Career
Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Kay made his debut for Blackpool against Scunthorpe United on 13 November 2005, in front of the Sky Sports cameras, setting a new club record as the youngest player, at 16 years 32 days, ever to play for Blackpool in a league match. Trevor Sinclair previously held the Blackpool record for a league match after his debut in 1989, at the age of 16 years 170 days. At the time, Kay was still a pupil at Collegiate High School in Blackpool.
Kay signed professional terms with Blackpool in June 2006 after leaving school the previous month.
On 7 May 2008 Blackpool activated an option to extend his contract with the club by one year. After becoming a regular in the Blackpool reserve team, on 17 October 2008 Kay signed for Conference North club Fleetwood Town on loan until 22 November.
He made his debut for Fleetwood on 18 October in a 2–1 home defeat at Highbury Stadium against Stalybridge Celtic. The loan was extended on 21 November, keeping Kay at Highbury until 26 December.
He returned to Blackpool on 30 December.
On 9 June 2009, Blackpool confirmed that Kay had not been offered a new deal and that he was being released. On 18 August 2009, Kay joined Northern Premier League side Burscough. On 28 November 2009, Kay moved to AFC Fylde who were newly promoted into the Northern Premier League Division One North.
