Chris Humphrey

Three days after signing, on 9 September, Humphrey made his debut as a 79th-minute substitute for Ben Herd in a 1–0 home defeat to Lincoln City.

Christopher Charles Humphrey (born 19 September 1987) is a Jamaican professional footballer and coach.

He currently Manages Milnthorpe Corinthians FC in the West Lancashire Premier league.

Humphrey has played for several clubs in the United Kingdom, including English clubs Shrewsbury Town, Preston North End and Bury, and Scottish clubs Motherwell and Hibernian.

After playing in a reserve team match against Shrewsbury Town on 4 September 2006, Shrewsbury manager Gary Peters was impressed by Humphrey's performance and inquired about his availability, discovering that he was out of contract.

Two days later Humphrey had signed for Shrewsbury on a free transfer until the end of the 2006–07 season, with Peters joking that he had kidnapped Humphrey.

On 8 February 2007, and having made nine substitute appearances, Humphrey's progress had pleased Peters sufficiently to earn him a one-year contract extension until summer 2008.

In his first season, he made a total of 14 league appearances for Shrewsbury, all but one as a substitute.

Humphrey played for Shrewsbury, as a late second-half substitute, in the 2007 Football League Two play-off final.

Shrewsbury lost 3–1 to Bristol Rovers at Wembley.

A mistake was made on his shirt, spelling his surname as "Humphery".

After making three league and three cup appearances in the early part of the 2007–08 season Humphrey joined Conference National side Stafford Rangers on 2 November 2007 on loan for a month, playing four games.

Humphrey took over as player/manager of Lowland League side Gretna 2008 but was sacked in November 2019.

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Born in Jamaica before moving to Walsall at the age of 5, Humphrey was at Walsall's Centre of Excellence until he joined West Bromwich Albion.

On 25 January 2008, his contract was extended by another year, until the end of the 2008–09 season.

He scored his first goal on 25 October 2008, two minutes after coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for Shane Cansdell-Sherriff to earn Shrewsbury a 1–1 draw with Brentford at Griffin Park.

Late in the January 2009 transfer window, and with Humphrey about to be out of contract in summer, it was claimed that he had attracted the interest of various clubs, including Aston Villa, following a number of eye-catching performances that season.

On 2 May, Humphrey set up one goal and scored another as Shrewsbury beat Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 to ensure the Shrews finished in seventh place in League Two, the fourth and final play-off spot.

On 23 May 2009, Humphrey played for Shrewsbury in the League Two play-off final at Wembley, which they lost 1–0 to Gillingham.

Shortly after the play-off, Humphrey was offered a new contract by the club.

On 25 June 2009, Sky Sports claimed that Shrewsbury had turned down a bid for Humphrey by Championship side Blackpool.

On 3 July, Shrews manager Paul Simpson confirmed the Blackpool approach.

The contract was soon stalled, as Humphrey was in favour of joining Scottish Premier League club Motherwell.

On 15 July 2009, Motherwell announced Humphrey as new manager Jim Gannon's second signing of the summer.

Humphrey stated he was delighted to have made the move, hoping it would make him a better player.

The chance to play in Europe was one of his main reasons for joining Motherwell.

On 23 July 2009, Humphrey made his debut for the club, starting in the second round of the Europa League in an 8–1 second leg win over Flamurtari Vlorë, giving Motherwell an 8–2 aggregate win.

His league debut for the club came on the opening day of the season, as a half-time substitute, in a 2–2 draw against St Johnstone.

In September 2009 after Humphrey and his partner suffered personal tragedy, Motherwell gave him several weeks' compassionate leave.

On his return Humphrey was keen to show his gratitude to his manager and the club for the support they gave him.

Shortly afterwards Humphrey picked up an injury that left him sidelined for several weeks.

Having found it difficult to gain a regular place in the team, the January transfer window saw a number of English clubs linked with a loan move for Humphrey.

Nothing came of the interest and Humphrey continued to be in and out of the team for the rest of the season.

After Jim O'Brien moved to Barnsley in 2010, Humphrey began to play more regularly for the first team.

In the Europa League third round against Aalesunds FK, Humphrey played a key role, providing an assist in both legs helping Motherwell ease to the next round.

Having begun to nail down a regular place in the team, Humphrey scored his first goal for Motherwell, just three minutes into a 3–1 win against St Mirren.

On 28 January 2011, Humphrey was offered a one-year extension to his contract, an offer he was delighted to accept.

He also played for the Jamaica national team in 12 matches, having made his full international debut in 2012.

Humphrey announced his retirement from football in October 2018, due to ongoing injury problems before returning to the game with East Kilbride.