Kevin Robert Kennerley (born 26 April 1954) is an English former

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who played as a

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. An

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winner with

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, he played professional football for

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Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

and

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

of Wales. Kennerly in his footballing career also joined

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

, Nantwich Town and that of

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as well.

Career

Kennerley played in the

youth team, helping them to lift the

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with a 2–0

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victory in their two cup final legs over

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. He however, never played at the first-team level for the Gunners, and thus swapped Highbury for Turf Moor when he joined

in 1975. He played six First Division games for

Jimmy Adamson James Adamson (4 April 1929 – 8 November 2011) was an English professional footballer and football manager. He was born in Ashington, Northumberland. He made 486 appearances for Burnley ranking him sixth in their all-time appearance lis ...

's "Clarets" in the 1975–76 season, scoring one goal. He then joined Roy Sproson's

in May 1976. He also found the net in a 4–2 win over Grimsby Town at

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on 3 January. In all he made 23 appearances within the

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, scoring once in the 1976–77 season, More action came for him in cup competitions, as he scored again against Hull City in a 3–1 win at Vale Park in the third round of the

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. However, he featured just once in the 1977–78 season, and so was

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ed to John Toshack's

in February 1978. He in all played two

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games at

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. As such, Kennerly made the move from the Swans in May 1978 on a free transfer to

of the

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. He later played for clubs Nantwich Town and

Career statistics

Source:

Honours

Arsenal *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennerley, Kevin 1954 births Living people Footballers from Chester English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Arsenal F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Swansea City A.F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Nantwich Town F.C. players Droylsden F.C. players English Football League players Northern Premier League players