Keith Welch
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Bolton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Keith Welch (born 3 October 1968) is an English-born footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League between the 1980s and 2000s, notably with Rochdale and Bristol City.[1]
He started with Bolton Wanderers as a trainee, but moved to Rochdale in 1987[1] and made his Football League debut with them, going on to play 205 League games for the club.[2] He transferred to Bristol City in 1991 for £200,000 and went on to play 321 times for them before moving on in 1999.[1]
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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[1] He made his final Football League appearance on 29 March 2003, for Mansfield against Peterborough United,[6] and he was subsequently released by Mansfield that summer.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Keith Welch". Soccerbase: Players. Racing Post. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown - Rochdale players
- ↑ Northampton's Chris Dunn not looking for personal glory, BBC 27/01/10
- ↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football:+Mathias+outlines+case+for+defence%3B+Boss's+warning+as...-a091651980
- ↑ "Mathias keeping dilemma". Liverpool Daily Post. Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales Limited. 23 September 2002. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ Rollin (eds), Glenda & Jack (2003). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2003-04. Headline. ISBN 0-7553-1228-7.
- ↑ Player lay-offs no cause for alarm, Independent 3/06/2003