Kerry Mayo 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...

 footballer. Mayo usually played as a left back.

Career

Mayo was a trainee with Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

 and signed a professional contract with them in July 1996. He is one of only a handful of players to have played for the club at three different home grounds, the Goldstone Ground

Goldstone Ground

The Goldstone Ground was a football stadium and home ground of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. between 1902 and 1997. The club currently plays at American Express Community Stadium, a stadium on the outskirts of the city, following the move from their temporary stadium in the Brighton suburb of...

, Priestfield Stadium

Priestfield Stadium

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 and the Withdean Stadium

Withdean Stadium

Withdean Stadium is an athletics stadium in Withdean, a suburb of Brighton. Between 1999 and 2011 it was the home ground of football team Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.....

.

Mayo had won two championship medals with Brighton in 2001 and 2002 and was runner-up for the Player of the Year Award in 2003, losing out to Danny Cullip.

On 6 May 2008, it was confirmed that Mayo, along with experienced trio Guy Butters

Guy Butters

Guy Butters is a Football Manager and former professional footballer currently Managing Winchester City FC in the Wessex Premier League having been appointed to replace Glenn Cockerill in September 2010....

, Gary Hart

Gary Hart (footballer)

Gary John Hart is a professional footballer who plays for Eastbourne Borough. Hart spent the majority of his career at Brighton...

 and Paul Reid

Paul Reid (Australian footballer)

Paul James Reid is a professional football player who last played for A-League club Adelaide United. Reid previously played for Wollongong Wolves during their championship winning seasons before moving to England where he played for six years with Bradford City and Brighton & Hove Albion before...

 had been released from the club by then manager Dean Wilkins

Dean Wilkins

Dean Mark Wilkins is an English former footballer and the ex manager of English football team Brighton & Hove Albion. Wilkins was temporarily in charge of Southampton, after the sacking of Alan Pardew, but was succeeded by Nigel Adkins after only 3 games.-Club career:Born in Hillingdon, Wilkins...

. Hart and Mayo signed new contracts after impressing during pre-season under new manager Micky Adams

Micky Adams

Michael Richard "Micky" Adams is an English former professional footballer turned football manager who is in charge of League Two side Port Vale. As a player he was a full back, and made a total of 438 league appearances in a nineteen year professional career in the Football League, including five...

. Both men had been at the club when Adams had his first spell in charge of Brighton.

In September 2008 Mayo joined Conference National

Football Conference

The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...

 team Lewes

Lewes F.C.

Lewes Football Club is an English football team based in Lewes, East Sussex. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at the Dripping Pan.-History:...

 on loan for a month. Mayo returned to Brighton on the 10th October after suffering cruciate knee ligament damage

It was announced on May 12, 2009, that Mayo would be leaving Brighton after the expiry of his contract at the end of June 2009. During his 14 years at Brighton, Mayo played in 367 league games and scored 12 goals. On 14 July 2009, Mayo announced his retirement from professional football after failing to recover from a groin injury.

November 18, 2010, Mayo decided to join his local side Newhaven

Newhaven F.C.

Newhaven F.C. is a football club based in Newhaven, East Sussex, England. They were formed in 1889 and were founding members of the Sussex County Football League in 1920...

 where he scored in a 4-2 win over Pease Pottage

External links

• Kerry Mayo profile on Brighton & Hove Albion official website