Kerry Mayo (born 21 September 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a
left back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Career
Born in
Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath is a town in West Sussex, England, south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and northeast of the county town, Chichester. Nearby towns include Burgess Hill to the southwest, Horsham to the northwest, Crawl ...
,
West Sussex
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, Mayo was a trainee with
Brighton & Hove Albion
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and signed a professional contract with them in July 1996. On 6 May 2008, it was confirmed that Mayo, along with the experienced
Guy Butters
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Playing career
Butters made his Tottenham debut in November 1988 in a League Cup tie versus Blackburn Rovers in which he scored an own ...
and
Gary Hart
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, had been released from the club by then manager
Dean Wilkins
Dean Mark Wilkins (born 12 July 1962) is an English football coach and former professional player. He was most recently the assistant manager of League Two club Stevenage.
Managerial career
Wilkins assumed the position of caretaker manager at ...
. However, after impressing during pre-season under new manager
Micky Adams
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, Hart and Mayo signed new contracts.
In September 2008 Mayo joined
Conference National
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team
Lewes
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on loan for a month. He returned to Brighton on 10 October after suffering cruciate knee ligament damage.
Mayo left Brighton after his contract expired at the end of June 2009. He was one of the club's longest-serving players: during his 14-year career, he had played in 413 league and cup games and scored 14 goals. In July 2009, he announced his retirement from professional football after failing to recover from a groin injury.
On 18 November 2010, Mayo joined his local club,
Newhaven, and scored on his debut in a 4–2 win over
Pease Pottage
Pease Pottage is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Crawley built-up area, in the civil parish of Slaugham.
The village has a motorway service station, named after the village, ...
.
References
External links
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Kerry Mayo profileon Brighton & Hove Albion official website
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1977 births
Living people
Footballers from West Sussex
People from Haywards Heath
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Lewes F.C. players
Newhaven F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players