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English footballer

Keith Welch
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-10-03) 3 October 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Bolton, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1986–1987 Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Rochdale 205 (0)
1991–1999 Bristol City 273 (0)
1999–2002 Northampton Town 117 (0)
2002 Tranmere Rovers 2 (0)
2002 Torquay United 3 (0)
2003 Mansfield Town 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Welch (born 3 October 1968) is an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League between the 1980s and 2000s, with Rochdale, Bristol City, Northampton Town, Tranmere Rovers, Torquay United and Mansfield Town.

He started with Bolton Wanderers as a trainee, but moved to Rochdale in 1987 and made his Football League debut with them, going on to play 205 League games for the club. He transferred to Bristol City in 1991 for £200,000 and went on to play 321 times for them before moving on in 1999.

He spent the next three seasons at Northampton Town making 127 appearances before leaving in 2002. As of January 2010 he had the third-longest spell for consecutive minutes keeping a clean sheet at Northampton, having managed 467 minutes in 2000.

He signed for Tranmere Rovers in Summer 2002, primarily to act as cover for John Achterberg, but he suffered a groin injury on his opening-day debut against Port Vale. He made his second Tranmere appearance on 21 September 2002 against Crewe Alexandra, but he dislocated his shoulder in the game, and was substituted for Tranmere's goalkeeping coach Eric Nixon. This was to be his final appearance for Tranmere although he went on to have further short spells that season with Torquay United and Mansfield Town. He made his final Football League appearance on 29 March 2003, for Mansfield against Peterborough United, and he was subsequently released by Mansfield that summer.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
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  3. Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown - Rochdale players
  4. Northampton's Chris Dunn not looking for personal glory, BBC 27/01/10
  5. "Football: Mathias outlines case for defence; Boss's warning as Tranmere prepare for awkward cup-tie. - Free Online Library".
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  7. Rollin (eds), Glenda & Jack (2003). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2003-04. Headline. ISBN 0-7553-1228-7. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. Player lay-offs no cause for alarm, Independent 3/06/2003
  9. Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.
Awards
1990–91 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year
Bristol City F.C. Player of the Season
Northampton Town F.C. Player of the Year
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