Tom Hadler

Tom Hadler (born 30 July 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ramsgate.

Tom Hadler
Hadler with Maidstone United.
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996
Place of birth Canterbury, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1][2][3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Ramsgate
Youth career
0000–2011 Gillingham
2012–2015 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Gillingham 1 (0)
2014 → Folkestone Invicta (loan)
2015 → Tonbridge Angels (loan)[4] 13 (0)
2015 → Gloucester City (loan) 1 (0)
2016 → Grays Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
2017–2018 → Gloucester City (loan) 20 (0)
2019–2020 Eastbourne Borough 22 (0)
2020–2021 Ebbsfleet United 3 (0)
2021–2023 Maidstone United 37 (0)
2023– Ramsgate 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:08, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Born in Canterbury,[2] Hadler attended the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in the city.[1]

Career

Gillingham

Hadler joined the Gillingham youth set up before leaving at the age of 15 "to concentrate on his studies". He re-joined the club on a part-time basis during the 2012–13 season, and turned professional in 2015.[1][2] He spent loan spells at non-league clubs Folkestone Invicta, Tonbridge Angels, Grays Athletic and Gloucester City,[1][5][6][7][8] He became the club's second-choice goalkeeper in February 2018,[9] before making his senior debut for Gillingham on 21 April 2018 in a 3–0 home defeat in the league against Blackpool.[10][11] Despite the result, he was praised by manager Steve Lovell.[12]

He was released by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season,[13] having made only three further appearances for the side, all in the EFL Trophy.[14]

Eastbourne Borough

On 25 June 2019, Hadler signed for Eastbourne Borough who play in the National League South.[15][16] He made his debut for the side on the opening day of the 2019–20 season in a 1–0 away loss to Billericay Town.[17]

Ebsfleet United

On 16 July 2020 he signed for National League South side Ebbsfleet United.[18]

Maidstone United

In June 2021, Hadler joined Maidstone United of the National League South,[19] winning the league title that year.[20] Following their relegation at the end of the 2022–23 season, he was released by the club.[21]

Ramsgate

On 16 May 2023, Hadler was announced to have agreed to sign for Isthmian League South East Division club Ramsgate.[22]

Honours

Maidstone United

References
  1. "Profile". Gillingham F.C. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. Tom Hadler at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. "WATCH: Tomas Holy and Tom Hadler - Gillingham's two giants". Sky Sports. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. "Tonbridge Angels – Appearances – Thomas Hadler – 2014-2015". Football Web Pages. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. "Invicta Keeper Selected for England". Pitchero. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  6. "Tom Hadler Rejoins Angels". Tombridge Angels F.C. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  7. "Tom Hadler joins the club on loan". Grays Athletic F.C. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  8. "Statistics: Grays Athletic". www.graysath-online.com.
  9. Luke Caldwell (8 February 2018). "Gillingham goalkeeper Tom Hadler is now understudy to no.1 Tomas Holy". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  10. "Games played by Tom Hadler in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  11. Luke Caldwell (26 April 2018). "Gillingham goalkeeper Tom Hadler looking beyond the scoreline after losing debut against Blackpool". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  12. Luke Caldwell (24 April 2018). "Gillingham goalkeeper Tom Hadler has bright future, says boss Steve Lovell". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  13. "Tom Eaves and Tomas Holy offered new contracts by Gillingham". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  14. "Games played by Tom Hadler in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  15. "Sports Find a Keeper in Hadler". Eastbourne Borough F.C. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  16. "Released keeper finds new club". 25 June 2019.
  17. "LATE DRAMA CRUEL ON SPORTS". Eastbourne Borough F.C. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  18. "Fleet welcome new handler in Hadler". 16 July 2020.
  19. "Hak hands deal to Hadler". www.maidstoneunited.co.uk. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  20. Tucker, Craig (30 April 2022). "Report: Maidstone win National League South title". Kent Online. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  21. "Player update". maidstoneunited.co.uk. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  22. Ramsgate F.C. [@RamsgateFC] (16 May 2023). "Very excited to announce our new No.1 for the coming season 🧤🔴⚪️🐏" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Twitter.
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