Kevin Blackwell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Patrick Blackwell | ||
| Date of birth | 21 December 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Luton, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Cardiff City (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cambridge United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Bedford Town | |||
| Barton Rovers | |||
| Middlesex Wanderers | |||
| 1979–1980 | Barnet | 25 | (0) |
| 1980–1986 | Boston United | 227 | (0) |
| 1986 | Barnet | 5 | (0) |
| 1986–1989 | Scarborough | 69 | (0) |
| 1989–1993 | Notts County | 0 | (0) |
| 1993 | Torquay United | 18 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 373 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2006 | Leeds United | ||
| 2007–2008 | Luton Town | ||
| 2008–2010 | Sheffield United | ||
| 2012–2013 | Bury | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Kevin Patrick Blackwell (born 21 December 1958) is an English former professional football goalkeeper who since retiring as a player has worked as a coach and a manager, and as assistant manager at Rotherham United.
Blackwell was born in Luton and began his football career as an apprentice at Cambridge United, with Ron Atkinson as his manager. After failing to make the grade at the Abbey Stadium, he moved into Non-League football, playing for Bedford Town while working as a bricklayer. He later played in the 1978 FA Vase final for Barton Rovers and for Middlesex Wanderers before being signed by Barnet.
In 1980 he moved to Boston United for a fee of £5,000, saving a penalty at Wembley in the 1985 FA Trophy final. He returned to Barnet in 1986 before Neil Warnock signed him for Scarborough in November the same year.
That season saw Scarborough promoted to the Football League and Blackwell remained at the club for their first two league seasons, making 44 league appearances in addition to those made in the Conference. Warnock moved to Notts County in January 1989, and in November of that year he returned to Scarborough to sign Blackwell for £15,000. In just over 3 years at Meadow Lane, Blackwell never made a league appearance, and in January 1993, when Warnock took over at Torquay United, Blackwell followed him, playing 18 league games in a successful battle to stay in the Football League.
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