Billy Waters

Bill Henry Penna Waters (born 15 October 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for National League club FC Halifax Town.

A graduate of the Academy at Crewe Alexandra, he made his debut in the English Football League in November 2013. He was released by the club in May 2015, and moved on to Cheltenham Town, helping the team to win promotion as champions of the National League at the end of the 2015–16 season. He was named as Cheltenham Town Player of the Year in 2017, before he was sold on to Northampton Town in June 2017. He spent the second half of the 2017–18 season on loan at Cambridge United.

Club Career

Crewe Alexandra

Waters was born in Epsom and began his career with Crewe Alexandra. After progressing through the club's academy, he was called up to the first-team by manager Steve Davis in October 2012. Davis explained his decision to promote Waters to the first team, citing his impressive displays in the club's academy. He was an unused substitute five times throughout the 2012–13 season, before signing his first professional contract on a one-year deal in May 2013. Waters suffered a knee injury during a pre-season friendly match and despite recovering, spent the first half of the 2013–14 season playing in the club's reserves. He made his professional debut on 26 November, in a 2–1 defeat at Carlisle United, entering the game as a 59th-minute substitute for Mark Ellis. He made his first start on 8 March, and provided an assist for Chuks Aneke, in a 4–2 defeat at Peterborough United. He signed a new two-year contract in June 2014.

Turning 20 early in the 2014–15 season, he stated that his aim was to establish himself in the first-team and he switched shirt number from 29 to 17. Waters made a perfect start to the campaign when he scored his first goal for the "Railwaymen" and set up another goal in a 2–0 win over Barnsley in the first round of the League Cup on 12 August. He scored against the same team four days later in a League One fixture