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Conrad Whitby
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Appearances: 2+1 Goals: 0
Date / Year of birth: 8th May 1984
Position: Midfielder
Season of first appearance: 2003/04
Season of last appearance: 2003/04
Also played for: Almondsbury, Mangotsfield United, Bitton, Keynsham Town, Motor Action (Zimbabwe), Eagles (Zimbabwe), Kiglon (Zimbabwe) and Caps United (Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwean midfielder who spent time in Thanet as a child due to having relatives in the area.
Conrad played for Margate as a trialist in a 4-2 win at Ramsgate in a friendly played on 31.7.03 and the Thanet Times said he "impressed early in the game". He also played in a friendly at Herne Bay in August 2003. At the time Conrad was based in London.
In January 2004 he signed officially for Margate after a lengthy wait for international clearance and by then Conrad was living in Ramsgate and had a British passport.
His first involvement with the senior team came on 10.1.04 when he was an unused substitute for an FA Trophy tie at Dorchester and Conrad eventually made his debut in a 2-0 win over Welling in a Kent Senior Cup tie played at Ramsgate on 2.3.04. He filled an attacking midfield role and the Isle of Thanet Gazette said he "showed plenty of pace but evidently needs more match practice". Margate manager Chris Kinnear told the paper "I thought he did very well for a young lad - I only wish he had scored when he had his chance at the end. He's going to be a good player for us."
Conrad then came on as a sub as Margate drew 3-3 with Dagenham & Redbridge in a Conference game played at Dover on 6.3.04 and he was in the starting line-up for a 3-1 win at Dover in the Kent Senior Cup semi-final on 23.3.04. He didn't feature again after that and sat out the last seven games of the 2003/04 season. In its round-up of the campaign the Isle of Thanet Gazette said Conrad was "promising" but had "plenty to learn".
In the summer of 2004 he moved on to Ramsgate but Conrad only made one appearance for the Rams early in the 2004/05 season before moving to the Gloucestershire area.
Later in the 2004/05 campaign he had a spell with Western League Division 1 club Almondsbury and Conrad then joined Mangotsfield of the Southern Premier League in the summer of 2005.
His next move took him to Western League Premier Division outfit Bitton in February 2006 and Conrad finished the 2005/06 season there.
He returned to Mangotsfield for the start of 2006/07 and then in December 2006 Conrad linked up with Keynsham of the Western League Premier Division. They were his last English club.
In 2008 Conrad went back to his native Zimbabwe and started playing in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League. He initially joined Motor Action before moving on to Eagles in 2010. They were based in Chitungwiza.
In February 2011 Conrad signed for Kiglon, another Chitungwiza club, and he then rejoined Motor Action in July 2011.
At the start of January 2012 Conrad moved to Caps United and a few days later he made his international debut for Zimbabwe as a substitute in a 0-0 draw in Botswana on 7.1.12.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
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KSC |
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2003/04 (MFC) |
2 (51) |
1 |
0 |
CONFERENCE (16TH OF 22) |
4QR |
5R |
W |
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Margate demoted to new
Conference South due to ground
issues. | |||||||||