Kenny Arthur

Kenny Arthur

Arthur playing for Accrington Stanley in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth James Arthur
Date of birth	7 December 1978 (1978-12-07)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Grimsby Town
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2007	Partick Thistle	243	(0)
2007–2009	Accrington Stanley	66	(0)
2009–2010	Rochdale	15	(0)
2010–	Grimsby Town	28	(0)
2011-2012	→ Gainsborough Trinity (loan)	9	(0)
National team
	Scotland B	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:07, 24 September 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Kenneth James "Kenny" Arthur (born 7 December 1978) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays in England for Conference National side Grimsby Town as a goalkeeper.

He has previously played for Partick Thistle, Accrington Stanley, Rochdale and Gainsborough Trinity. He also runs and owns the sporting brand KA Goalkeeping which designs gloves for Goalkeepers.

Career

Partick Thistle

Arthur came through the youth ranks with Partick Thistle in 1996. During Partick Thistle's recent spell in the Scottish Premier League between 2002 and 2004, Arthur was recognised by the Scottish national team manager of the time Berti Vogts. He was in the squad for the home game against Iceland and for the away game in Lithuania.

2006–07 was Arthur's testimonial year at Partick Thistle and it has so far been noted by a golf day and a match at Firhill Stadium versus Celtic in which Thistle hero Chic Charnley equalised from 25 yards in the last minute. Arthur played more than 275 games for Partick Thistle.

Accrington Stanley

Arthur joined Accrington Stanley in 2007, where he remained for two years with the club.

Rochdale

In 2009 he joined Rochdale, playing 15 times in the club's campaign which eventually saw them promoted to Football League One.

Grimsby Town

Arthur signed a two year deal with Grimsby Town on 8 June 2010 taking the number one spot from Nick Colgan. Grimsby who had suffered a goalkeeping crisis in both the past two seasons saw the new seasons preparations stall when Arthur injured his hamstring in the clubs defeat against Rushden & Diamonds. Incidentally an injury to his understudy Colgan meant that goalkeeping coach Steve Croudson was called up to replace Arthur for at least one game before Sheffield Wednesday's Richard O'Donnell was signed. Arthur returned to action on September 20 against Fleetwood Town only to injure his thumb in the warm up, meaning O'Donnell was forced to fill in once again.

Throughout his first year at the club, more than several injury problems meant he missed small chunks of the season. In the summer of 2011, Grimsby signed James McKeown as back-up keeper to Arthur but following the completition of pre-season McKeown became the favoured shot stopper at Blundell Park. On 3 November 2011, Arthur was loaned to Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity on an initial one month loan, following injuries to Trinity's keeper Phil Barnes and Andrew Pettinger.

In January 2012, Arthur was told he could leave Blundell Park if a Scottish club wanted to sign him on a free transfer.

Personal life

Kenny is a supporter of Motherwell F.C^{[citation needed]}. In January 2008 Arthur launched KA Goalkeeping, a website which sells Arthur's own brand of goalkeeper gloves.

Honours

Grimsby Town

• Lincolnshire Senior Cup: Winner, 2011-12

Rochdale

• Football League Two: Promotion, 2009-10

External links

• KA Goalkeeping
• Kenny Arthur career stats at Soccerbase