Liam Marc Henderson (born 28 December 1989) is an English semi-professional

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who plays for

Morpeth Town Morpeth Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. They are currently members of the and play at Craik Park. History The club was established in 1909. They joined the Northern Alliance in 193 ...

as a striker. Henderson started his senior career with

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

and made his first team debut in 2008. He was loaned out by Watford on five occasions, playing for

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Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

and

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

. After being released by Watford in 2011 he signed for

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

, and in his first season with the club was twice loaned to

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...

. He was loaned to

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

and

Gateshead Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ...

during the 2012–13 season, before signing for Gateshead permanently in 2013.

Career

Watford

Born in

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, Henderson played in his hometown for Gateshead Redheugh, prior to joining the

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. He decided to leave Hartlepool at the age of 14 after eight months as he was being played at centre half and he subsequently rejoined Gateshead Redheugh. He had a trial with

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

and was offered a two-year scholarship contract by them and

, but decided to sign for Watford at the age of 16 in July 2006. Henderson was first involved with the

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after being an unused substitute for a 2–0 defeat at

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

in the

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on 28 August 2007. He joined

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Premier Division club

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for three months in February 2008 and he scored three goals in 10 appearances. He signed a one-year professional contract with Watford in April. He made his first team debut for Watford in the League Cup

as a 75th-minute substitute against

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in a 2–1 victory after

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on 26 August. Henderson made his league debut four days later after coming on as a substitute against

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in a 2–1 victory. On 15 January 2009, Henderson went on a three-month loan to

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outfit Hartlepool as a replacement for the injured

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and the recently departed Richie Barker. He made his debut a day later against

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team plays in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...

as Hartlepool won 2–0, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for

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. He went on to make nine appearances for Hartlepool, and had a brief appearance in the FA Cup game against West Ham United, before being recalled by Watford on 25 March. He signed a new one-year contract with Watford in May. He signed a new one-year contract with Watford in June 2010, with the club having an option to extend it another year. On 14 September Henderson joined League One club

on loan until early January 2011. After making 11 appearances he returned to Watford after his loan was not renewed by Colchester. After a brief period back at Watford he was sent out on loan to

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side

on an initial one-month deal on 6 January. Following a change in management at Aldershot, it was decided that Henderson was not going to feature and was sent back to Watford late in January, but he was ineligible to play for another club until the loan expired. He subsequently joined another League Two team,

, on a one-month emergency loan on 14 February, and provided an assist on his debut the following, in a 2–0 win against

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. The loan was extended until the end of the season on 17 March.

York City and Gateshead

Henderson was released by Watford following the end of the 2010–11 season and on 26 May 2011 he signed a two-year contract with

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club

on a free transfer. After spending the first two games of the 2011–12 season on the bench for York he suffered a knee injury in training. His debut for York eventually came on 10 September after entering the side's 2–1 defeat away at Tamworth as a 66th-minute substitute. Henderson was signed by fellow Conference Premier side

on a one-month loan on 18 November, and scored on his debut the following day with Forest Green's fourth goal of a 5–1 victory away at

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in the 80th minute, having entered the game three minutes earlier as a 77th-minute substitute. Henderson finished the loan spell with one goal in five appearances. He scored on his full debut for York in a

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1–1 draw with

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and stated afterwards that he hoped to secure a run in the first team. He eventually returned to Forest Green for a second spell on 6 January 2012, signing on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season. His second period on loan concluded with 1 goal in 17 appearances. Henderson joined

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side

on a one-month loan on 28 September 2012, making his debut the following day in a 2–2 home draw with

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. He made four appearances for Gainsborough before returning to York. On 22 November 2012, he signed for his hometown club, Conference Premier team

, on loan until 2 January 2013. He made his debut for Gateshead the following day as a 53rd-minute substitute in a 2–0 win against

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in the

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. After making four appearances for Gateshead, he signed for the club permanently on a contract until the end of the 2012–13 season, after he agreed a settlement with York over his contract.3 Henderson scored his first goal for Gateshead on 20 April 2013, the final day of the 2012–13 Conference Premier season, in a 2–0 win over

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 fr ...

. Six days later, Hendseron was one of seven players released by Gateshead.

Spennymoor Town

Henderson dropped down to play in the Northern League Division One after signing for

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on 21 June 2013. At the end of his first season (2013–14) with the club, he was Spennymoor's top goalscorer for that season, scoring 37 goals.

Morpeth Town

Henderson joined

in June 2016.

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Liam 1989 births Living people Footballers from Gateshead English footballers Association football forwards Hartlepool United F.C. players Watford F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players York City F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players Spennymoor Town F.C. players Morpeth Town A.F.C. players Isthmian League players English Football League players National League (English football) players