Birmingham City FC
Who Is Stephen Kelly
By bluenose.tk
June 27 2006
a in depth look at Birmingham City's new signing from Tottenham Hotspur , in the second part of www.bluenose.tk in depth look into new and existing players . You know our review is the best on the t'internet.
Stephen Kelly is set to complete his transfer from Spurs to Birmingham City later today (27th june) and will become birmingham's 3rd signing this summer ahead of what should be one hell of a season.
He is expected to sign a 4 year deal with the blues.
| Player name: | Stephen Kelly |
| Date of birth: | 06 September, 1983 |
| Nationality: | Rep of Ireland |
| Position: | Defender |
| Height: | 1.84 |
Stephen Kelly was a product of Spurs' academy , he made his professional debut on loan at Southend in 2003 where he spent 2 months playing 10 games in the process. On his return he was then sent out to QPR on loan where he played 7 times over 3 months . He was then sent to Watford playing 13 times scoring none. Stephen made his Spurs debut in a 1-0 home defeat against Charlton Athletic on December 28, 2003 . This ironically meant that Stephen Had played at all levels of the english league system on one season! He played 10 times for spurs last season and 11 times for there reserves , winning the reserves title. Ironically Kelly's first goal was scored against Birmingham which earned Tottenham a draw before he scored his second goal against City's fierce rivals Aston Villa when Tottenham hammered them 5-1. His goal can be found here http://snipurl.com/scwq
Kelly made his international debut vs Chilie
A description of Kelly was found on a Spurs website and things sound promising "Big things are expected of the slight Irishman, and a continuation of the young lads' progress bodes very well for both him and the club."
Player statistics
| Competition | Season | Full apps | Subs | Goals | Yellow cards | Red cards |
| League Division 2 Play-Offs Queens Park Rangers |
2002 - 2003 | 2 | ||||
| League Division 2 Queens Park Rangers |
2002 - 2003 | 7 |
1 |
1 | ||
| League Division 3 Southend United |
2002 - 2003 | 10 |
1 |
|||
| League Division 1 Watford |
2003 - 2004 | 13 |
2 |
|||
| Premiership Tottenham Hotspur |
2003 - 2004 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Premiership Tottenham Hotspur |
2004 - 2005 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
1 |
|
| Carling Cup Tottenham Hotspur |
2004 - 2005 | 1 | ||||
| FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur |
2004 - 2005 | 5 | ||||
| U21 Republic of Ireland |
2005 - 2006 | 1 | ||||
| UEFA U21 Republic of Ireland |
2005 - 2006 | 1 |
1 |
|||
| Premiership Tottenham Hotspur |
2005 - 2006 | 9 | ||||
| FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur |
2005 - 2006 | 1 |
Taken from http://snipurl.com/scwg
Stephen Kelly had a nickname at spurs' which was "Steo" ?
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