Luke Haines | |
Fullname: | Luke Ryan Haines[1] |
Birth Date: | 15 October 2000 |
Birth Place: | Swindon, England |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Chippenham Town |
Clubnumber: | 6 |
Youthyears1: | 2007–2019 |
Youthclubs1: | Swindon Town |
Years1: | 2019–2021 |
Clubs1: | Swindon Town |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs2: | → Chippenham Town (loan) |
Caps2: | 20 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2020 |
Clubs3: | → Chippenham Town (loan) |
Caps3: | 5 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2020 |
Clubs4: | → Hereford (loan) |
Caps4: | 3 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs5: | → Hereford (loan) |
Caps5: | 4 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2021–2023 |
Clubs6: | Hereford |
Caps6: | 59 |
Goals6: | 7 |
Years7: | 2023– |
Clubs7: | Chippenham Town |
Caps7: | 32 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 16:24, 19 August 2024 (UTC) |
Luke Ryan Haines (born 15 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chippenham Town.
Haines was born in Swindon[2] and grew up in Highworth, Wiltshire.[3] He supported Swindon Town as a child.[4]
He first joined Swindon Town's academy at the age of 6 in 2007 and signed his first contract aged 8,[5] before signing his first professional contract with the club in May 2019.[6] He joined National League South side Chippenham Town on loan in July 2019, and made his debut for the club in a 0–0 draw away to St Albans City on 3 August 2019, their opening game of the season.[7] He won Chippenham Town's man of the match award for his performance. Haines scored his first goal for the club on 28 September 2020 with the opening goal of a 2–2 draw at home to Dulwich Hamlet.[8] He returned to Swindon Town in December 2019,[9] having made 20 league appearances, scoring once, for Chippenham.
He rejoined Chippenham Town on loan until the end of the season in February 2020.[10] His first appearance back at Chippenham came on 8 February 2020 in a 1–0 victory away to Hemel Hempstead Town, before scoring his second goal for Chippenham in their following match with the only goal of a 1–0 victory at home to Maidstone United.[11] He made 5 appearances over this spell, scoring once, prior to the early suspension of the season in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
He joined Hereford on loan on 2 October 2020 on a three-month loan.[13] [14] He appeared three times in the National League North before being recalled later that month. Haines made his debut for Swindon Town on 10 November 2020 in a 1–0 EFL Trophy victory away to Forest Green Rovers.[15] [16] [17] On 26 December 2020, Haines rejoined Hereford on a three-month loan deal.[18]
Haines was subsequently signed on a permanent basis by Hereford on 17 May 2021.[19] He was released by the club at the end of the 2022-23 season.[20] In May 2023, he returned to Chippenham Town having had two previous loan spells with the club.[21]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Swindon Town | 2019–20 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020–21 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Chippenham Town (loan) | 2019–20 | National League South | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
Chippenham Town (loan) | 2019–20 | National League South | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Hereford (loan) | 2020–21[23] | National League North | 4 | 0 | 2[24] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Hereford | 2021–22 | National League North | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
2022–23 | National League North | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |||
Total | 60 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 64 | 7 | ||||
Chippenham Town | 2023–24 | National League South | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 34 | 2 | ||
2024–25 | National League South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 36 | 2 | ||||
Career total | 121 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 142 | 13 |