Career
Kendrick started his career at Newcastle United as a promising young player and played youth and reserve team football and spent 4 years at Street James Park before moving on to Turn- und Sportverein 1860 München in the summer of 2004. Kendrick started brightly at 1860 Munich before a foot injury halted his progress. Kendrick joined Torquay United on a short-term deal earlier in the summer of 2006 but left Plainmoor before even kicking a ball due to a problem gaining international clearance to play.
In September 2006 Kendrick joined Conference National side Tamworth, but left due to travelling problems from his home in Newcastle in January 2007 after only making 15 appearances for the club
In January 2007, Kendrick joined Workington and quickly became a firm fans favourite in which Workington had lost the services of two left backs during the 2006/07 season. He made his debut for Workington in the Conference North match against Hucknall Town on 27 January 2007.
On 14 January 2008 Kendrick was snapped up by then Irish champions Drogheda United and went on to make 45 appearances and also play in the Champions League qualifiers the same year. In January 2009, Kendrick was signed by Azerbaijan Premier League giants Neftchi Baku on an 18month contract, after manager Hans-Jürgen Gede had been on a scouting trip to League of Ireland.
Shortly after Kendrick signed with Neftchi Baku, Gede was sacked and replaced by Boyukagha Aghayev, who promptley took a dislike to the foreign players at Neftchi and began forcing them out of the club
After a series of threatening phone-calls, with-held wages, misinformation about club commitments and even a punch to the head in training by the clubs captain, Kendrick"s contract was cancelled by Neftchi with no warning in June 2009. This resulted in Kendrick taking Neftchi Baku to Chemical Abstracts Service over unpaid wages and winning. On 16 July 2009, Joe Kendrick signed for Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland.
Rovers finished runners-up in the FAI Ford Cup Final with Kendrick on the team
In 2010 he re-signed for Drogheda United. He made his second debut for the club on 5 March 2010 in a 3–0 loss against University College Dublin at United Park.
His first goal in his second spell at Drogheda came from a penalty in a 2–2 draw against Dundalk. In February 2011 he signed for Bray Wanderers.
In July 2011 it was reported that he had signed for Mansfield Town on a reported one-year contract.
In early 2012 he secured a loan-deal with Blyth Spartans for the rest of the season after relocating back to the area. He then made the deal permanent in the summer of 2012.