keith edwards born 16 july 1957 in stocktonontees was an english footballeredwards actually started his early career as a youth player with leyton orient in london as his father was an orient supporter he became homesick and joined sheffield uniteda prolific goalscorer he had two spells 19751978 and 19811986 at sheffield united for whom he scored 171 goals in 293 appearances whilst with the blades he was the highest scoring player in a division twice scoring 36 goals one for hull city in division 4 in 198182 and 33 goals in division 3 in 198384 the latter haul earned edwards his second adidas golden boot awardhis debut for united came in a fa cup third round tie against leicester city on 3 january 1976 and his league debut came on 28 february 1976 in a division 1 game against queens park rangers however his first goal didnt arrive until the next season in division 2 against wolverhampton wanderers on 24 august 1976 in between his time at bramall lane he played for hull city who paid 50000 for edwards in 1978 ian porterfield bought him back for 100000 and played him for the first time against scunthorpe united on 26 september 1981 the 10 home victory being the first of a 17game unbeaten run edwards scored his first two goals under porterfield in a 40 win over crewe alexandra three days laterhe formed an impressive partnership with bob hatton feeding off the distribution of colin morris as united ended the season with 19 games without defeat to win the fourth division championship his 35 goals being a postwar recordhis final appearance for united came in a preseason friendly at bramall lane against spanish club sevilla fc on 1 august 1986 he began the 198687 season at leeds united after a transfer fee of 125000 but only managed 9 goals in 51 appearances although one of those was against coventry city in the fa cup semifinal at hillsborough in 1987 despite his efforts leeds lost the game 32 they also missed out on promotion to the first division weeks later losing the relegationpromotion playoff final to charlton athletic in a replayaberdeen secured his services later in 1987 and he returned to hull city in 1988 he later played for stockport county huddersfield town and finished his career at plymouth argyle in 1990 he is one of the select band of players to have scored over 250 league goals in english football although almost all of his career was spent outside the top flightin recent years keith has worked for bbc radio sheffield commentating on matches involving one of his former clubs sheffield united