The
veteran 36-year-old, who is now a football agent, started his career with
Norwich City but left in 2002 without managing to break through at Carrow Road.
He
signed for Scunthorpe United and went on to play 99 times for the Iron, scoring
27 goals.
He
moved to Barnsley in the summer of 2005 and totalled 78 appearances and 13
goals for the Yorkshire side.
He
re-signed for Scunthorpe in July 2007 and added 132 games to his total and
another 33 goals.
Moves
to Charlton Athletic, Brentford and a third stint at Scunthorpe followed before
he signed Wycombe Wanderers for a second time.
He
first arrived at Adams Park in a blistering loan spell from Charlton in 2012,
scoring 6 times in as many matches, and was Gareth Ainsworth’s first signing in
the summer of 2014 at the start of an exciting new era for the club.
As
captain, Hayes scored 15 times as the Chairboys went on to reach the League Two
play-off final in his first season and continued to net important goals over
the next two years, including two memorable strikes in the thrilling Emirates
FA Cup tie at Tottenham Hotspur.
In
September 2017 he was released by the Chairboys and signed for National League
South side Hemel Hempstead Town.
He
returned to League football with Newport County in October 2017 and took his
total of appearances in the pro game to 632 and 127 goals.
He
joined Isthmian League North outfit AFC Sudbury from Newport in the summer of
2018 and then signed for their league rivals Coggeshall Town in late November
2019.
He
made one appearance in the new Glen Tamplin era at Romford, ironically playing
his only game AGAINST Coggeshall, before signing for Meridian VP. |