Kelvin Langmead

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Kelvin Langmead
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Personal information
Date of birth March 23, 1985 (1985-03-23) (age 23)
Place of birth    Coventry, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Defender / Striker
Club information
Current club Shrewsbury Town
Number 8
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002 - 2004
Sep 2003
Mar - Jun 2004
Sep - Nov 2004
Nov - Dec 2004
Dec 2004—		 Preston North End
→ Tamworth (loan)
→ Carlisle United (loan)
→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)
→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)
Shrewsbury
Total		 001 0(0)
002 0(0)
011 0(1)
010 0(1)
003 0(1)
151 (15)
178 (18)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Kelvin Langmead (born 23 March 1985 in Coventry) is an English footballer who currently plays for English League Two club Shrewsbury Town. He wears the number 8 shirt for the club and began his career as a striker, but since September 2006 has been employed rather successfully as a central defender.

Beginning his career as a trainee at Preston North End, he spent a month on loan to Tamworth in the Football Conference, where he played two matches in September 2003.

His second loan spell from Preston was later in the same season, and was at Div.3 (IV) club Carlisle. He played 11 matches, his league début coming in a 4-1 defeat at Torquay on 6 March 2004. His first goal was at Mansfield in a 3-2 win on April 24.

Langmead stayed in the same division, which changed its name to Football League Two, and he changed his club to Kidderminster Harriers. Again he played 11 matches and got one goal. He returned to Preston for his only match for the club, a substitute appearance for the Championship game against Millwall (1-1, 13 November 2004).

Two weeks later he made his Shrewsbury debut, shortly after the appointment of former Preston manager and youth development chief Gary Peters as Shrews manager. Langmead played just three matches for the Shropshire club (scoring one goal) before making the move a permanent one, signing on a free transfer.

Langmead then made more than 80 appearances in League Two for Shrewsbury as a striker, and although far from prolific, he improved his scoring rate. In September 2006, after noticing his aerial ability when defending corners, Gary Peters trialled him at centre-back in a reserve fixture. He was then utilised in this position for the first team, and was recognised in the League Two team of the week for his performance against Macclesfield Town on 6 October 2006.[1] Langmead's success in this position saw him play out the rest of the season at centre-back, as Shrewsbury reached the League Two play-off final.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Team Of The Week 09/10/2006. football-league.premiumtv.co.uk. Retrieved on November 16, 2006.

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Shrewsbury Town F.C. – current squad

1 Garner • 2 Moss • 5 Kempson • 6 Hunt • 7 Pugh • 8 Langmead • 9 Hibbert • 10 Constable • 12 Herd • 14 Davies • 17 Humphrey • 18 Leslie • 19 Madjo • 21 Bevan • 23 Tierney • 28 McIntyre • 33 Meredith • –– Hindmarch • –– Murray • Manager: Simpson


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NAME Langmead, Kelvin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1985-03-23
PLACE OF BIRTH Coventry, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH