Keith Dublin

Keith Dublin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-01-29) 29 January 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	High Wycombe, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1987	Chelsea	51	(0)
1987–1990	Brighton & Hove Albion	132	(5)
1990–1994	Watford	168	(2)
1994–1999	Southend United	179	(9)
1998	Colchester United	2	(0)
1999–2002	Farnborough Town
2002	→ Carshalton Athletic (loan)	10	(0)
2002–2003	Carshalton Athletic	44	(5)
International career
1985	England U19	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Dublin (born 29 January 1966) is an English former footballer who played at left-back for Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion, Watford, Southend United and Colchester United in the Football League. ^[2]

Career

Born in High Wycombe, Dublin began his career with Chelsea, one of the first black footballers to play for the club. ^{[3] [4]} Dublin came to Chelsea as an apprentice in July 1982,signed professional in October 1983, and made his debut for the Chelsea first team in May 1984 against Barnsley in the Second Division Championship side managed by John Neal. ^[5] Despite being voted Chelsea's young player of the year in 1983, ^[6] he struggled to hold down a place in the first team and when left-sided players Tony Dorigo and Clive Wilson were signed in 1987, he was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion for £35,000. ^[7]

He was a member of the Brighton side which won promotion to the old Second Division, before enjoying spells with Watford, Southend United, ^[8] Colchester United, and in non-League football with Farnborough Town ^[9] and Carshalton Athletic. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Honours

Club

Brighton & Hove Albion ^[13]

• Football League Third Division runner-up: 1987–88

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 1987–88 Third Division ^[14]

References

1. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 122. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
2. "Keith Dublin". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
3. Phillips, Owen (26 September 2013). "Paul Canoville: Chelsea pioneer on racism, rehab and redemption". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
4. "Team Mates-Dublin & Canoville". Radio Times. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
5. Chelsea Football Club The Full Statistical Story 1905-1986 by Scott Cheshire and Ron Hockings ISBN   0-9511640-0-7
6. "Lamps Is Player of the Year". Chelsea F.C. 22 May 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
7. Barker, Kelvin. "Keith Dublin Chelsea FC". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes Collections. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
8. "Keith Dublin". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
9. "Keith Dublin". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
10. "Pen Pics 2002/03". Carshalton Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 26 April 2005.
11. "Player Statistics 0001-0002". Carshalton Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 4 May 2005.
12. "Player Appearences [sic] 2002–2003". Carshalton Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 4 May 2005.
13. "Tier Three (League One) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
14. Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 147.

External links

• Keith Dublin at Soccerbase
• Keith Dublin at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database