| Keith Welch | |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Bolton, England |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in[1] |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | 1986–1987 |
| Youthclubs1: | Bolton Wanderers |
| Years1: | 1987–1991 |
| Years2: | 1991–1999 |
| Years3: | 1999–2002 |
| Years4: | 2002 |
| Years5: | 2002 |
| Years6: | 2003 |
| Clubs1: | Rochdale |
| Clubs2: | Bristol City |
| Clubs3: | Northampton Town |
| Clubs4: | Tranmere Rovers |
| Clubs5: | Torquay United |
| Clubs6: | Mansfield Town |
| Caps1: | 205 |
| Caps2: | 273 |
| Caps3: | 117 |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Caps6: | 9 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
Keith Welch (born 3 October 1968) is an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League between the 1980s and 2000s, with Rochdale, Bristol City, Northampton Town, Tranmere Rovers, Torquay United and Mansfield Town.
He started with Bolton Wanderers as a trainee, but moved to Rochdale in 1987 and made his Football League debut with them, going on to play 205 League games for the club.[2] He transferred to Bristol City in 1991 for £200,000 and went on to play 321 times for them before moving on in 1999.[3]
He spent the next three seasons at Northampton Town making 127 appearances before leaving in 2002. As of January 2010 he had the third-longest spell for consecutive minutes keeping a clean sheet at Northampton, having managed 467 minutes in 2000.[4]
He signed for Tranmere Rovers in Summer 2002, primarily to act as cover for John Achterberg, but he suffered a groin injury on his opening-day debut against Port Vale.[5] He made his second Tranmere appearance on 21 September 2002 against Crewe Alexandra, but he dislocated his shoulder in the game, and was substituted for Tranmere's goalkeeping coach Eric Nixon.[6] This was to be his final appearance for Tranmere although he went on to have further short spells that season with Torquay United and Mansfield Town.[3] He made his final Football League appearance on 29 March 2003, for Mansfield against Peterborough United,[7] and he was subsequently released by Mansfield that summer.[8]
Individual
1990–91 Fourth Division[9]