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Byron Webster

Byron Clark Webster is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Bromley.

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Byron Webster
Webster playing for Doncaster Rovers in 2009
Personal information
Full name Byron Clark Webster1
Date of birth (1987-03-31) 31 March 19872
Place of birth Leeds, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)3
Position Centre-back4
Team information
Current team
 Bromley
Number 17
Youth career
–2004 York City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 York City 21 (1)
2007 Harrogate Town 9 (0)
2007 → Whitby Town (co-registration) 3 (0)
2007–2009 Baník Most 49 (4)
2009–2011 Doncaster Rovers 12 (0)
2010 → Hereford United (loan) 2 (0)
2011 → Northampton Town (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2012 Northampton Town 13 (0)
2012–2014 Yeovil Town 85 (8)
2014–2019 Millwall 109 (8)
2015 → Yeovil Town (loan) 14 (0)
2019 Scunthorpe United 9 (0)
2019–2020 Carlisle United 32 (1)
2020–2026 Bromley 173 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:39, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Byron Clark Webster (born 31 March 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Bromley.

Early and personal life

Webster was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire,5 and raised in Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire.6 He was educated at Sherburn High School and was able to complete a BTEC National Diploma during his footballing career.78

Career

Early career

Webster made his first-team debut for York City against Burton Albion in the Conference National on 29 December 2004.9 He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Stevenage Borough on 8 January 2005.9 He finished the 2004–05 season with 16 appearances and one goal.9 He made four appearances in all competitions in 2005–06.10 He signed his first professional contract with York in July 2006.11 He made four appearances in 2006–07,12 before being released in February 2007 at his own request.13 After his release, Webster contemplated retiring and enrolling in university.14 He signed for Conference North club Harrogate Town in the same month and made his debut against Scarborough in a 1–0 home defeat on 3 February 2007.1516 Whilst being registered with Harrogate, he played three games for Whitby Town in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.1718 He ended the season with nine appearances for Harrogate.16

Baník Most

Webster signed a one-year contract with Czech First League club FK SIAD Most (known as FK Baník Most from 2008 onwards) in August 2007, with an option of an extension until 2010.19 He made his debut in a 5–2 defeat against Baník Ostrava on 11 August 2007.20 The 2007–08 concluded with Most suffering relegation to the Czech 2. Liga, although Webster signed a new two-year contract with the club.21 He started a trial spell at Scottish Premier League club Motherwell in December 2008.22 The club entered negotiations over a deal for Webster to sign on loan for the rest of the 2008–09 season.23

Doncaster Rovers

Webster had a trial with Bury in July 2009, before leaving to trial with Doncaster Rovers.2425 He gave a "composed performance" in a pre-season friendly against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Doncaster manager Sean O'Driscoll was looking to complete a deal for him to sign for the club.2627 He eventually signed for the Championship club on an initial two-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 5 August 2009.28 Webster made his Doncaster debut in a 1–0 victory away to Notts County in the League Cup first round on 11 August 2009.29 He joined League Two club Hereford United on 18 November 2010 on a one-month loan.30

Northampton Town

On 17 March 2011, Webster joined League Two club Northampton Town on loan until the end of 2010–11.31 On 17 May 2011, Webster was released by Doncaster and on the same day Northampton signed him permanently on a two-year contract.3233

Yeovil Town

On 4 July 2012, Webster's contract with Northampton Town was terminated by mutual consent and later that day signed for League One club Yeovil Town on a two-year contract.34 He scored his first goal for Yeovil in 2–1 victory over Bury, after an attempted clearance from a corner struck him, sending it into the goal.35 Webster played in the 2–1 victory over Brentford in the 2013 League One play-off final at Wembley Stadium on 19 May 2013, seeing Yeovil win promotion to the Championship for the first time in their history.36 He finished 2012–13 with 53 appearances and five goals for Yeovil.37 Webster made 45 appearances and scored four goals in 2013–1438 as Yeovil were relegated to League One in bottom place.39

Millwall

Webster turned down a new contract with Yeovil to sign a two-year contract with Championship club Millwall on 24 June 2014.40

On 19 February 2015, Webster returned to Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season.41

On 20 May 2017, Webster started for Millwall as they beat Bradford City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium in the 2017 League One play-off final, earning promotion back to the Championship after a two-year absence.42

He was offered a new contract by Millwall at the end of the 2017–18 season.43

Scunthorpe United

Webster signed for League One club Scunthorpe United on 4 January 2019 on a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season.44 He was released by Scunthorpe at the end of 2018–19.45

Carlisle United

Webster signed for League Two club Carlisle United on 24 June 2019 a one-year contract.46

Bromley

On 7 September 2020, it was announced that Webster had signed for National League Club Bromley, linking up with former Millwall teammate Alan Dunne.47

On 5 May 2024, Webster captained Bromley to victory in the 2024 National League play-off final, scoring the winning penalty in the shootout as the club reached the Football League for the first time in their history.4849

On 13 May 2025 the club said the player had signed a new deal.50

On 27 April 2026, following the club having secured promotion to League One, he announced that he would be departing the club upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the 2025–26 season.5152

Career statistics

As of match played 2 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cupa League Cupb Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
York City 2004–059 Conference National 15 1 0 0 — 1c 0 16 1
2005–0610 Conference National 3 0 1 0 — 0 0 4 0
2006–0712 Conference National 3 0 0 0 — 1c 0 4 0
Total 21 1 1 0 — 2 0 24 1
Harrogate Town 2006–0716 Conference North 9 0 — — — 9 0
Whitby Town 2006–0718 Northern Premier League
Premier Division 		3 0 — — — 3 0
Baník Most 2007–0853 Czech First League 23 4 — — 23 4
2008–0954 Czech 2. Liga 26 0 — — 26 0
Total 49 4 — — 49 4
Doncaster Rovers 2009–1029 Championship 5 0 0 0 2 0 — 7 0
2010–1155 Championship 7 0 0 0 0 0 — 7 0
Total 12 0 0 0 2 0 — 14 0
Hereford United (loan) 2010–1155 League Two 2 0 — — — 2 0
Northampton Town (loan) 2010–1155 League Two 8 0 — — — 8 0
Northampton Town 2011–1256 League Two 13 0 0 0 2 0 1d 0 16 0
Total 21 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 24 0
Yeovil Town 2012–1337 League One 44 5 0 0 2 0 7e 0 53 5
2013–1438 Championship 41 3 2 0 2 1 — 45 4
Total 85 8 2 0 4 1 7 0 98 9
Millwall 2014–1557 Championship 11 0 1 0 2 0 — 14 0
2015–1658 League One 40 6 2 0 1 0 8f 0 51 6
2016–1759 League One 44 2 6 0 2 0 3g 0 55 2
2017–1860 Championship 10 0 0 0 2 0 — 12 0
2018–1961 Championship 4 0 — 2 0 — 6 0
Total 109 8 9 0 9 0 11 0 138 8
Yeovil Town (loan) 2014–1557 League One 14 0 — — — 14 0
Scunthorpe United 2018–1961 League One 9 0 — — — 9 0
Carlisle United 2019–2062 League Two 32 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 39 1
Bromley 2020–2154 National League 27 2 1 0 — 2h 1 30 3
2021–2254 National League 40 5 2 0 — 3c 0 45 5
2022–2354 National League 32 1 1 0 — 2i 0 35 2
2023–2454 National League 35 1 2 0 — 5j 0 42 1
2024–2563 League Two 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
2025–2664 League Two 11 0 0 0 1 0 3d 1 15 1
Total 173 10 9 0 1 0 15 2 198 12
Career total 539 32 26 0 20 1 36 3 621 36
  1. Includes FA Cup
  2. Includes Football League Cup/EFL Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  4. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy/EFL Trophy
  5. Four appearances in Football League Trophy, three appearances in League One play-offs
  6. Five appearances in Football League Trophy, three appearances in League One play-offs
  7. Appearances in League One play-offs
  8. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in National League play-offs
  9. One appearance and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance in National League play-offs
  10. Three appearances in FA Trophy, two appearances in National League play-offs

Honours

Yeovil Town

Millwall

Bromley

References

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