Keith with Tilbury in 2008
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Richard Keith | ||
Date of birth | 1 October 1978 | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–1999 | West Ham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2005 | Colchester United | 208 | (23) |
2005 | → Bristol City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Leyton Orient | 53 | (2) |
2006 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2007 | Brentford | 18 | (2) |
2007 | AFC Hornchurch | 4 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Tilbury | 42 | (11) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2009. |
Joe Keith (born 1 October 1978) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Colchester United, Bristol City, Leyton Orient, Shrewsbury Town and Brentford. He is currently assistant manager of Canvey Island.
Keith started his career at West Ham United as a trainee but did not make a senior appearance. He joined Colchester United in 1999 and went on to score 28 goals in 247 league and cup appearance for the club in six seasons. After a brief loan spell with Bristol City at the end of the 2004–05 season, Keith was released by Colchester and joined Leyton Orient in June 2005. He made over fifty appearances in his eighteen months at Orient. He joined Shrewsbury on loan in October 2006, returning to Orient the following month.
Keith signed for Brentford in January 2007 on a five-month contract, linking up with former Colchester team-mate and then Brentford manager Scott Fitzgerald. He played 18 games for Brentford, scoring twice, before being released in May 2007. After being released by Brentford, he dropped into non-league football, joining AFC Hornchurch.
In August 2008 Keith went on to play for Tilbury of the Isthmian League First Division North where Keith spent a successful 2008–2009 season playing 42 league games and scoring 11 goals plus Keith was instrumental in helping the Dockers win their first Silverware since 1975 when they won the Isthmian League Cup, beating Harrow Borough 2–0 in April 2009. In the 2009–10 season Keith took a player/coach role at Tilbury where he was joined by former teammate Lee Hodges.