Keith Edwards

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Keith Edwards
Personal information
Full name	Keith Edwards
Date of birth	July 16, 1957 (1957-07-16) (age 50)
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1974 1975-1978 1978-1981 1981-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990 1990-1991 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers Sheffield United Hull City Sheffield United Leeds United Aberdeen Hull City Stockport County → Huddersfield Town (loan) Huddersfield Town → Plymouth Argyle (loan) Career	000 00(0) 070 0(29) 132 0(57) 191 (114) 038 00(6) 009 00(2) 055 0(29) 027 0(10) 010 00(4) 018 00(4) 003 00(1) 553 (256)[1]
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Keith Edwards (born. July 16, 1957 in Stockton-on-Tees) was an English footballer.

Edwards actually started his early career as a youth player with Leyton Orient in London, as his father was an Orient supporter. He became homesick and joined Sheffield United.

A prolific goalscorer, he had two spells (1975 - 1978 and 1981 -1986) at Sheffield United for whom he scored 171 goals in 293 appearances. Whilst with the Blades, he was the highest scoring player in a division twice, scoring 36 goals (one for Hull City) in Division 4 in 1981-2 and 33 goals in Division 3 in 1983-4. The latter haul earned Edwards his second Adidas Golden Boot award.

His debut for United came in a FA Cup Third Round Tie against Leicester City on January 3, 1976 and his League debut came on February 28, 1976 in a Division 1 game against Queens Park Rangers. However, his first goal didn't arrive until the next season in Division 2 against Wolverhampton Wanderers on August 24, 1976.

In between his time at Bramall Lane he played for Hull City who paid £50,000 for Edwards in 1978. Ian Porterfield bought him back for £100,000 and played him for the first time against Scunthorpe United on September 26, 1981, the 1-0 home victory being the first of a 17-game unbeaten run. Edwards scored his first two goals under Porterfield in a 4-0 win over Crewe Alexandra three days later.

He formed an impressive partnership with Bob Hatton, feeding off the distribution of Colin Morris as United ended the season with 19 games without defeat to win the Fourth Division Championship, his 35 goals being a post-war record.

His final appearance for United came in a pre-season friendly at Bramall Lane against Spanish club Sevilla FC on August 1, 1986. He began the 1986-87 season at Leeds United after a transfer fee of £125,000 but only managed 9 goals in 51 appearances, although one of those was against Coventry City in the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough in 1987.

Aberdeen secured his services in 1987 and he returned to Hull City in 1988. He later played for Stockport County, Huddersfield Town and finished his career at Plymouth Argyle in 1990. He is one of the select band of players to have scored over 250 league goals in English football.

In recent years, Keith has worked for BBC Radio Sheffield commentating on matches involving one of his former clubs, Sheffield United.

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