Billy Haywood Whitehouse (born 13 June 1996) is an English professional

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who plays as a winger or full back for

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club

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. He turned professional at

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system after winning the 202 ...

in May 2014, and made his first team debut five months later at 18 years of age. He was loaned out to

FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in the National League (division), National League, the fifth level of English football league system. They replac ...

in February 2016, before he was bought by

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Leeds United have won the League Championship th ...

for a fee rumoured to be around £400,000 in August 2016, he was named man of the match in his last game for Doncaster. He had a brief spell on loan at

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, before he was released by Leeds in May 2017. After brief trials at Port Vale and Shamrock Rovers, Billy signed for Tadcaster Albion in December 2018. The following year after a good start to the season - the likes of Leicester, Cardiff, Bournemouth and Reading enquired about his availability, he finished the season on 34 assists and 12 goals. Billy signed for The New Saints for an undisclosed fee in January 2019.

Career

Doncaster Rovers

Whitehouse came through

's youth system to sign his first professional contract in May 2014. He made his first team debut after coming on as a 90th-minute substitute in a 3–0 away victory over

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club moved its home g ...

in the

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on 7 October 2014. He earned his first start in the next round of the competition, in a 1–0 defeat to

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at the

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on 18 November; after the game manager

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praised his performance. He played a total of nine games during the 2014–15 campaign. Speaking in November 2015, new manager

Darren Ferguson Darren Ferguson (born 9 February 1972) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of League One club Peterborough United, in his fourth stint as manager of the club. In between his stints with Peterborou ...

said that he would try to arrange a loan move for Whitehouse after he went nine weeks without a first team appearance. On 13 February 2016, Whitehouse joined

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side

on a one-month loan. He scored on his debut seven days later in a 4–2 victory over

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...

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, a win which lifted the "Shaymen" out of the relegation zone. However

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played him only twice more before the loan deal expired. Whitehouse played only five games for "Donny" during the 2015–16 relegation campaign and Ferguson confirmed that Whitehouse would remain transfer-listed as he did not see the midfielder having a future at the club.

Leeds United

On 2 August 2016, Whitehouse signed a one-year contract with

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club

for an undisclosed fee, and initially joined the Development squad. On 21 September, he joined

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on a three-month loan so as to provide cover for injured full-backs

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and

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. Three days later he played in a 2–1 defeat to

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– this was to prove his only appearance for the "Lions". He returned to

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and on 29 January 2017, Whitehouse made his United debut in a 1–0 defeat to non-league

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in the

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. He did not feature again under manager

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and was released at the end of the 2016–17 season.

English non-league

Whitehouse then had a brief spells at

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and later Shaw Lane in the

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before joining Tadcaster Albion in January 2018.

The New Saints

In January 2019 he returned to full-time professional football in the

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when he joined

The New Saints The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club, commonly known as The New Saints () or TNS FC, are an English professional football club that play in the , but are based completely within England, in Oswestry, Shropshire. They a ...

. He came off the bench in the Europa League tie against Ludogorets & was on the bench against Copenhagen the previous round. His first start of the 2019–2020 season resulted in a hat-trick away to Aberystwyth. In February 2020 he joined Spennymoor Town on loan until the end of the season. He left TNS by mutual consent at the end of March 2021.

Chorley

In May 2021, he was snapped up as a free agent by

side

, becoming the first signing of the summer. On 6 May 2024 Chorley announced Whitehouse would depart at the end of the season. In March 2025, Whitehouse returned to

on a short-term deal until the end of the season.

Alfreton

On 2 July 2024, Whitehouse rejoined

club

Style of play

A two footed tricky winger who takes set pieces with both feet and can also play full-back. Leeds United development coach

Jason Blunt Jason John Blunt (born 16 August 1977) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played in midfield. He is now manager of Doncaster City. He was formerly the Leeds United academy under-23s manager in the summer of 2 ...

said that Whitehouse "A player of immense skill, talent and potential who also creates chances and his work ethic and professional attitude and mentally is of the highest level expected from such a talent ".

Career statistics

References

External links

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Stats at Tadcaster Albion
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