Lance Key

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Personal information
Lance Key
Full name	Lance Key
Date of birth	May 13, 1968
Place of birth	Kettering, England
Height	6ft 2ins
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Histon
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
-1990 1990-1996 1993 1995 1995 1995 1996 1996-1997 1997 1997-1999 1998-2001 2000 2001-2004 2004-	Histon Sheffield Wednesday Oldham Athletic (loan) Oxford United (loan) Lincoln City (loan) Hartlepool United (loan) Rochdale (loan) Dundee United Sheffield United Rochdale Northwich Victoria Altrincham (loan) Kingstonian Histon	0 (0) 2 (0) 6 (0) 5 (0) 1 (0) 14 (0) 3 (0) 0 (0) 19 (0) 51 (0) 15(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Lance Key (born May 13, 1968) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Conference South side Histon.

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.

Loan spells with Oldham Athletic, Oxford United, Lincoln City, Hartlepool United and Rochdalefollowed 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 November 2, 1996 in a 1-1 draw 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.

In August 1997 he joined Rochdale on a free transfer. He moved to Northwich Victoria on loan in December 1998, with the move being made permanent in February 1999.

He moved to Kingstonian in June 2001 and rejoined Histon in September 2004^[1].