Lee Kilday

Lee Kilday

Kilday playing for Hamilton Academical in 2011.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Hamilton Academical
Number	4
Youth career
	Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	Hamilton Academical	33	(0)
2012	→ Stenhousemuir (loan)	3	(0)
2014–2019	Greenock Morton	117	(7)
2018	→ Airdrieonians (loan)	3	(0)
2019–2020	Queen of the South	25	(0)
2020–2023	Queen's Park	74	(3)
2023–	Hamilton Academical	43	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Lee Kilday (born 4 February 1992) ^[2] is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish League One club Hamilton Academical. Having started his career with the accies, Kilday also featured for Greenock Morton, Queen of the South and Queen's Park.

Career

Hamilton Academical

Kilday made his senior debut for Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Premier League on 15 January 2011, in a 4–0 defeat versus Rangers at Ibrox. ^[3] The performance of Kilday and other young players in that match, including Michael Devlin, who also made his debut, was praised by manager Billy Reid. ^[4]

In March 2012, Kilday signed a contract with the Accies until May 2014. ^[5] In May 2012, Kilday announced his intention to become a first-team regular at the Accies during the 2012–13 season. ^[6]

In October 2012, Kilday was sent out on loan to Stenhousemuir. ^[1]

In May 2014, Kilday was released by the Accies. ^[7]

Greenock Morton

In June 2014, Kilday signed for Greenock Morton ^[8] and was offered a one-year contract extension, after playing all 36 league matches for the Ton. ^[9]

Following another successful season, Kilday signed a further two-year contract with the Greenock club ^[10] and rejected a deal to return to the Accies. ^[11] In August 2016, Kilday was appointed Ton's club captain at the age of twenty four. ^[12]

In March 2018, to help aid his recovery from a long-term injury, Kilday was loaned out to Airdrieonians on an emergency loan deal. ^[13] In June 2018, Kilday signed a one-year extension with the Ton. ^[14]

Queen of the South

On 2 July 2019, Kilday signed a one-year contract with Dumfries club Queen of the South. ^[15]

Queen's Park

On 16 July 2020, Kilday signed for Queen's Park after leaving the Doonhamers. ^[16]

Return to Hamilton Academical

Following his release from Queen's Park, Kilday returned to Hamilton for his second spell with the club in June 2023. ^[17]

Honours

Morton

• Scottish League One: 2014–15 ^[18]

Career statistics

As of 13 September 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamilton Academical	2010–11 [19]	Scottish Premier League	5	0	1	0	0	0	—		6	0
	2011–12 [20]	Scottish First Division	13	0	2	0	1	0	1 [a]	0	17	0
	2012–13 [21]	Scottish First Division	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	2013–14 [22]	Scottish Championship	10	0	0	0	1	0	2 [b]	0	13	0
	Total		33	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	42	0
Stenhousemuir (loan)	2012–13 [21]	Second Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Greenock Morton	2014–15 [23]	Scottish League One	36	3	3	0	2	0	3 [a]	0	44	3
	2015–16 [24]	Scottish Championship	33	0	4	0	4	0	1 [a]	1	42	1
	2016–17 [25]	Scottish Championship	22	4	3	0	5	0	1 [a]	0	31	4
	2017–18 [26]	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19 [27]	Scottish Championship	33	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	40	0
	Total		124	7	13	0	15	0	5	1	157	8
Airdrieonians (loan)	2017–18 [26]	Scottish League One	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Queen of the South	2019–20 [28]	Scottish Championship	25	0	0	0	4	1	1 [a]	0	30	1
Queen's Park	2020–21 [29]	Scottish League Two	22	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	27	2
	2021–22 [30]	Scottish League One	22	1	0	0	0	0	3 [c]	0	25	1
	2022–23 [31]	Scottish Championship	30	0	0	0	3	2	4 [d]	0	37	2
	Total		74	3	1	0	7	2	7	0	89	5
Hamilton Academical	2023–24 [32]	Scottish League One	26	1	0	0	4	0	6 [e]	0	36	1
	2024–25 [33]	Scottish Championship	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	1
	2025–26 [34]	Scottish League One	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9	0
	Total		43	2	0	0	9	0	7	0	59	2
Career total			305	12	17	0	38	3	23	1	383	16

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and one in the Premiership play-offs
3. Two appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup and one appearance in Scottish Championship play-offs
4. Two appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup and two appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs
5. Three appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup and three appearances in Scottish Championship play-offs

External links

• Lee Kilday at Soccerbase
• Lee Kilday on Twitter

References

1. "Profile". Soccerway.
2. "Squad Numbers 2010–11". Hamilton Academical F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
3. "Rangers 4 – 0 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
4. "Billy Reid praises young Hamilton team". BBC Sport. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
5. "Two Go on Loan, and Kilday Signs". Hamilton Academical F.C.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. Andrew McGilvray (17 May 2012). "Accies defender aims to become a first-team regular". Hamilton Advertiser.
7. "Kilday leaves Hamilton". SPFL. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
8. "Kilday and Crighton join Morton". Scottish Professional Football League. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
9. Mitchell, Jonathan (12 May 2015). "Deal on the table for Kilday but winger exits Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
10. "Player news – three confirmed". Greenock Morton F.C. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
11. Mitchell, Jonathan (29 May 2016). "Morton captain Kilday snubbed Hamilton Accies move to stay at Cappielow". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
12. Mitchell, Jonathan (16 August 2016). "Lee Kilday: Falkirk draw stung like a defeat". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
13. Mitchell, Jonathan (30 March 2018). "Skipper Lee Kilday joins Airdrieonians on loan". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
14. Mitchell, Jonathan (18 June 2018). "Lee Kilday signs one-year contract extension". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
15. "QosFC: Lee Kilday". qosfc.com.
16. "Lee Kilday Signs for the Spiders | Queen's Park Football Club". 16 July 2020.
17. "Hamilton Accies seal Lee Kilday return as defender is first summer signing". dailyrecord.co.uk. 15 June 2023.
18. "Greenock Morton claim League 1 title after 3–1 win against Peterhead". Scottish Television. 2 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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