Christopher Anthony Billy is a retired

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who played as a midfielder. He played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town,

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

, Notts County,

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and

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

. He also played for Halifax Town,

Farsley Celtic Farsley Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Farsley, West Yorkshire, England. The club was founded in 1908, but folded in 2010 and were reformed as Farsley AFC before returning to the name Farsley Celtic in 2015.

and

Ossett Town Ossett Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Ossett in West Yorkshire. History Ossett Town AFC were formed in 1936 when, during a public meeting, the Mayor of the Borough of Ossett charged John Carter, a former ...

Career

Billy began his career with Huddersfield Town in 1991. He scored the winning goal in the Second Division play-off Final at Wembley Stadium in 1995 that saw Huddersfield promoted to the First Division under the management of

Neil Warnock Neil Warnock (born 1 December 1948) is an English former football manager and player. He is also a television and radio pundit. In a managerial career spanning five decades, Warnock has managed sixteen different clubs from the Premier League to ...

. The latter resigned within days and was appointed manager of

, who had just been relegated to the

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, and he signed Billy in August. He scored four goals in his first season with the club as they gained promotion via the play-offs, and made 137 appearances in all competitions during his three seasons with Argyle, scoring nine times. He had a brief spell with Notts County in 1998 before being signed by Warnock again, this time for

. He spent five seasons with Bury and amassed 178 league appearances, with 11 goals. He left Bury in 2003 and moved to

, where he experienced relegation from the Football League in his first season with the club. Carlisle made a swift return from the Football Conference the following season, gaining promotion through the play-offs. Having made 142 appearances for Carlisle, Billy was transferred to Halifax Town in January 2007. Eight months later, he was released from his contract to join

. He spent time on loan with

, having signed in February 2008, before retiring as a player.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Billy, Chris 1973 births Living people Footballers from Huddersfield English footballers Association football midfielders Huddersfield Town A.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 Ossett Town F.C. players English Football League players