| Julian Kelly | |
| Fullname: | Julian Kelly |
| Height: | [1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Enfield, London, England |
| Position: | Full-back, Winger |
| Youthyears1: | ?–2006 |
| Youthclubs1: | Arsenal |
| Youthyears2: | 2006–2008 |
| Youthclubs2: | Reading |
| Years1: | 2008–2011 |
| Clubs1: | Reading |
| Caps1: | 7 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Clubs2: | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2011 |
| Clubs3: | → Lincoln City (loan) |
| Caps3: | 21 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2011–2013 |
| Clubs4: | Notts County |
| Caps4: | 54 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Clubs5: | Spalding United |
| Caps5: | ? |
| Goals5: | ? |
| Years6: | 2014 |
| Clubs6: | Carlton Town |
| Caps6: | ? |
| Goals6: | ? |
| Years7: | 2014– |
| Clubs7: | Grantham Town |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 11:08, 9 November 2014 (UTC) |
Julian Kelly (born 6 September 1989) is an English footballer who plays for Grantham Town.
Born in London, Kelly was with Arsenal until the age of 16 when he joined Reading as a scholar in June 2006.[2] [3] He finished the 2007–08 season with 27 appearances in the Reading reserves,[4] playing in the position of left back.[1] He featured for Reading on the bench in their opening game of the 2008–09 season, which they drew 0 – 0 with Nottingham Forest.[5] He made his debut for Reading in the League Cup against Dagenham & Redbridge.[6] He then made his league debut against Plymouth Argyle, playing in the right wing.[7] On 21 January 2009, Reading manager Steve Coppell confirmed that his most likely replacement for the suspended Liam Rosenior against Wolverhampton Wanderers would be Kelly.[8] He joined Wycombe Wanderers on an initial one-month emergency loan on 15 February 2010. On his debut for Wycombe Wanderers he scored from a cross for a 1–0 win over Millwall.[9] In January 2011 Kelly joined Lincoln City on loan making his debut on 15 January in a 2–1 home defeat by Wycombe Wanderers.[10]
On 1 June 2011, he signed a two-year contract with Notts County.[11] Kelly scored his first goal for Notts, a thunderous volley, in 3 – 2 win over Tranmere Rovers.[11] Similarly in 3–2 win against Scunthorpe United Kelly scored the winning the goal after an incisive pass from teammate Gavin Mahon. Kelly became a permanent fixture in Martin Allen's defence as Notts County climbed into the play-off positions midway through the season. In a 5–2 defeat to Sheffield United, Kelly came off the bench to score Notts' second goal.[12] Kelly finished the 2011–12 season making 34 appearances overall and scoring 3 goals.[13]
He made his first start of the 2012–13 campaign in a 2–1 win over Crewe Alexandra[14] and made a further 23 appearances before being released at the end of the season.[15]
In September 2013 he joined Grimsby Town on trial,[16] but failed to earn a contract.[17]
After a year out of the game, Kelly joined Northern Premier League Division One South side Spalding United in May 2014.[18] [19] He was with the club only a short time before moving to divisional rivals Carlton Town.[20] In October 2014 he was on the move again, moving up a division to join Grantham Town.[21]
Despite being born in England, he was called into the Republic of Ireland under-19 squad in January 2008.[22]
His brother Oliver Kelly was also part of the Reading Academy.[23] Kelly's older sister Natalie has been playing the lead female role in the Lion King in the West End whilst younger sister Sienna recently won a place at the National School of Youth Ballet.[24]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Reading | 2008–09 | Championship | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2009–10 | League One | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Lincoln City (loan) | 2010–11 | League Two | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Notts County | 2011–12 | League One | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | League One | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 54 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 91 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 5 | |||