Ben Mackey
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Ben Mackey (born 27 October 1986) is an English professional football player. Mackey started his career at Coventry City Football Club where he made three appearances[1]. The first on 12 April 2003 against Ipswich meant that he was the youngest player ever to take the pitch for the clubs first team aged 16 years and 167 days. At the start of the 2005/6 season Mackey had a trial with Linfield F.C. of the Irish Premier League. He made four appearances for them and scored one goal.
At the start of the 2006/2007 season Mackey joined Leamington F.C. where he has had the chance to get more first team experience. That season he was Leamington's highest scorer and repeated the feat in 2007/08. 2007/08 saw him become the first player to sign a contract with the club since they reformed in 2000. This showed both the clubs high regard for Mackey and his loyalty to the club after rumours that Nuneaton Borough of the Conference North were interested in signing him[2]. After 92 games and 57 goals Mackey moved to Brackley Town at the end of May 2008 after signing a two year contract with the Southern League Premier Division outfit.
