Will Ferry
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Ferry[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)[3] | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dundee United | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bury | |||
| 2017–2021 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Cheltenham Town | 75 | (2) |
| 2024– | Dundee United | 49 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Republic of Ireland U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 5 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 9 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:53, 17 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:18, 6 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
William Ferry (born 7 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Scottish Premiership club Dundee United. Born in England, he is a youth international for Ireland.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Bury,[2] Ferry spent his early career with Bury and Southampton, turning professional in 2017.[4][5] He signed a new two-year contract with Southampton in August 2021 and immediately moved on loan to Crawley Town.[6][7]
In August 2022 he signed for Cheltenham Town on a two-year contract.[8] Following relegation at the end of the 2023–24 season, Ferry was offered a new contract to remain with the club.[9]
On 6 June 2024, Ferry agreed to join Scottish Premiership club Dundee United on a three-year deal from the expiration of his contract with Cheltenham Town.[10]
International career
[edit | edit source]Ferry is a former Republic of Ireland under-18, under-19 and under-21 international.[6] On 6 October 2025, he received his first senior Republic of Ireland call-up, replacing the injured Callum O'Dowda in the squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Portugal and Armenia.[11]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 17 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southampton U21 | 2020–21[12] | — | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Southampton | 2021–22[13] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crawley Town (loan) | 2021–22[13] | League Two | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Cheltenham Town | 2022–23[14] | League One | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 2023–24[15] | League One | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 46 | 2 | |
| Total | 75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 2 | ||
| Dundee United | 2024–25[16] | Scottish Premiership | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 2025–26[17] | Scottish Premiership | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 160 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 182 | 3 | ||
- ^ Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bury, Greater Manchester
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers
- Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers
- English men's footballers
- English people of Irish descent
- Bury F.C. players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Crawley Town F.C. players
- Cheltenham Town F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football full-backs
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- 21st-century Irish sportsmen