Kelvin Langmead

Infobox Football biography
playername = Kelvin Langmead


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height = height|ft=6|in=1
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|03|23
cityofbirth = Coventry
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Shrewsbury Town
clubnumber = 8
position = Defender / Striker
youthyears =
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years = 2002 - 2004
Sep 2003
Mar - Jun 2004
Sep - Nov 2004
Nov - Dec 2004
Dec 2004—
clubs = Preston North End
→ Tamworth (loan)
→ Carlisle United (loan)
→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)
→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)
Shrewsbury
Total
caps(goals) = 001 0(0)
002 0(0)
011 0(1)
010 0(1)
003 0(1)
151 (15)
178 (18)
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Kelvin Langmead (born 23 March1985 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.

Preston North End

Langmead began 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 March2004. His first goal was at Mansfield in a 3-2 win on April 24.

In September 2004 Langmead was again sent out on loan, to Kidderminster Harriers in the newly named League Two. He played 11 matches for the Harriers and scored one goal. He returned to Preston to make his only appearance for the club, coming on as a substitute in the Championship game against Millwall (1-1, 13 November2004).

hrewsbury Town

Two weeks after his Preston début, he debuted for Shrewsbury, 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 October2006. [cite web | title=Team Of The Week 09/10/2006 | work=football-league.premiumtv.co.uk | url=http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/staticFiles/8a/99/0,,10794~39306,00.pdf | accessdate=November 16 | accessyear=2006 ] 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. Langmead also earned the Player of the Season award as voted for by both players and fans, for his consistency that term.

The following season, Salop's first at the New Meadow was not quite as successful for Langmead. With frequent changes of central defensive partner, his form suffered somewhat. He missed the final seven games of the season due to an operation on an injured knee, but returned to fitness in time for the start of pre-season training. [cite web | title= Langmead recovering from injury | work=BBC Sport | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/7445769.stm | accessdate=June 17 | accessyear=2008 ]

References

External links

*soccerbase|36345|Kelvin Langmead
* [http://www.harriers-online.co.uk/squad/langmead.shtml Harriers Online profile]

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