one of several young players who signed a new contract with Aston Villa.[6] Lindley again appeared for the first team on 24 August 2021 in Villa's away EFL Cup victory at Barrow, coming off the bench in the second half as a substitute for Frédéric Guilbert.[7]

On 1 September 2022, Lindley joined Newport County on loan for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.[8] He made his debut for Newport on the 13 September 2022 as a second half substitute in a 1–0 League Two defeat to Stevenage.[9] On 29 December 2022, it was announced that Lindley would return to Villa on 1 January, after only making 5 league appearances for Newport in the first half of the season.[10][11]

Towards the end of the 2022–23 season, with the end of his Aston Villa contract approaching, Lindley was allowed to go on trial with League One club Cheltenham Town.[12] On 16 June 2023, it was confirmed that Lindley had been released by Aston Villa.[13]

Darlington

After leaving Aston Villa, Lindley played one match for Northern Counties East Football League club Golcar United on a non-contract basis, a 1–1 draw against Bottesford Town on 14 October 2023.[14]

Lindley signed permanently for National League North club Darlington on 24 October.[15] He made his debut the same day, as a substitute in a 0–0 draw against Blyth Spartans.[16]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 October 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2020–21 Premier League 0010001[lower-alpha 1]020
2021–22 0000103[lower-alpha 1]040
2022–23 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
Total 0010105070
Newport County (loan) 2022–23 League Two 5010100070
Golcar United 2023–24 NCEFL Premier Division 1000–0010
Darlington 2023–24 National League North 1000–0010
Career total 70202050160
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Aston Villa U18s

References
  1. "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League Website. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. "Honley's Hayden Lindley plays for Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers at 7 years old". 11 February 2010.
  3. "Hayden Lindley".
  4. Chowdhury, Saj (8 January 2021). "Aston Villa 1-4 Liverpool: Reds overcome resilient youngsters". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. Preece, Ashley (24 May 2021). "Aston Villa vs Liverpool FA Youth Cup final LIVE updates". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  6. "Young Lions sign new contracts". Aston Villa Football Club. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  7. "Aston Villa hammer Barrow in Carabao Cup with hat-trick for teenager Archer". BBC Sport.
  8. "Newport sign Lindley on loan from Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  9. "Gilbey strike sees Stevenage beat Newport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  10. "Hayden Lindley to return to Villa". Aston Villa Football Club. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  11. "Newport loan players to return to parent clubs". BBC Sport. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  12. Palmer, Jon (4 May 2023). "Villa midfielder set for Robins trial". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  13. "Premier League clubs publish 2022/23 retained lists". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  14. "Golcar United 1–1 Bottesford Town". Northern Counties East Football League. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  15. Simpson, Ray (24 October 2023). "Quakers sign Hayden Lindley". darlingtonfc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  16. Simpson, Ray (24 October 2023). "Quakers pick up morale boosting point from goalless draw". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  17. Hayden Lindley at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 January 2021.



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