W. Boyle · career
William Sam Douglas Boyle
Full Back · Shrewsbury · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
A career still climbing — Boyle is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Peak: 2020/21Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2021/224 clubs
The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2026/27) across 4 clubs — 152 appearances with 27 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2020/21 at Cheltenham — Season rating 33, 6 goals and 2 assists in 29 games. 2025/26 was the leap — Season rating up 16 points at Shrewsbury. Form is on a climb — up 16 Season points across his last 3 full seasons.
Made the jump to a higher division in 2021/22 (League One) and kept playing — 31 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Shrewsbury | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 32 |
| 2025/26 | Shrewsbury | 43 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | Shrewsbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024/25 | Wrexham | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023/24 | Wrexham | 24 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | Huddersfield | 16 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | Cheltenham | 31 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | Cheltenham | 29 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 33 |
| 2019/20 | Cheltenham | 15 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Cheltenham | 38 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Cheltenham | 34 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Cheltenham | 21 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | KilmarnockLoan | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015/16 | YorkLoan | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014/15 | Kidderminster HarriersLoan | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014/15 | Huddersfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
League Two×2Florida Cup×2League One×2League Two×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cup | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played9 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15 | League Two | A Tranmere | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 22 | League Two | H Barnet | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 29 | League Two | H Salford City | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 1 | League Two | A Rochdale | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 5 | League Two | A Fleetwood Town | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 12 | League Two | H Northampton | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 19 | League Two | A Crewe | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 26 | League Two | H Colchester | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 3 | League Two | A Grimsby | 2-1 | Not in squad | — |