21 Facts About Kenny Arthur

Kenneth James Arthur was born on 7 December 1978 and is a Scottish former professional footballer and is currently goalkeeping coach of Partick Thistle.

Kenny Arthur played from 1996 to 2015 and represented Partick Thistle, Accrington Stanley, Rochdale, Grimsby Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Airdrie United and Annan Athletic.

Kenny Arthur part owns the sporting brand Kaliaaer, which designs and manufactures goalkeeping equipment.

Kenny Arthur came through the youth ranks with Partick Thistle in 1996.

Kenny Arthur was in the squad for the home game against Iceland and for the away game in Lithuania.

However, during the season, Kenny Arthur was more often second choice, behind Northern Irish goalkeeper Jonathan Tuffey.

Five years on, Kenny Arthur revealed he did not get to say goodbye to the club when he left.

Kenny Arthur joined Accrington Stanley in 2007, where he remained for two years.

The next season, Kenny Arthur continued to keep his first team place until injuring his kidney in a match against Lincoln City after clashing with a Lincoln player and was expected to be out for four-six weeks.

Accrington supporters were sorry to see Kenny Arthur go and many still regard him as one of the best goalkeepers that the club has ever had.

Kenny Arthur signed a two-year deal with Grimsby Town on 8 June 2010 taking the number one spot from Nick Colgan.

On 3 November 2011, Kenny Arthur was loaned to Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity on an initial one-month loan, following injuries to Trinity's keepers Phil Barnes and Andrew Pettinger.

In January 2012, Kenny Arthur's loan spell at the club was ended and he returned to Grimsby Town.

In January 2012, Kenny Arthur was told he could leave Blundell Park if a Scottish club wanted to sign him on a free transfer.

Kenny Arthur had his contract cancelled by mutual consent on 18 April 2012.

Kenny Arthur signed for Airdrie United on 20 June 2012 on an initial one-year deal.

In July 2013, Kenny Arthur signed for Annan Athletic and made his debut in the club's pre-season victory over Carlisle United.

Kenny Arthur was named as a substitute for the game at Livingston on 25 October 2014 when the reserve goalkeeper was injured and the age group goalkeepers were unavailable.

Kenny Arthur received a late call-up to the Scotland national team alongside Maurice Ross of Rangers in April 2003 for a friendly against Austria after an injury forced Rab Douglas and Paul Lambert to withdraw, but he didn't feature.

Kenny Arthur was capped for the Scotland B team against the Northern Ireland B team at Firhill, coming on as a substitute.

In January 2008, Kenny Arthur launched KA Goalkeeping, a website which sold KA goalkeeper gloves.