Billy Johnson (footballer)

Billy Johnson
Personal information
Full name William Robert Johnson[1]
Date of birth (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Great Yarmouth, England[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Leiston
Youth career
Beccles Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Beccles Town 1 (0)
2017–2018 Norwich United 5 (0)
2018–2020 Norwich City 0 (0)
2018–2019Lowestoft Town (loan)
2020Braintree Town (loan) 10 (0)
2020–2021 Stevenage 0 (0)
2021–2022 Braintree Town 32 (0)
2022–2023 Gloucester City 2 (0)
2023 Braintree Town 1 (0)
2023Leiston (dual-reg.) 1 (0)
2023–2024 Kettering Town 19 (0)
2024– Leiston 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:39, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

William Robert Johnson (born 25 September 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Leiston.

Having begun his career at local club Beccles Town, Johnson joined Norwich City's under-23 set-up in August 2018 from Norwich United following a successful trial. He remained at Norwich for two years, spending time on loan at Lowestoft Town and Braintree Town of the National League South during the 2019–20 season. Johnson signed for Stevenage in July 2020 and spent one season with the club, before returning to Braintree Town on two different occasions between spells with Gloucester City and Leiston. In July 2023, he signed for Kettering Town, before returning to Leiston on a permanent basis in February 2024.

  1. ^ "EFL – Notification of shirt numbers – Stevenage" (PDF). EFL. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Soccerway – Billy Johnson". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2020.