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Chris Billy 
Personal information Full name Christopher Anthony Billy Date of birth 2 January 1973 Place of birth Huddersfield, England Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Bradford Park Avenue (Player-Assistant Manager) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1991–1995 Huddersfield Town 94 (4) 1995–1998 Plymouth Argyle 118 (8) 1998 Notts County 6 (0) 1998–2003 Bury 176 (11) 2003–2007 Carlisle United 142 (3) 2007 Halifax Town 13 (0) 2007 Farsley Celtic 1 (0) 2007 Ossett Town 2010- Bradford Park Avenue * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Christopher Anthony "Chris" Billy is a footballer who was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire on January 2, 1973. He is currently the player-assistant at Bradford Park Avenue.
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 1995-96 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.
On January 31, 2007, Billy joined conference club Halifax Town, on free transfer,[1] signing a 18 month contract, after being at Brunton Park for 3½ years.
After 8 months at Halifax Town, Billy was released from his contract at The Shay, to join Conference new boys Farsley Celtic on August 30. After a lack of first team opportunities he left Throstle Nest to look for a new club.[2] Billy joined Ossett Town, reuniting with former Huddersfield team mates Simon Collins and Simon Baldry for a brief spell before retiring.
Chris Billy, is the brother of Marlon Billy, who plays professional rugby league for Swinton Lions RL.
References
- ^ "Halifax make late swoop for Billy". BBC Sport. February 1, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/6319903.stm. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
- ^ "Farsley sign Halifax midfielder". BBC Sport. August 30, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/farsley_celtic/6970200.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
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Awards Plymouth Argyle F.C. – Player of the Year 1966: Newman • 1967: Piper • 1968: Dunne • 1969: Burnside • 1970: Rickard • 1971: Furnell • 1972: Provan • 1973: Hague • 1974: Machin • 1975: Mariner • 1976: Mariner • 1977: Ramsbottom • 1978: Foster • 1979: Binney • 1980: Foster • 1981: Kemp • 1982: Sims • 1983: Nisbet • 1984: Staniforth • 1985: Tynan • 1986: Hodges • 1987: Tynan • 1988: Cherry • 1989: Tynan • 1990: Marker • 1991: Brown • 1992: Marshall • 1993: McCall • 1994: McCall • 1995: Edworthy • 1996: Heathcote • 1997: Billy • 1998: Barlow & Corazzin • 1999: Heathcote • 2000: McGregor • 2001: O'Sullivan • 2002: Coughlan • 2003: Wotton • 2004: Evans • 2005: Wotton • 2006: Norris • 2007: Nalis • 2008: Timár • 2009: Larrieu • 2010: Fletcher • 2011: Fletcher
Categories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Huddersfield
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Huddersfield Town F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- Farsley Celtic A.F.C. players
- The Football League players
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