 Whitehouse playing forLeeds United in January 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Billy Haywood Whitehouse[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-06-13)13 June 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Mexborough, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cleethorpes Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2014 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | (0) |
| 2014 | →FC Halifax Town (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Leeds United | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | →Guiseley (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Alfreton Town | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Shaw Lane | ||
| 2018–2019 | Tadcaster Albion | 35 | (15) |
| 2019–2021 | The New Saints | 17 | (5) |
| 2020 | →Spennymoor Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Chorley | 128 | (11) |
| 2024–2025 | Alfreton Town | 27 | (1) |
| 2025 | Chorley | 16 | (0) |
| 2025– | Cleethorpes Town | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:18, 29 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Billy Haywood Whitehouse (born 13 June 1996) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as awinger or full back forNorthern Premier League Premier Division clubCleethorpes Town.
He turned professional atDoncaster Rovers in May 2014, and made his first team debut five months later at 18 years of age. He was loaned out toFC Halifax Town in February 2016, before he was bought byLeeds United 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 atGuiseley, 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.
Whitehouse came throughDoncaster Rovers's youth system to sign his first professional contract in May 2014.[2] He made his first team debut after coming on as a 90th-minute substitute in a 3–0 away victory overBurton Albion in theLeague Trophy on 7 October 2014.[3][4] He earned his first start in the next round of the competition, in a 1–0 defeat toNotts County at theKeepmoat Stadium on 18 November; after the game managerPaul Dickov praised his performance.[5] He played a total of nine games during the2014–15 campaign.
Speaking in November 2015, new managerDarren Ferguson said that he would try to arrange a loan move for Whitehouse after he went nine weeks without a first team appearance.[6] On 13 February 2016, Whitehouse joinedNational League sideFC Halifax Town on a one-month loan.[7] He scored on his debut seven days later in a 4–2 victory overGrimsby Town atThe Shay, a win which lifted the "Shaymen" out of the relegation zone.[8] HoweverJim Harvey played him only twice more before the loan deal expired. Whitehouse played only five games for "Donny" during the2015–16 relegation campaign and Ferguson confirmed that Whitehouse would remain transfer-listed as he did not see the midfielder having a future at the club.[9]
On 2 August 2016, Whitehouse signed a one-year contract withEFL Championship clubLeeds United for an undisclosed fee, and initially joined theDevelopment squad.[10][11] On 21 September, he joinedAdam Lockwood'sGuiseley on a three-month loan so as to provide cover for injured full-backsDanny East andJavan Vidal.[12] Three days later he played in a 2–1 defeat toMacclesfield Town atNethermoor Park – this was to prove his only appearance for the "Lions".[13] He returned toElland Road and on 29 January 2017, Whitehouse made his United debut in a 1–0 defeat to non-leagueSutton United in theFA Cup.[14] He did not feature again under managerGarry Monk and was released at the end of the 2016–17 season.
Whitehouse then had a brief spells atAlfreton Town and laterShaw Lane in theNorthern Premier League before joiningTadcaster Albion in January 2018.[15][16]
In January 2019 he returned to full-time professional football in theWelsh Premier League when he joinedThe New Saints. 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.[17]
In February 2020 he joinedSpennymoor Town on loan until the end of the season.[18]
He left TNS by mutual consent at the end of March 2021.[19]
In May 2021, he was snapped up as a free agent byNational League North sideChorley, becoming the first signing of the summer.[20] On 6 May 2024 Chorley announced Whitehouse would depart at the end of the season.[21]
On 2 July 2024, Whitehouse rejoinedNational League North clubAlfreton Town.[22]
In March 2025, Whitehouse returned toChorley on a short-term deal until the end of the season.[23]
In October 2025, Whitehouse joined Northern Premier League Premier Division clubCleethorpes Town.[24]
A two footed tricky winger who takes set pieces with both feet and can also play full-back.Leeds United development coachJason Blunt 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 ".[25]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | 2014–15[26] | League One | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015–16[27] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| FC Halifax Town (loan) | 2015–16[28] | National League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Leeds United | 2016–17[29] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guiseley (loan) | 2016–17[29] | National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
