Keith Griffiths
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Keith Griffiths is a former English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Griffiths began his playing career with Rhyl
Rhyl F.C.
Rhyl Football Club is a Welsh football club, playing in the Cymru Alliance.The club was founded in 1882 and the team plays its home matches at Belle Vue, Rhyl, which can accommodate 3,000 spectators.- History :Few clubs in the Welsh Premier League have as distinguished a past as Rhyl's...

 before joining hometown club Chester
Chester City F.C.
Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...

 in the summer of 1955 along with John Devine
John Devine (English footballer)
John Devine is a former English footballer who played as a winger and made a professional appearance with Chester.Devine played for Rhyl until joining Chester in 1955, with goalkeeper Keith Griffiths making the same move...

. His Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 debut followed on September 28, 1955, in a 3–2 win over Carlisle United
Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

 at Sealand Road
Sealand Road
Sealand Road was the home stadium of Chester City Football Club from 1906 until 1990. Although officially known simply as The Stadium, it was more commonly referred to as Sealand Road...

.

He was to spend his first two years as second choice goalkeeper to Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones (goalkeeper)
Robert "Bobby" Jones is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in The Football League for Southport, Chester and Blackburn Rovers.-Playing career:...

 before playing regularly in 1957–58
1957-58 in English football
The 1957–58 season was the 78th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:In this season, Sunderland was relegated for the first time in their history.This was the last season in which Division 3 was split, North and South...

. He remained involved in the first team squad the following season but was restricted to just seven league appearances before moving on.
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