Kyrell Lisbie

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Kyrell Lisbie
Personal information
Full name Kyrell Jeremiah Lisbie [1]
Date of birth (2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 (age 21)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Peterborough United
Number 17
Youth career
2016–2017 Leyton Orient
Shield Academy
2020–2021 Cray Valley Paper Mills
2021–2022 Watford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 Cray Valley Paper Mills 0 (0)
2022–2023 Woodford Town 3 (1)
2023 Welling United 12 (2)
2023–2024 Cray Valley Paper Mills 29 (19)
2024–2025 Braintree Town 40 (13)
2025– Peterborough United 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:09, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Kyrell Jeremiah Lisbie (born 1 December 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-winger for Peterborough United.

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Early and personal life

Lisbie is the son of former Jamaica international footballer Kevin Lisbie. [2] His twin brother, Kyreece, is also a professional footballer, and the two would post videos to social media platform TikTok, where their content switched from video game FIFA highlights to documenting their careers. [2]

Career

Early career

Lisbie began his career alongside his brother Kyreece at Leyton Orient, a club their father had played for. [3] Having struggled with injuries, they were both relegated to the year group below them, before being released in 2017 after eighteen months with the club. [3] Trials with Colchester United, Watford and Millwall followed, but after these were all unsuccessful, they played Sunday league football with Shield Academy. [3] Their father, Kevin, ensured they did not feature often in organised football, preferring to train them individually. [3]

In 2020 they joined the under-23 side of Cray Valley Paper Mills, a club competing in the Isthmian League South Central, the eighth tier of English football. [3] Both brothers played briefly for the first team, with Lisbie replacing his father as a substitute in two London Senior Cup games, against Glebe and AFC Wimbledon, [4] [5] before a trial with Premier League side West Ham United. [3] Despite the trial scheduled to last one week, it was extended to six, but despite scoring against Watford in a game, Lisbie was not offered a contract. [3] Instead they trialled again with Watford, and were offered contracts with the club after five weeks of training. [3]

Semi-professional career

Having been released at the end of the 2021–22 season, [6] Lisbie dropped down to sign for Woodford Town in the Essex Senior Football League. Having featured briefly for the club, he moved to National League South club Welling United in January 2023. [4] He scored twice for Welling United in their 3–0 win against Hampton & Richmond Borough on 25 April 2023, his only goals for the club. [7]

In August of the same year, Lisbie returned to Cray Valley PM on a free transfer. [5] When drawn in the first round of the FA Cup against his father Kevin's former club Charlton Athletic, Lisbie stated that the tie had been the one he was hoping for. [8] [9] In the match on 5 November 2023, Lisbie's cross early in the second half deflected off Charlton Athletic defender Lucas Ness to make the score 1–1, but he was substituted off minutes later after sustaining an injury. [10] In the replay, he scored a penalty shortly before half-time to again make the score 1–1, though he was unable to prevent Cray Valley falling to a 6–1 defeat. [11] Cray Valley announced Lisbie's departure at the end of the 2023–24 season. [12]

On 6 June 2024 he was announced as a new signing for newly-promoted National League club Braintree Town. [13] In March 2025 he was joined at the club by his brother Kyreece, who joined on loan from Colchester United. [14] At the end of the season, following impressive performances, he was named as the Sportsbeat Young Player of the Year, given to the best young player in the National League, as well as being Braintree Town's player of the year. [15] [16]

Peterborough United

On 29 May he signed for EFL League One club Peterborough United, penning a three-year deal and marking a rise from semi-professional to professional football. [17] [18]

Style of play

Predominantly a left-winger, Lisbie has stated that he is comfortable playing anywhere in the front three. [19]

Career statistics

As of 30 August 2025. [20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cray Valley PM 2020–21 Isthmian League South Central00002 [a] 020
Woodford Town 2022–23 [21] Essex Senior Football League 31103 [b] 071
Welling United 2022–23 National League South 1220000122
Cray Valley PM 2023–24 [22] Isthmian League South Central29191085 [c] 24429
Braintree Town 2024–25 National League 4013207 [d] 44917
Peterborough United 2025–26 League One 6000100070
Career total90351381017612149
  1. Appearances in the London Senior Cup
  2. Two appearances in the FA Vase, one appearance in the Errington Challenge Cup
  3. Four appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance in the Kent Senior Cup
  4. Six appearances and three goals in the National League Cup, one appearance and one goal in the FA Trophy

References

  1. Kyrell Lisbie at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Onyeagwara, Nnamdi (15 March 2023). "Kyreece and Kyrell Lisbie on sharing the highs and lows of football on TikTok" . nytimes.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kenmare, Jack (8 December 2021). "The Identical Twins That Defied The Odds To Sign For Premier League Watford". sportbible.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Wings sign forward Kyrell Lisbie". wellingunited.com. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 Carter, David (9 August 2023). "Player Update - New Signing". crayvalleypmfc.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  6. "Academy: New Contracts Offered & Departures Confirmed". 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  7. "WATCH / Lisbie: "I'm very happy and I want to build on it"". wellingunited.com. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  8. van Wijk, Jim (3 November 2023). "Kyrell Lisbie keen to emulate his father and make FA Cup headlines, 20 years on" . irishnews.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  9. Ofori, Morgan (3 November 2023). "'I couldn't believe it': Lisbies gear up for dream Charlton-Cray FA Cup clash". theguardian.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  10. Ballard, Stuart (5 November 2023). "FA Cup star bursts into tears on pitch after Cray Valley heroics in Charlton clash". express.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  11. "Cray Valley Paper Mills 1-6 Charlton Athletic: Alfie May double helps League One side to FA Cup win". bbc.co.uk. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  12. Carter, David (5 June 2024). "Player Update". crayvalleypmfc.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  13. Waldron, Jonathan (6 June 2024). "Ex-Colchester striker Kevin Lisbie's son Kyrell joins Braintree". gazette-news.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  14. "Lisbie twins have defences seeing double at Braintree". bbc.co.uk. 15 March 2025.
  15. Waldron, Jonathan (22 May 2025). "Kyrell Lisbie named the Sportsbeat Young Player of the Year". gazette-news.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  16. Waldron, Jonathan (29 May 2025). "Kyrell Lisbie has joined Peterborough United from Braintree". gazette-news.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  17. "Lisbie Becomes First Posh Summer Signing". theposh.com. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  18. "Peterborough sign forward Lisbie from Braintree". bbc.co.uk. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  19. Jones, Ben (30 May 2025). "Kyrell Lisbie's first words as a Peterborough United player". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  20. Kyrell Lisbie at Soccerway
  21. "Woodford Town - Kyrell Lisbie Player Stats". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  22. "Cray Valley PM – Appearances – Kyrell Lisbie – 2023-2024". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.