Albie Keith

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**Albert Keith** is a footballer who played for **Hashtag United** (men).

Keith played youth football for Thurrock, Cambridge United, Grays Athletic and Ilford. At Thurrock, he penned first-team terms and made the overall matchday squad on 8 December 2015 for an Essex Senior Cup tie with Aveley.

Tilbury
Keith made the step up into senior football with Tilbury during the 2017–18 campaign. He debuted competitively on 18 November 2017 during an Isthmian League - North Division win at Ware, having come off the bench to replace Emiel Aiken late on. After further sub showings versus Romford and Dereham Town, Keith started for the first time on 9 January 2018 as *The Dockers* lost 3–2 away to Bowers & Pitsea; lasting 69 minutes before being replaced by future HTU teammate Tom Anderson. In his 10th appearance, on 14 April at Heybridge Swifts, Keith scored the equaliser in an eventual 2–1 defeat. Next time out, three days later, Keith notched a brace in a 3–1 win over Maldon & Tiptree. He ended 2017–18 with 13 appearances.

2018–19 started with a substitute showing in a four-goal home defeat to AFC Sudbury on 11 August 2018, which preceded a further three matches for him in August. September saw the midfielder feature 3 times, while in October he was selected on 5 occasions. After that, Keith didn't appear again until 29 December - when he was subbed on during a 2–2 draw with Brentwood Town on the road. He departed in early January 2019.

Whilst with Tilbury, Keith also represented Essex at county level.

### HTU

2018–19
On 12 January 2019, Keith was announced as a new signing by HTU. He had previously featured against the club in the preceding pre-season whilst with Tilbury. His bow for *The Tags* arrived later that day, as he started a 3–0 win in the Thurlow Nunn League - Division One South versus Frenford. 4 appearances later, on 2 February, Keith netted his first HTU goal in a four-goal haul at Wivenhoe Town. A second goal followed in his next match, as the club won 3–1 at home in the league versus May & Baker. In the reverse fixture, on 16 March, Keith notched his third strike for Jay Devereux's team. On 6 April, the midfielder scored in a 4–0 victory over Braintree Town Reserves, which was nominated for Goal of the Season; but lost out to a strike from Charlie Morley.

HTU ended the season with promotion as champions, as Keith netted 4 goals across 20 total matches.

2019–20
Keith opened 2019–20 unofficially with a goal and an assist (for Conor Cobb) in a win at Anstey Nomads on 13 July 2019. He continued that form further into pre-season, as he netted goals against Hashtag Originals and Concord Rangers. His first output in the competitive campaign arrived on 17 August as he assisted George Smith's opener in a 2–0 away win at Redbridge, which was followed by an 8th HTU goal arriving on 18 September versus Frenford. Keith assisted Smith again on 19 February 2020 against Hadley, which came in-between goals in January and March versus Redbridge and Walthamstow respectively - in a season that concluded early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020–21
After featuring 8 times across 2020–21 pre-season, which took him to over 50 appearances for the club, Keith scored in the exhibition opener with Frenford on 1 August 2020. He notched a fourth assist for *The Tags* on 19 September versus Takeley in the FA Vase, prior to scoring his 12th goal for the club on 5 October in an Essex Senior League victory over St. Margaretsbury. Later that month, Keith notched his final two goals for HTU in league fixtures with Cockfosters (on 17 October) and Southend Manor (on 24 October). The season was again curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic not long after.

In the squad update video in around August 2021, it was revealed that Keith was suffering with an uncertain knee injury which left him unable to run without experiencing regular discomfort. He remained signed, though no timescale had been put on his return.

2021–22
In August 2022's squad update, it was announced that Keith had officially departed the club having failed to overcome his injury - as he switched focus to his work career, as he began working abroad. Jay Devereux noted it as "very sad" that Keith was unable to return to football. He made 74 appearances and scored 14 goals for HTU.

## Personal Life

Keith is the nephew of assistant manager Joe, while his stepmother Manjinder has also volunteered for the club. He supports West Ham United.

## HTU Statistics

Breakdown

'*Other Cups' includes competitions like the FA Trophy, the FA Vase and friendly tournaments. See also: HTUwiki:DataIssues.*

Appearances (74)
* List of appearances of Albie Keith

Goals (14)
* List of goals of Albie Keith

## HTU Honours

* Thurlow Nunn League - Division One South (1): 2018-19

## References

1. ↑ "Hashtag United Reserves" .
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Albie Keith" .
3. ↑ "Albie Keith" .
4. ↑ "A special mention for U15 Albie Keith, Tom Ribbons and Bobby Sears on recently representing Cambridge FC in games against Arsenal and Orient" , 17 December 2014.
5. ↑ "Rave reviews about Albert Keith and Connor Hartwell who played up for the U18 in their great win at Aveley this weekend..." , 7 September 2015.
6. ↑ "His time at @Ilfordfcfoxes was massive in his development Bill and your help was the major factor in his strong finish at the end of the season along with Pax" , 12 May 2018.
7. ↑ "Jake Brocklebank and Albert Keith sign first team forms" , 6 December 2015.
8. ↑ "Congratulations to Jake Brocklebank and Albie Keith making the first team squad tonight very talented 16 year olds" , 8 December 2015.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 "Tilbury - Appearances - Albert Keith - 2017-2018" .
10. ↑ "Thanks jack appreciate everything you and the rest of the tilbury lot done for me!" , 12 January 2019.
11. ↑ "Football: Thurrock footballers shine for county" , 26 October 2017.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "NEW SIGNING REVEALED & WHY PLAYERS LEFT! - HASHTAG UNITED SQUAD UPDATE 21/22" , 14 August 2021.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "WHO LEFT & WHO JOINED! - HASHTAG UNITED SQUAD UPDATE 22/23" , 11 August 2022.