Billy Kee
Encyclopedia
Billy Rodney Kee is a footballer who plays for Burton Albion
. He has also represented Northern Ireland
at Under 19 and Under 21
level.
where he was on the score sheet and was Man of the Match, beating Swedish Under-19s goalkeeper Robin Mattsson with a strike.
On 17 July 2009, it was announced that Kee had agreed his first professional contract at Leicester after considering leaving the club. On the same day, a six-month loan deal at Accrington Stanley
was also announced. Kee made his League debut for Accrington, playing 84 minutes before being replaced by Michael Symes
as Stanley lost 1–0 to Rotherham United
.
On 17 May 2010, Kee was released by Leicester along with Stephen Clemence
, Levi Porter
, Robbie Burns
, Carl Pentney
, Astrit Ajdarevic
and Alex Cisak
.
On 3 June 2010, it was announced Kee had signed a two-year contract with League Two club Torquay United
.
Kee started the season by scoring eight goals in six pre-season fixtures including four against Tiverton Town and a hat-trick against Weymouth in a 5–1 win. At the start of the season Kee was given the no. 8 shirt formerly worn by the departing Tim Sills
. Kee made his debut in the first game of the 2010–11 season in a 3–0 win over Northampton
, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute replacing another new signing of that summer, Martin Gritton
. Despite being in great goalscoring form in pre-season, Kee did not get his first competitive Gulls' goal until the 27 November 2010, scoring the second goal in a 2–0 vs newly promoted Oxford
. He then scored his only goal outside the last twenty minutes of any game with a forty-first-minute goal from the penalty spot in the second round of the FA Cup against League One Walsall
.
Kee had to wait another five weeks before his next goal. He scored against Oxford for the second time in the season. He scored just 12 days later in 2-1 defeat to Morecambe
. After this the goals began to flow due to the departure of United's main Striker Elliot Benyon
. Kee scored in wins over Stockport
and Barnet
on 5 February 2011 and 12 February 2011 respectively. On 25 April 2011, Kee scored in a 3–3 draw with Burton Albion
, side-footing the ball in from 20 yards out.
At the beginning of the 2011-12 season, Kee found himself out of favour at Torquay
, new manager Martin Ling
preferring to use new signings Taiwo Atieno
and Rene Howe
as his first-choice pairing, often leaving Kee on the bench.
Kee joined Burton Albion on 26 August 2011, for a fee believed to be £20,000.
for the first time, replacing the injured Kyle Lafferty
.
in Quorn, Leicestershire
.
Burton Albion F.C.
Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...
. He has also represented Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
at Under 19 and Under 21
Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
The Northern Ireland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Northern Ireland.-Former coaches:* To 20 August 2008.-2008/09 Matches:-Current squad:Squad to play San Marino.-Other Recent Call-Ups:...
level.
Career
Kee is a stocky forward whose game is based on power and being good in the air. He started to this season's Academy League by scoring 14 goals in 5 games for the club. Kee's biggest game in a Leicester shirt was against Crystal Palace Under 19s in the FA Youth CupFA Youth Cup
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under–18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part...
where he was on the score sheet and was Man of the Match, beating Swedish Under-19s goalkeeper Robin Mattsson with a strike.
On 17 July 2009, it was announced that Kee had agreed his first professional contract at Leicester after considering leaving the club. On the same day, a six-month loan deal at Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....
was also announced. Kee made his League debut for Accrington, playing 84 minutes before being replaced by Michael Symes
Michael Symes
Michael Symes is an English professional footballer who plays for League One club Bournemouth—his second spell with the club. He plays as a striker....
as Stanley lost 1–0 to Rotherham United
Rotherham United F.C.
Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...
.
On 17 May 2010, Kee was released by Leicester along with Stephen Clemence
Stephen Clemence
Stephen Neal Clemence is a retired English football midfielder who last played for Leicester City where he was team captain....
, Levi Porter
Levi Porter
Levi Roger Porter is an English footballer currently playing for Hinckley United in the Conference North. Porter is a product of the Leicester City.youth system.-Career:...
, Robbie Burns
Robbie Burns (footballer)
Robbie Lee Burns is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, currently for Nuneaton Town having been released by Leicester City, where he was a product of their youth academy.-Career:...
, Carl Pentney
Carl Pentney
Carl Benjamin Pentney is an English footballer who plays for Hayes & Yeading United as a goalkeeper, on loan from Colchester United .-Leicester City:...
, Astrit Ajdarevic
Astrit Ajdarevic
Astrit Ajdarević is a Swedish professional footballer currently playing as an Attacking Midfielder for IFK Norrköping and for the Sweden Under-21 national team.-Early life:Born in Pristina, he moved in 1992 with his family to Sweden....
and Alex Cisak
Alex Cisak
Aleksander Cisak is a Polish-Australian footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Oldham Athletic.-Leicester:...
.
On 3 June 2010, it was announced Kee had signed a two-year contract with League Two club Torquay United
Torquay United F.C.
Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...
.
Kee started the season by scoring eight goals in six pre-season fixtures including four against Tiverton Town and a hat-trick against Weymouth in a 5–1 win. At the start of the season Kee was given the no. 8 shirt formerly worn by the departing Tim Sills
Tim Sills
Timothy "Tim" Sills is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Basingstoke Town.Sills was a product of Millwall's youth system and was a regular in the club's youth team up until he left in 1997...
. Kee made his debut in the first game of the 2010–11 season in a 3–0 win over Northampton
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute replacing another new signing of that summer, Martin Gritton
Martin Gritton
Martin Francis Jeremy Gritton is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker who currently plays for Stockport County. He is a journeyman player and has previously played for Plymouth Argyle, Shelbourne, Torquay United, Grimsby Town, Lincoln City, Mansfield Town, Macclesfield Town,...
. Despite being in great goalscoring form in pre-season, Kee did not get his first competitive Gulls' goal until the 27 November 2010, scoring the second goal in a 2–0 vs newly promoted Oxford
Oxford United F.C.
Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The...
. He then scored his only goal outside the last twenty minutes of any game with a forty-first-minute goal from the penalty spot in the second round of the FA Cup against League One Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...
.
Kee had to wait another five weeks before his next goal. He scored against Oxford for the second time in the season. He scored just 12 days later in 2-1 defeat to Morecambe
Morecambe F.C.
Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park...
. After this the goals began to flow due to the departure of United's main Striker Elliot Benyon
Elliot Benyon
Elliot Benyon is an English footballer who plays for Wycombe Wanderers as a Striker, on loan from Swindon Town-Career:Benyon began his career as a trainee at Bristol City...
. Kee scored in wins over Stockport
Stockport County F.C.
Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...
and Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
on 5 February 2011 and 12 February 2011 respectively. On 25 April 2011, Kee scored in a 3–3 draw with Burton Albion
Burton Albion F.C.
Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...
, side-footing the ball in from 20 yards out.
At the beginning of the 2011-12 season, Kee found himself out of favour at Torquay
Torquay United F.C.
Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...
, new manager Martin Ling
Martin Ling
Martin Ling is an English football manager and former player, who is currently manager of Torquay United in League Two. He played in over 100 Football League matches for Exeter City, Southend United, Swindon Town and Leyton Orient, before moving into management where he led Orient for over five...
preferring to use new signings Taiwo Atieno
Taiwo Atieno
Taiwo Leo Awuonda Atieno is an English-born Kenya international footballer, who currently plays for League Two side Torquay United. He previously played in the Football League for Walsall, Rochdale, Chester City and Darlington, and in the USL First Division for the Puerto Rico Islanders and...
and Rene Howe
Rene Howe
Jermaine Renee Howe, commonly known as "Rene Howe" is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Torquay United. Howe was on the reality television programme 'Dating in the Dark' on LivingTV on 31 August 2010.-Career:...
as his first-choice pairing, often leaving Kee on the bench.
Kee joined Burton Albion on 26 August 2011, for a fee believed to be £20,000.
International career
On 6 September 2009, Kee, whilst on loan to League Two side Accrington Stanley, was called up to the senior Northern Ireland squadNorthern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
for the first time, replacing the injured Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Lafferty is an Northern Irishassociation footballer who currently plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League side Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team...
.
Personal life
Billy went to school at Rawlins Community CollegeRawlins Community College
Rawlins Community College is a secondary school of about 1500 students situated in Quorn, Leicestershire, England.-Admissions:Rawlins has Media Arts College status and is partnered with the Number 2 Middle School in Luzhou, China....
in Quorn, Leicestershire
Quorn, Leicestershire
Quorn is a village in Leicestershire, England, situated next to the university town of Loughborough. Quorn's name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, Quarndon, a few miles away. Its original name is said to derive...
.
Career statistics
Correct as of 7 May 2011| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2009–10 | Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009–10 2009–10 Football League Two The Football League 2009–10 , was the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.... |
Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley F.C. Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system.... (loan) |
League Two Football League Two Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
37 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 9 |
| 2010–11 2010–11 Football League Two The 2010–11 Football League Two season, , was the lowest division of the Football League for that season... |
Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley... |
League Two Football League Two Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
39 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 46 | 10 |
| 2011-12 | Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley... |
League Two Football League Two Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | Burton Albion Burton Albion F.C. Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005... |
League Two Football League Two Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 |