Lance Key
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lance William Key | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Kettering, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1990 | Histon | ||
| 1990–1996 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Oxford United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Rochdale (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Dundee United | 3 | (0) |
| 1997 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Rochdale | 19 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Northwich Victoria | 51 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Altrincham (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Kingstonian | 136 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Histon | 124 | (0) |
| 2008 | Wivenhoe Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Rushden & Diamonds | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 376 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016– | Histon | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lance William Key (born 13 May 1968) is an English former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. His elder brother Richard was also a professional goalkeeper principally for Exeter City and Cambridge United.
Key is also a football coach; he is currently employed as the manager of Histon.
Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, Key began his professional career in April 1990 when he joined Sheffield Wednesday from non-league Histon for a fee of £10,000. He spent six years with Wednesday, but made just one appearance, as a substitute in the FA Cup at Gillingham. This followed the sending off of Kevin Pressman. Key's first touch was to pick the ball out of the net following the penalty which led to the sending off.
Loan spells with Oldham Athletic, Oxford United, Lincoln City, Hartlepool United and Rochdale followed before a free transfer move to Dundee United in July 1996.
At Tannadice, Key was understudy to regular keeper Ally Maxwell and made his debut on 2 November 1996 in a 3–1 win away to Motherwell. He played twice more later that month, but returned to England in March 1997 without making any further first team appearances, joining Sheffield United on a free transfer.
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