Chris Billy
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Anthony Billy
Date of birth	January 2, 1973 (1973-01-02) (age 37)
Place of birth	Huddersfield, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1995 1995–1998 1998 1998–2003 2003–2007 2007 2007–	Huddersfield Town Plymouth Argyle Notts County Bury Carlisle United Halifax Town Farsley Celtic Ossett Town	094 0(4) 118 0(8) 006 0(0) 176 (11) 142 0(3) 013 0(0) 001 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Christopher Anthony "Chris" Billy is a former footballer who was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire on January 2, 1973, and signed for his local club Huddersfield Town as a trainee on the July 1, 1991.

[edit] Biography

His last act in a Huddersfield Town shirt was to score the winning goal at Wembley Stadium which earned Huddersfield promotion via the play-off system. He then left to join Plymouth Argyle on the August 10, 1995.

Billy played for Plymouth Argyle during the club's promotional 1995-96 season, and played in 108 matches, and scored 8 goals between the August 10, 1995 until he left to join Notts County on the July 1, 1998. His time with Notts County was brief and started only three games before signing for Bury on a free transfer on the September 18, 1998. He stayed at Bury until the May 10, 2003, when he moved to Carlisle United, who were relegated to the Football Conference League during the 2003-04 season.

After only one season away from the Football League, they were promoted back to Football League Two via the playoffs where Billy scored a superb goal in the semi final home leg at Brunton Park.

On January 31, 2007, Billy joined conference club Halifax Town, on free transfer,^[1] signing a 18 month contract, after being at Brunton Park for 3½ years.

After 8 months at Hailfax Town, Billy was released from his contract at The Shay, to join Conference new boys Farsley Celtic on August 30. After a lack of first team opportunities he left Throstle Nest to look for a new club. ^[2] Billy joined Ossett Town, reuniting with former Huddersfield team mates Simon Collins and Simon Baldry for a brief spell before retiring.

Chris Billy, is the brother of Marlon Billy, who plays professional rugby league for Swinton Lions RL.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Chris Billy career stats at Soccerbase
• Official Carlisle United profile

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