Lee Kilday

Lee Kilday (born 4 February 1992)[1] is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Queen's Park. Kilday has previously played for Hamilton Academical,Greenock Morton, and Queen of the South as well as loan spells with Stenhousemuir and Airdrieonians.

Lee Kilday
Kilday playing for Hamilton Academical in 2011.
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Queen's Park
Youth career
Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Hamilton Academical 33 (0)
2012 → Stenhousemuir (loan) 3 (0)
2014–2019 Greenock Morton 117 (7)
2018 → Airdrieonians (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2020 Queen of the South 25 (0)
2020– Queen's Park 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:46, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Career

Hamilton Academical

Kilday made his senior debut for Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Premier League on 15 January 2011, in a 4-0 defeat versus Rangers at Ibrox.[2] The performance of Kilday and other young players in that match, including Michael Devlin, who also made his debut, was praised by manager Billy Reid.[3]

In March 2012, Kilday signed a contract with the Accies until May 2014.[4] In May 2012, Kilday announced his intention to become a first-team regular at the Accies during the 2012-13 season.[5]

In October 2012, Kilday was sent out on loan to Stenhousemuir.[6]

In May 2014, Kilday was released by the Accies.[7]

Greenock Morton

In June 2014, Kilday signed for Greenock Morton [8] and was offered a one-year contract extension, after playing all 36 league matches for the Ton.[9]

Following another successful season, Kilday signed a further two-year contract with the Greenock club [10] and rejected a deal to return to the Accies.[11] In August 2016, Kilday was appointed Ton's club captain at the age of twenty four.[12]

In March 2018, to help aid his recovery from a long-term injury, Kilday was loaned out to Airdrieonians on an emergency loan deal.[13] In June 2018, Kilday signed a one-year extension with the Ton.[14]

Queen of the South

On 2 July 2019, Kilday signed a one-year contract with Dumfries club Queen of the South.[15]

Queens Park

He moved to Queen's Park in July 2020.[16]

Honours

Morton

Career statistics
As of 11 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamilton Academical 2010–11[18] Scottish Premier League 501000—60
2011–12[19] First Division 13020101[lower-alpha 1]0170
2012–13[20] 5000100060
2013–14[21] Championship 10000102[lower-alpha 2]0130
Total 330303030420
Stenhousemuir (loan) 2012–13[20] Second Division 3000000030
Greenock Morton 2014–15[22] League One 36330203[lower-alpha 1]0443
2015–16[23] Championship 33040401[lower-alpha 1]1421
2016–17[24] 22430501[lower-alpha 1]0314
2017–18[25] 0000000000
2018-19[26] Championship 33 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 40 0
Total 1247130150511578
Airdrieonians (loan) 2017–18[25] League One 3000000030
Queen of the South 2019-20 Championship 25 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 30 1
Career total 1887160221912359
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and one in the Premiership play-offs
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References
  1. "Squad Numbers 2010–11". Hamilton Academical F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  2. "Rangers 4 – 0 Hamilton". BBC Sport. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  3. "Billy Reid praises young Hamilton team". BBC Sport. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  4. "Two Go on Loan, and Kilday Signs". Hamilton Academical F.C.
  5. Andrew McGilvray (17 May 2012). "Accies defender aims to become a first-team regular". Hamilton Advertiser.
  6. "Profile". Soccerway.
  7. "Kilday leaves Hamilton". SPFL. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  8. "Kilday and Crighton join Morton". Scottish Professional Football League. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. Mitchell, Jonathan (12 May 2015). "Deal on the table for Kilday but winger exits Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  10. "Player news – three confirmed". Greenock Morton F.C. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  11. Mitchell, Jonathan (29 May 2016). "Morton captain Kilday snubbed Hamilton Accies move to stay at Cappielow". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  12. Mitchell, Jonathan (16 August 2016). "Lee Kilday: Falkirk draw stung like a defeat". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  13. Mitchell, Jonathan (30 March 2018). "Skipper Lee Kilday joins Airdrieonians on loan". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  14. Mitchell, Jonathan (18 June 2018). "Lee Kilday signs one-year contract extension". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  15. "QosFC: Lee Kilday". www.qosfc.com.
  16. "Lee Kilday Signs for the Spiders | Queen's Park Football Club".
  17. "Greenock Morton claim League 1 title after 3–1 win against Peterhead". Scottish Television. 2 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  18. "Games played by Lee Kilday in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  19. "Games played by Lee Kilday in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  20. "Games played by Lee Kilday in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  21. "Games played by Lee Kilday in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  22. "Games played by Lee Kilday in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  23. "Games played by Lee Kilday in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  24. "Games played by Lee Kilday in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  25. "Games played by Lee Kilday in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  26. "Lee Kilday | Football Stats | Greenock Morton | Season 2018/2019 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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