Kenny Lunt

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Kenny Lunt
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Lunt (then Crewe assistant manager) at Crawley Town, August 2019
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Vincent Lunt
Date of birth (1979-11-20) 20 November 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth Runcorn, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Crewe Alexandra (player development manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2006 Crewe Alexandra 373 (35)
2006–2009 Sheffield Wednesday 41 (0)
2008 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 14 (0)
2008 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 3 (0)
2009–2012 Hereford United 109 (1)
2012–2015 Bala Town 79 (9)
Total619(45)
Managerial career
–2017 Crewe Alexandra (U18)
2017–2022 Crewe Alexandra (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Vincent Lunt (born 20 November 1979) is an English retired professional footballer and current football coach, who works for Crewe Alexandra as player development manager. [1] Lunt previous played for Crewe, Sheffield Wednesday, Hereford United and Bala Town.

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Career

Crewe Alexandra

Lunt is one of many players to emerge from the Crewe Alexandra Academy – alongside Dean Ashton, Rob Hulse and Danny Murphy – nurtured by then manager, Dario Gradi and Crewe Alexandra "Centre of Excellence" manager Bill Prendergast. [2] Having attended the National School at Lilleshall, in the same group of players as Michael Owen, Wes Brown and Michael Ball, [3] [4] Lunt made his Crewe debut, aged 17, on the first day of the 1997–98 season against Swindon Town. [5] He went on to score on his home debut, hitting a 6th-minute volley against Bury in the League Cup. [6]

Lunt completed more than seven years of first team football at Gresty Road, and was previously club captain at Crewe (replacing David Brammer, sold to Stoke City on a free transfer) – a role he shared with Steve Foster.

During Crewe's 2002–03 season in the Football League Second Division Lunt headed the rankings of goal assists. During his time at Crewe, Lunt made over 400 appearances for the club.

Sheffield Wednesday

Lunt at Sheffield Wednesday, 2006 Kenny-Lunt-SWFC.jpg
Lunt at Sheffield Wednesday, 2006

In May 2006, Sheffield Wednesday beat competition from several other Championship clubs to sign Lunt on a free transfer, offering him a three-year deal. [7] Lunt made his debut for the Owls in their 1–0 defeat to Luton Town. In February 2008 Lunt rejoined Crewe Alexandra on loan until the end of the season. [8]

By the beginning of the 2008–09 season manager Brian Laws stated that Lunt had no first team future at Sheffield Wednesday. [9] Lunt refused to depart, but on 8 May 2009 Lunt and the club reached a mutual agreement to terminate his playing contract with immediate effect. [10]

Hereford United

On 23 June 2009 Lunt signed a one-year contract with Football League Two club Hereford United and was named as captain. He was stripped of the captaincy of the club following a half-time argument with management during a League Cup match at Portsmouth. In May 2011 he signed a new one-year contract with the club. [11]

Bala Town

In August 2012 Kenny Lunt signed for Welsh Premier League side Bala Town following his release from Hereford United.

Coaching and management roles

Having previously been assistant academy director (and u18 manager) at Crewe, Lunt was appointed assistant to first team manager David Artell on 10 January 2017. [12] In March 2022, Artell reshuffled his team and Lunt was appointed player development manager. [1]

Personal life

Lunt is the uncle of current Crewe midfielder Owen Lunt. [13]

Club statistics

All-Time Club Performance
ClubSeasonDomestic
League		 FA Cup League Cup Total
AppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
Hereford United 11–122500020280
10–114204010480
09-104212020501
Total09-present109160501261
Sheffield Wednesday 07-0840103080
06-073702010400
Total06-094103040480
Crewe Alexandra 08-0930100040
07-081400000140
05-064341010454
04-054651030505
03-044571020497
02-034674020527
01-024654030535
00-014613040531
99-004331050493
98–991811030221
97–984020021423
Total07-09
97-06		3903517025143236
Career Totals97-Present5403626034160638
As of 8 May 2012.

Honours

with Crewe Alexandra

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References

  1. 1 2 Baggaley, Michael (14 March 2022). "'Vital' - Dave Artell explains Crewe Alexandra reshuffle with new roles for Kenny Lunt, Alex Morris and Lee Bell". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Richmonds signs Bill to coach kids Manchester Evening News, 5 August 2008, retrieved 23 June 2009.
  3. ↑ Kenny notches 100 starts at age 20 Crewe & Nantwich Guardian, 5 January 2001, retrieved 23 June 2009.
  4. ↑ Gerrard, Steven (2006). Gerrard: My Autobiography. Bantam Press. pp. 41, 45. ISBN   0-593-05475-X.
  5. ↑ The heat is on! Crewe & Nantwich Guardian, 14 August 1997, retrieved 23 June 2009.
  6. ↑ Crewe buried by Bury Crewe & Nantwich Guardian, 14 August 1997, retrieved 23 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "Sheffield Wed – News – Latest News – Latest News – Owls Capture Kenny Lunt". world.swfc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Crewe Alexandra – News – Latest News – Latest News – Lunt Will Cause 'Topic Of Debate'". www.crewealex.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "No future for Lunt at Wednesday". BBC News. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  10. ↑ "Sheffield Wed – News – Latest News – Latest News – Small and Lunt depart Hillsborough". world.swfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Hereford United midfielder Kenny Lunt signs a new deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  12. ↑ Morse, Peter (10 January 2017). "Crewe Alex appoint Kenny Lunt as assistant manager". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "30 Owen Lunt - Midfielder". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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