Liam Hughes (footballer, born 1992)

Liam Michael Hughes (born 10 August 1992) is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Kettering Town on loan from Matlock Town. He previously played for Cambridge United before joining Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2016.

Liam Hughes
Personal information
Full name Liam Michael Hughes[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992[2]
Place of birth Rotherham, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kettering Town
(on loan from Matlock Town)
Youth career
Scunthorpe United
2007–2011 Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Cambridge United 161 (13)
2012 → Corby Town (loan) 3 (3)
2016 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 9 (0)
2016–2017 Barrow 47 (5)
2017–2018 Guiseley 5 (0)
2018 Billericay Town 13 (1)
2018–2019 Darlington 22 (1)
2019 Gainsborough Trinity 4 (0)
2019 Stratford Town 5 (0)
2019–2020 Bradford Park Avenue 17 (2)
2020 Frickley Athletic 4 (0)
2020– Matlock Town 0 (0)
2021– → Kettering Town (loan) 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:19, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Rotherham, Hughes joined Cambridge United's youth setup in 2007, aged 15, after a stint Rotherham United, Leeds United and Scunthorpe United youth system. Initially a defender, he was converted to a more attacking role during his time at the Academy, and made his first-team debut on 9 November 2010, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 home draw with Grimsby Town.

On 4 April 2011 Hughes signed a two-year professional deal with Cambridge United,[3] but struggled to appear regularly as a starter. On 21 November 2012 he was loaned to Corby Town for a month,[4] and after scoring six goals in five matches he returned to Cambridge.

Hughes signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the club on 30 January 2014.[5] He played his first match in the Football League on 16 August, starting in a 2–1 loss away to Portsmouth.[6] His contract with Cambridge United was cancelled by mutual consent on 30 January 2016,[7] and Hughes signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle of the Scottish Premiership two days later.[8]

In June 2016 he joined Barrow.[9] He moved on to Guiseley in November 2017,[10] before signing for Billericay Town in February 2018.[11]

On 16 May 2018 he joined Darlington.[12] He left Darlington by mutual consent on 7 March 2019 and signed for Gainsborough Trinity the same day.[13]

Hughes left Gainsborough in July 2019 and signed for Stratford Town, once again linking up with Darlington manager Tommy Wright.[14] He left Stratford in October and signed for Bradford Park Avenue; he made his debut on 12 October in a 3–2 defeat at home to Hereford.[15]

After joining Matlock Town in 2020, Hughes then joined Kettering Town on a one-month loan deal in January 2021.[16]

Career statistics
As of match played 17 December 2019
Club Season League National Cup League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambridge United 2010–11[17] Conference Premier 18200—00182
2011–12[17] 21210—4[lower-alpha 2]0262
2012–13[17] 36400—00364
2013–14[17] 40240—11[lower-alpha 3]1553
2014–15[18] League Two 30350101[lower-alpha 4]0373
2015–16[2] 16010001[lower-alpha 4]0180
Total 161131101017119014
Corby Town (loan) 2012–13[17] Conference North 3300—3[lower-alpha 2]265
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2015–16[2] Scottish Premiership 90200000110
Barrow 2016–17[17] National League 38540—3[lower-alpha 2]0455
2017–18[17] National League 9000—0090
Total 47540—30545
Guiseley 2017–18[17] National League 5010—0060
Billericay Town 2017–18[19] Isthmian League 1310021—152
Darlington 2018–19[17][20] National League North 22110—1[lower-alpha 2]0241
Gainsborough Trinity 2018–19[21] Northern Premier League 40———40
Stratford Town 2019–20[19] Southern League Premier Division Central 501110—71
Bradford Park Avenue 2019–20[17] National League North 70——2[lower-alpha 2]090
Career total 276232014126332628
  1. Includes Football League Cup, Alan Turvey Trophy, Southern League Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  3. Eight appearances in FA Trophy, three in Conference Premier play-offs
  4. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

References
  1. "Liam Hughes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. "Games played by Liam Hughes in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. "Liam Hughes signs professional deal at Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. "Corby Town sign Liam Hughes, release Pierrick Briand". BBC Sport. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  5. "Duo sign new deals". Cambridge United F.C. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  6. "Portsmouth 2–1 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. "Liam Hughes leaves U's". Cambridge United F.C. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. "Inverness CT recruit Ryan Williams and Liam Hughes". BBC Sport. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  9. "Barrow make it nine new faces with Hughes capture". Non League Daily. June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
  10. "Liam Hughes: Guiseley sign midfielder from Barrow". BBC Sport. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  11. Lambert, Luke (18 February 2018). "Billericay add National League duo to ranks". Echo. Basildon. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  12. Simpson, Ray (16 May 2018). "Liam Hughes signs for Quakers". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  13. Simpson, Ray (8 March 2019). "Liam Hughes leaves Darlington". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
    "Liam Hughes puts pen to paper". Gainsborough Trinity F.C. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  14. Chilton, Andy (21 July 2019). "New Signing; Liam Hughes signs for the blues". Stratford Town F.C. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  15. "Avenue add four ahead of Hereford clash". Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
    "Bradford Park Avenue 2–3 Hereford F.C." The National League. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  16. "Loan Signing - Liam Hughes". Kettering Town FC. 5 January 2021.
  17. "L. Hughes". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  18. "Games played by Liam Hughes in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  19. "Liam Hughes". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United FC/Luke BuckinghamBrown. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  20. Simpson, Ray (22 September 2018). "Quakers beaten by first half goal". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
    "Darlington 0–2 AFC Telford United: Season 2018–2019: FA Trophy". Darlington F.C. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  21. "Gainsborough Trinity – Appearances – Liam Hughes – 2018-2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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