Kevin Ashley

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Kevin Ashley
Personal information
Full name Kevin Mark Ashley
Date of birth(1968-12-31)31 December 1968
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [1]
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1984–1986 Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1990 Birmingham City 57 (1)
1990–1994 Wolverhampton Wanderers 88 (1)
1994–1996 Peterborough United 36 (0)
1996Doncaster Rovers (loan) 3 (0)
1996–1998 Telford United 47 (3)
1998–2000 Bromsgrove Rovers
2000 Paget Rangers 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Mark Ashley (born 31 December 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back. [2] He made 184 appearances in the Football League, scoring twice. [3]

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Career

Ashley was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham. He began his career under the YTS scheme with his local club, Birmingham City, and progressed to the first team, [2] making his debut on 12 April 1987 in a 1–0 defeat to local rivals West Bromwich Albion. [4] He made 66 appearances in all competitions before moving to their Midlands neighbours Wolverhampton Wanderers for £500,000 in September 1990. [2]

He made his Wolves debut as a substitute in a 1–1 draw at West Ham United on 15 September 1990 but had his first season disrupted by injury. He regained his fitness for the following season and was almost ever-present. However, his injury troubles resurfaced and he never played for the club after April 1993. In total, he made 99 appearances for the team.[ citation needed ]

He was given a free transfer to Peterborough United in August 1994, but was unable to hold down a regular place and spent a spell on loan at Doncaster Rovers in 1996. [1]

He then moved into non-league football, first with Telford United of the Conference, [5] and then with Southern League clubs Bromsgrove Rovers [6] and Paget Rangers, for whom he made one appearance before injury to his knee forced him to give up the game in 2000. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kevin Ashley". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 68. ISBN   978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. "Kevin Ashley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. Matthews, p. 222.
  5. Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams. pp. 677, 693. ISBN   978-1-869833-52-7.
  6. "Rovers release former Blues man". Worcester News. 11 April 2000. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  7. Stoner, Colin (1 September 2000). "Ashley's first also his last for Paget" . Birmingham Post. Retrieved 21 July 2021 via Gale OneFile: News.

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