Kevin Ernest James (born 3 January 1980 in

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) is an English

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, who last played for

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Premier Division club

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. T ...

Career

James was initially a

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trainee, but was released at the age of 20, joining Gillingham. Here he showed promise, and after four years he moved on to Nottingham Forest in 2004. However, his time at Forest was not successful and he made few appearances for the club. In the 2004-05 season he was loaned out to

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, and the following season was loaned to Walsall. At Walsall he scored on his debut in an FA Cup tie against

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, and scored again as Walsall won the subsequent replay. James' FA Cup scoring form continued when he scored in the next round against

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. He scored his fourth and final goal for Walsall, and his only league goal for the club, in a 2-2 draw with

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on 25 March 2006. In 2006-07 he was loaned out three times to Yeovil Town, Grimsby Town and Swindon Town, without scoring during any of those loan spells. He was released in 2007 and subsequently joined Welling United for a couple of games before moving onto

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. He played at

on non-contract terms, making 18 league appearances and four cup appearances (scoring one goal in the

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tie at Hemel Hempstead Town) before deciding to leave in January 2008 after failing to agree terms for the rest of the season. On 16 January 2008, James joined Crawley Town until the end of 2007–08 season. He left Crawley Town in March 2008. On 1 July 2008, he signed a contract at Chelmsford City, becoming the club's third signing for the 2008–09 season. He went on to join

at the start of 2010, going on to make his debut on 6 February 2010 against

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. He spent nearly eight seasons with Dulwich, making 235 appearances and scoring 38 goals in all competitions, and becoming a key member of the club's coaching staff under manager Gavin Rose, before announcing his departure from the club on 9 November 2017, with Rose commenting "Kev will be a huge loss to the management team and the club on the whole, he has so much to offer the game and we're sure he'll be back playing or coaching somewhere very soon. The club have lost a great servant in the short term, but his hard work and dedication will be remembered."

England 6 a side

In 2019, James was appointed as the England 6 a side team Assistant Manager. Along with Manager, Jamie Leggett, they won the Home Nations Championship before heading to Crete for the World Cup. They reached the last eight, before losing to Home Nation Greece in front of a sell out 3000 crowd.

References

External links

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Profile at Dulwich Hamlet F.C. Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:James, Kevin 1980 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Southwark People from Southwark Charlton Athletic F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Woking F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Black British sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Chelmsford City F.C. players English men's footballers English Football League players