Haywood spent just three months at Glossop before joining Queens Park Rangers in August 1899, becoming part of an experienced squad of ex-League players, including four ex-Arsenal colleagues.
[1] Wolves were so impressed by Haywood's display over the two games[citation needed] that, within a year, via a short stay at New Brompton, he was signed by the First Division club, going on to make over a century of top-flight appearances.
He made twelve more League appearances for the club before the end of the 1907–08 season, his final one being in a defeat at Lincoln City, this time in the number-10 shirt.
He scored one goal during his short career on the Fylde Coast – in a 2–1 Lancashire derby defeat at Burnley on Christmas Day.
He also made one FA Cup appearance for Blackpool – in yet another defeat, this time at the hands of Manchester United at Old Trafford on New Year's Day, 1908.