# Karl Elsey
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{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image =
| name = Karl Elsey
| fullname = Karl William Elsey[{{cite book|title=The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946-1998|author=Barry J. Hugman|year=1998|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=1-85291-585-4}}]
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1958|11|20}}
| birth_place = [Swansea](/source/Swansea), Wales
| currentclub =
| position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder)
| years1 = | years2 = | years3 = | years4 = 1979–1980 | years5 = 1980–1983 | years6 = 1983–1985 | years7 = 1985–1988 | years8 = 1988–1989 | years9 = 1989–1991 | years10 = 1991–1992 | years11 = 1992–1993 | years12 = 1993–1994 | years13 = 1994 | years14 = 1994 | years15 = 1994 | years16 = 1994–1996 | years17 = 1996 | years18 = 1996–1997 | years19 =1997 | years20 = 1998
| clubs1 = [Pembroke Borough](/source/Pembroke_Borough_A.F.C.) | clubs2 = [Swansea City](/source/Swansea_City_A.F.C.) | clubs3 = [Pembroke Borough](/source/Pembroke_Borough_A.F.C.) | clubs4 = [Queens Park Rangers](/source/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C.) | clubs5 = [Newport County](/source/Newport_County_A.F.C.) | clubs6 = [Cardiff City](/source/Cardiff_City_F.C.) | clubs7 = [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.) | clubs8 = [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.) | clubs9 = [Maidstone United](/source/Maidstone_United_F.C._(1897)) | clubs10 = [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.) | clubs11 = [Sittingbourne](/source/Sittingbourne_F.C.) | clubs12 = [Braintree Town](/source/Braintree_Town_F.C.) | clubs13 = [Ashford Town (Kent)](/source/Ashford_Town_F.C._(Kent)) | clubs14 = [Hastings Town](/source/Hastings_United_F.C.) | clubs15 = [Faversham Town](/source/Faversham_Town_F.C.) | clubs16 = [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) | clubs17 = [Ramsgate](/source/Ramsgate_F.C.) | clubs18 = [Chatham Town](/source/Chatham_Town_F.C.) | clubs19 = [Lordswood](/source/Lordswood_F.C.) | clubs20 = [Maidstone United](/source/Maidstone_United_F.C.)
| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = | goals3 = | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = 123 | goals5 = 15 | caps6 = 59 | goals6 = 5 | caps7 = 128 | goals7 = 13 | caps8 = 44 | goals8 = 3 | caps9 = 72 | goals9 = 5 | caps10 = 27 | goals10 = 3| caps11 = | goals11 = | caps12 = | goals12 = | caps13 = 10 | goals13 = 0 | caps14 = | goals14 = | caps15 = | goals15 = | caps16 = | goals16 = | caps17 = | goals17 = | caps18 = | goals18 = | caps19 = | goals19 = | caps20 = | goals20 =
| manageryears1=1995–1996 |managerclubs1=[Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.)
}}
'''Karl William Elsey''' (born 20 November 1958)[{{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=110}}] is a Welsh former professional [footballer](/source/association_football). His clubs included [Swansea City](/source/Swansea_City_A.F.C.), [Queens Park Rangers](/source/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C.), [Newport County](/source/Newport_County_A.F.C.), [Cardiff City](/source/Cardiff_City_F.C.), [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.), [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.) and [Maidstone United](/source/Maidstone_United_F.C.).[{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/karlelsey}}] In total he made over 450 [Football League](/source/Football_League) appearances.
==Career==
Elsey joined [Pembroke Borough](/source/Pembroke_Borough_A.F.C.) from local amateur football and had a brief spell with [Swansea City](/source/Swansea_City_A.F.C.) in the 1978–79 season before returning to Pembroke Borough. He signed for [Queens Park Rangers](/source/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C.) in January 1979, but failed to establish himself.
Elsey moved to [Newport County](/source/Newport_County_A.F.C.) in July 1980, during the most successful period in the club's history. Elsey was part of the team that won promotion to the [Football League Third Division](/source/Football_League_Third_Division), won the [1980 Welsh Cup](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_Welsh_Cup) and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the [1981 European Cup Winners Cup](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup).
He moved to [Cardiff City](/source/Cardiff_City_F.C.) in September 1983 in a move that saw Elsey and [Nigel Vaughan](/source/Nigel_Vaughan) join Cardiff from Newport in exchange for [Tarki Micallef](/source/Tarki_Micallef), [John Lewis](/source/John_Lewis_(footballer_born_1955)) and [Linden Jones](/source/Linden_Jones). He played over 60 games for Cardiff before joining [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.) on a free transfer in May 1985. He moved to [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.) in August 1988 and, although virtually ever-present in the Reading side the following season, left to join [Maidstone United](/source/Maidstone_United_F.C._(1897)) in July 1989. He rejoined Gillingham in August 1991, but dropped out of league football in March 1992 when he joined [Sittingbourne](/source/Sittingbourne_F.C.).
He moved to [Braintree Town](/source/Braintree_Town_F.C.) in December 1993, but in February 1994 moved to [Ashford Town (Kent)](/source/Ashford_Town_F.C._(Kent)).[{{Cite web|url=http://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/player-Profile.php?ID=449 |title=Karl Elsey player profile|website=www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk|accessdate=26 June 2022}}] The following month he joined [Hastings Town](/source/Hastings_Town_F.C.).
In September 1994 he joined [Faversham Town](/source/Faversham_Town_F.C.), but the following month left to join [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.). In April 1995 he became Margate's caretaker manager and was appointed as player-manager in early May. He was sacked in March 1996 and joined [Ramsgate](/source/Ramsgate_F.C.) as a player. In April 1996 he joined [Chatham Town](/source/Chatham_Town_F.C.) and became their player-manager in October 1996. He left Chatham in March 1997 and joined [Lordswood](/source/Lordswood_F.C.) as a player. He remained with Lordswood until early in the following season when he dropped out of senior football.
He signed for [Maidstone United](/source/Maidstone_United_F.C.) in the 1998 close season and played twice for the reformed side in the [Kent County League](/source/Kent_County_League) before retiring in September 1998.
==Personal life==
His father [Billy](/source/William_John_Elsey) was also a professional footballer and played for Swansea.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.margatefootballclubhistory.com/karlelsey.shtml Karl Elsey profile at Margate F.C. History site]
{{Margate F.C. managers}}
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Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Swansea
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Pembroke Borough A.F.C. players
Category:Swansea City A.F.C. players
Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Category:Newport County A.F.C. players
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Gillingham F.C. players
Category:Reading F.C. players
Category:Maidstone United F.C. (1897) players
Category:Sittingbourne F.C. players
Category:Braintree Town F.C. players
Category:Ashford United F.C. players
Category:Hastings United F.C. players
Category:Faversham Town F.C. players
Category:Margate F.C. players
Category:Ramsgate F.C. players
Category:Chatham Town F.C. players
Category:Lordswood F.C. players
Category:Maidstone United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Welsh football managers
Category:Margate F.C. managers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
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