Luke Ryan Haines (born 15 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for

Chippenham Town Chippenham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club club based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. They are currently members of and play their games at Hardenhuish Park. History The club states it was established in 1873,

Early and personal life

Haines was born in

Swindon Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of Swindon was 201,669, making it the largest town in the county. The Swindon un ...

and grew up in Highworth, Wiltshire. He supported Swindon Town as a child.

Career

He first joined Swindon Town's academy at the age of 6 in 2007 and signed his first contract aged 8, before signing his first professional contract with the club in May 2019. He joined

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on loan in July 2019, and made his debut for the club in a 0–0 draw away to St Albans City on 3 August 2019, their opening game of the season. He won Chippenham Town's man of the match award for his performance. Haines scored his first goal for the club on 28 September 2020 with the opening goal of a 2–2 draw at home to

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. ...

. He returned to Swindon Town in December 2019, having made 20 league appearances, scoring once, for Chippenham. He rejoined Chippenham Town on loan until the end of the season in February 2020. His first appearance back at Chippenham came on 8 February 2020 in a 1–0 victory away to Hemel Hempstead Town, before scoring his second goal for Chippenham in their following match with the only goal of a 1–0 victory at home to

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. He made 5 appearances over this spell, scoring once, prior to the early suspension of the season in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He joined

Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...

on loan on 2 October 2020 on a three-month loan. He appeared three times in the National League North before being recalled later that month. Haines made his debut for Swindon Town on 10 November 2020 in a 1–0

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victory away to Forest Green Rovers. On 26 December 2020, Haines rejoined

on a three-month loan deal. Haines was subsequently signed on a permanent basis by Hereford on 17 May 2021. He was released by the club at the end of the 2022-23 season. In May 2023, he returned to Chippenham Town having had two previous loan spells with the club.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haines, Luke 2000 births Living people English men's footballers Footballers from Swindon Men's association football midfielders Swindon Town F.C. players Chippenham Town F.C. players Hereford F.C. players National League (English football) players