Kyle Lightbourne

Kyle Lightbourne
Personal information
Full name Kyle Lavince Lightbourne[1]
Date of birth (1968-09-29) 29 September 1968[2]
Place of birth Hamilton, Bermuda[2]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Robin Hood (manager)
Youth career
Pembroke Hamilton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 PHC Zebras
1992–1993 Scarborough 19 (3)
1993–1997 Walsall 165 (65)
1997–1998 Coventry City 7 (0)
1998 → Fulham (loan) 4 (2)
1998–2001 Stoke City 111 (21)
2001 → Swindon Town (loan) 2 (0)
2001 → Cardiff City (loan) 3 (0)
2001 IFK Norrköping 0 (0)
2001–2003 Macclesfield Town 73 (15)
2002 → Hull City (loan) 4 (0)
2003–2007 PHC Zebras
2007–2009 Bermuda Hogges 12 (0)
2008 → PHC Zebras (loan) 1 (1)
National team
1989–2004 Bermuda 40 (16)
Teams managed
Bermuda
2007–2009 Bermuda Hogges
2007–2011 PHC Zebras
2012– Robin Hood
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kyle Lavince Lightbourne (born 29 September 1968) is a former Bermudian footballer who played for Scarborough, Walsall, Coventry City, Fulham, Stoke City, Swindon Town, Cardiff City, Macclesfield Town and Hull City.[2]

Football career

Club

Lightbourne was born in Hamilton, Bermuda and played for PHC Zebras before moving to England to play for Scarborough at the age of 23. He played 21 times for Scarborough before joining Walsall in September 1993. Lightbourne soon struck up a partnership with Kevin Wilson and the pair became prolific goalscorers and earned Walsall some success. He scored 9 goals in 41 appearances in 1993–94 before scoring 27 goals in 1994–95 as Walsall gained promotion. He scored 24 goals in 1995–96 and 25 in 1996–97.[3]

This earned him a lucrative move to Premier League side Coventry City for a fee of £500,000. However his chances at Highfield Road were limited and after making only 7 appearances plus a loan spell at Fulham he moved to Stoke City in February 1998.[2] He didn't get off to the best of starts with Stoke as he struggled with illness and form as Stoke suffered relegation from the First Division in 1997–98. He improved in 1998–99, netting eight goals.[2] In 1999–2000 Lightbourne scored 10 goals in 52 appearances as Stoke reached the play-offs where they lost to Gillingham. He played in the 2000 Football League Trophy Final at Wembley as Stoke beat Bristol City 2–1.[2] In 2000–01 he found his chances of first team football more restricted but still managed five goals in 28 appearances. In the latter part of the season he spent spells on loan at Swindon Town and Cardiff City.[2]

He was released by Stoke in the summer of 2001 and after a brief unsuccessful spell in Sweden with IFK Norrköping he played two seasons with Macclesfield Town and had a short loan spell at Hull City before returning to Bermuda.

In 2007, Lightbourne joined Shaun Goater as part of the management team of USL side Bermuda Hogges, making 12 appearances for the team. He officially retired from football in 2009.

International

He made his debut for Bermuda in 1989 and represented his country in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[4]

His final international match was a June 2004 World Cup qualification match against El Salvador.

Managerial

He was coach at PHC Zebras before resigning in summer 2011.[5] In June 2012, Lightbourne was named manager of local side Robin Hood.[6] He missed out on a place at the Walsall bench in 2013.[7]

Cricket career

Lightbourne was a member of the ICC Associates squad at the inaugural 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup. He played five games for Bermuda at the 1990 ICC Trophy, during which he took 11 wickets at an average of 16.81. He was part of a Bermuda side that played the touring Australians in 1991.[8]

Career statistics

Source:[9]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Scarborough 1992–93 Third Division 193001010213
Walsall 1993–94 Third Division 357420020419
1994–95 Third Division 42235341105227
1995–96 Second Division 43155320365324
1996–97 Second Division 45204421105225
Total 165651812928620085
Coventry City 1997–98 Premier League 70003000100
Fulham (loan) 1997–98 Second Division 4200001152
Stoke City 1997–98 First Division 132000000132
1998–99 Second Division 367111010398
1999–2000 Second Division 4071030835210
2000–01 Second Division 225103000265
Total 1112131709313025
Swindon Town (loan) 2000–01 Second Division 2000000020
Cardiff City (loan) 2000–01 Third Division 3000000030
Macclesfield Town 2001–02 Third Division 294001000304
2002–03 Third Division 44103221105013
Hull City (loan) 2002–03 Third Division 4000000040
Bermuda Hogges 2007 USL Second Division 6000000060
2008 USL Second Division 2000000020
2009 USL Second Division 4000000040
Career Total 39810524152241810462126

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, and Football League Trophy.

Honours

Walsall
Stoke City

References

  1. ↑ "Kyle Lightbourne". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City: The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  3. ↑ "Kyle Lightbourne interview". Bescot Banter. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Kyle Lightbourne – FIFA competition record (archive)
  5. ↑ Colin Thompson (18 August 2011). "Anderson new man in charge at Zebras". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Stephen Wright (30 June 2012). "Hood turn to Lightbourne as new coach". Royal Gazette. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Stephen Wright (15 May 2013). "Lightbourne overlooked for Walsall number two job". Royal Gazette. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kyle Lightbourne". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Kyle Lightbourne at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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