 Kay playing for Tranmere Rovers in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antony Roland Kay[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1982[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender; midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Runcorn Linnets (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Barnsley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2007 | Barnsley | 174 | (11) |
| 2007–2009 | Tranmere Rovers | 82 | (17) |
| 2009–2012 | Huddersfield Town | 95 | (10) |
| 2012–2016 | Milton Keynes Dons | 142 | (6) |
| 2016–2017 | Bury | 42 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Port Vale | 60 | (5) |
| 2020 | Chorley | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Bala Town | 75 | (8) |
| 2023–2024 | Runcorn Linnets | 32 | (4) |
| Total | 706 | (61) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024– | Runcorn Linnets | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Antony Roland Kay (born 21 October 1982) is an English football manager who is in charge at Northern Premier League Division One West club Runcorn Linnets. He 70 goals in 829 appearances during a 24-year playing career.
Kay could play as a defender or as a midfielder. He began his career with hometown club Barnsley and made his first-team debut in August 2000. Established as a first-team regular by the age of 20, he was voted as the club's Player of the Season in 2003–04, and helped Barnsley to win promotion out of League One via the play-offs in 2006 after scoring the winning penalty in the shoot-out victory over Swansea City. He signed with Tranmere Rovers in June 2007 and was voted the club's Player of the Season for 2008–09 before moving on to Huddersfield Town in May 2009. He was again promoted into the Championship after victory in the 2012 League One play-off final. However, he stayed in League One after joining Milton Keynes Dons in August 2012 and won his third promotion out of the division after helping the club to secure a runners-up spot in 2014–15.
He signed with Bury in June 2016 and played 47 matches as a club captain before moving on to Port Vale a year later. Released after two years in the Vale first-team, he went on to join non-League Chorley in January 2020. He joined Cymru Premier side Bala Town eight months later and went on to play in the 2023 Welsh Cup final before joining Runcorn Linnets in May 2023. He was appointed Runcorn's manager in May 2024.
- ^ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2018/2019". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Antony Kay". Port Vale F.C. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.