fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place height totalyears position totalcaps birth_date totalgoals article_title name
keith edwards 1975 1986 -- 1987 1987 -- 1988 1988 -- 1989 1989 -- -- 1990 1990 1990 -- 1991 1990 1978 1978 -- 1981 1981 -- 1986 sheffield hull city stockport county → huddersfield town '' -lrb- loan united -rrb- '' huddersfield town → plymouth argyle -lrb- loan -rrb- hull city sheffield united leeds united aberdeen 0 18 3 70 132 191 38 9 55 27 10 0 4 1 29 57 114 6 2 29 10 4 stockton-on-tees , england 1.72 1974 -- 1990 striker 553 16 july 1957 256 keith edwards -lrb- footballer , born 1957 -rrb-
 keith edwards
keith edwards -lrb- footballer , born 1957 -rrb-

keith edwards -lrb- born .
16 july 1957 in stockton-on-tees -rrb- 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 -lrb- 1975 -- 1978 and 1981 -- 1986 -rrb- 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 -lrb- one for hull city -rrb- in division 4 in 1981 -- 82 and 33 goals in division 3 in 1983 -- 84 .
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 3 january 1976 and his league debut came on 28 february 1976 in a division 1 game against queens park rangers .
however , his first goal did n't arrive until the next season in division 2 against wolverhampton wanderers on 24 august 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 26 september 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 1 august 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 .
despite his efforts , leeds lost the game 3-2 .
they also missed out on promotion to the first division weeks later , losing the relegation/promotion playoff final to charlton athletic in a replay .
aberdeen secured his services later 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 , although almost all of his career was spent outside the top flight .
in recent years , keith has worked for bbc radio sheffield commentating on matches involving one of his former clubs , sheffield united .
