Chris Billy

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Chris Billy
Full name	Christopher Anthony Billy
Date of birth	January 2, 1973 (1973-01-02) (age 35)
Place of birth	Huddersfield, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Farsley Celtic
Number	34
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1995 1995–1998 1998 1998–2003 2003–2007 2007 2007–	Huddersfield Town Plymouth Argyle Notts County Bury Carlisle United Halifax Town Farsley Celtic	094 0(4) 118 0(8) 006 0(0) 176 (11) 142 0(3) 013 0(0) 001 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:47, 3 September 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Christopher Anthony "Chris" Billy is a footballer who was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire on January 2, 1973, and signed for his local club Huddersfield Town as a trainee on the July 1, 1991. He plays for Farsley Celtic in the Conference National.

[edit] Biography

His last act in a Huddersfield Town shirt was to score the winning goal at Wembley Stadium which earned Huddersfield promotion via the play-off system. He then left to join Plymouth Argyle on the August 10, 1995.

Billy played for Plymouth Argyle during the club's promotional 95-96 season, and played in 108 matches, and scored 8 goals between the August 10, 1995 until he left to join Notts County on the July 1, 1998. His time with Notts County was brief and started only three games before signing for Bury on a Free transfer on the September 18, 1998. He stayed at Bury until the May 10, 2003, when he moved to Carlisle United, who were relegated to the Football Conference League during the 2003-04 season.

After only one season away from the Football League, they were promoted back to Football League Two via the playoffs where Billy scored a superb goal in the semi final home leg at Brunton Park. Billy continues to play for Carlisle in 2006. A tower of strength holding in central midfield, Chris has silenced his critics to become a crowd favourite and was absolutely vital to Carlisle's continued success. ^[1]

On January 31, 2007, Billy joined conference club Halifax Town, on free transfer,^[2] signing a 18 month contract, after being at Brunton Park for 3½ years.

After 8 months at Hailfax Town, Billy was released from his contract at The Shay, to join Conference new boys Farsley Celtic on August 30, 2007.^[3]

Chris Billy, is the brother of Marlon Billy, who plays professional rugby league for Swinton Lions RL.

[edit] References

^ How boo-boy victim Chris became Blues cult hero. Colman, Jon. News & Star (February 6, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
^ Halifax make late swoop for Billy. BBC Sport (February 1, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
^ Farsley sign Halifax midfielder. BBC Sport (August 30, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-30.

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Persondata
NAME	Billy, Christopher Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Billy, Chris, Billy, Christopher
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH	January 2, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH