Kithson Bain

Kithson Anthony Bain (born 26 May 1982) is a Grenadian footballer currently playing for Caledonia AIA in the Trinidad and Tobago Premier League. He has been capped at full international level by the Grenada national football team.

Kithson Bain

Personal information
Full name	Kithson Anthony Bain^[1]
Date of birth	(1982-05-26) 26 May 1982 (age 40)^[1]
Place of birth	Grenada
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)^[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Alpha United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Queens Park Rangers
2003–2009	Ball Dogs
2009–2010	Tranmere Rovers	10	(0)
2009	→ Kettering Town (loan)	2	(0)
2010	Queens Park Rangers
2010	Alpha United
2011	All Saints United	6	(5)
2011	Carolina RailHawks	1	(0)
2013	Caledonia AIA
2014–	Alpha United
International career^‡
2002–	Grenada	35	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:50, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Club career

Bain began his footballing career for Grenadian side Queens Park Rangers before moving to fellow Grenadian side Ball Dogs.

Tranmere Rovers

In 2008 Bain had finished top scorer in the 2008 Caribbean Cup tournament with 5 goals. The then Tranmere Rovers manager John Barnes had also been involved in the tournament and his Jamaica national team won the tournament. Barnes was impressed enough with Bain to bring him to England, he signed for the Birkenhead-based club in August 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Bain made his first appearance for Tranmere in their 3–2 home defeat by Walsall on 12 September 2009.^[2]

On 26 November, Bain went out on loan to Conference National side Kettering Town until January 2010.^[3]

Despite scoring seven goals for the Tranmere reserves, Bain was only given handful of substitute appearances by Rovers manager Les Parry, ending the season on 10 games, all from the bench. Bain failed to score in his time at Tranmere, although there was dispute over whether he got the last touch on Alan Mahon's goal in Rovers 3–2 win against Walsall.^[4] He was released by Tranmere at the end of the 2009/10 season.^[5]

He then returned home to Grenada in the summer of 2010 and rejoined his former club Queens Park Rangers. Near the end of 2010 he played in Guyana's Kashif and Shanghai cup competition for Alpha United as a guest player alongside Dominica international Kurlson Benjamin.^[6]

Carolina RailHawks

After impressive performances for Grenada in The Caribbean Cup, Bain caught the eye of reigning American second division NASL Conference champions Carolina RailHawks who signed Bain for the 2011 season.^[7] The RailHawks joined the North American Soccer League in 2011. He only played 11 minutes for them in the whole season.^[8]

He signed for Trinidadian club Caledonia AIA in September 2013.^[9]

International career

Bain has represented Grenada at both Under 23 and full international level. In the 2010 Caribbean Championship he was declared joint winners of the Digicel Golden Boot award.^[10]

Scores and results list Grenada's goal tally first.

Under-23 international goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2003-09-06	Grenada National Stadium, Grenada	Cayman Islands	5–0	5–0	2004 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers, Round 1^[11]
2	2003-10-12	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	1–0	5–1	2004 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers, Round 1^[12]
3	2003-10-12	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	2–0	5–1	2004 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers, Round 1^[12]
4	2003-11-16	Grenada National Stadium, Grenada	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	1–1	2004 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers, Round 2^[13]

Full international goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2003-11-04	Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–0	2–0	Friendly^[14]
2	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC
3	2004-06-02	Tanteen Recreation Ground, Grenada	Saint Lucia	2–0	2–0	Friendly^[15]
4	2008-10-15	Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	Cayman Islands	1–1	4–2	2008 Caribbean Championships^[16]
5	2008-12-03	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	2–1	2008 Caribbean Championships^[17]
6	2008-12-07	Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica	Barbados	1–0	4–2	2008 Caribbean Championships^[18]
7	2008-12-07	Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica	Barbados	3–0	4–2	2008 Caribbean Championships^[18]
8	2008-12-07	Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica	Barbados	4–0	4–2	2008 Caribbean Championships^[18]
9	2008-12-11	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica	Cuba	2–2	2–2	2008 Caribbean Championships^[19]
10	2010-05-30	Progress Park, St. Andrew's, Grenada	Martinique	1–1	2–2	Friendly^[20]
11	2010-10-22	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Puerto Rico	1–0	3–1	2010 Caribbean Championship^[21]
12	2010-10-22	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada	Puerto Rico	2–0	3–1	2010 Caribbean Championship^[21]
13	2010-11-26	Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique	Martinique	1–0	1–1	2010 Caribbean Championship^[22]
14	2010-11-28	Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	1–0	2010 Caribbean Championship^[23]
15	2010-12-03	Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique	Jamaica	1–1	1–2	2010 Caribbean Championship^[24]

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
2. Tranmere 2 – 3 Walsall
3. http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10365~1887222,00.html
4. Tranmere Rovers | Match | Match Report | 12 September 2009, Tranmere 2 – 3 Walsall
5. "Parry offers six Tranmere deals". BBC News. 11 May 2010.
6. Alpha United may not defend their second K&S title this year end – Guyana Chronicle
7. "RailHawks Announce Player Signings and Preseason Schedule - OurSports Central". 7 March 2011.
8. 2011 Stats – NASL
9. . concacaf.com. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
10. "Jamaican, Dane Richards, and Grenadian, Kithson Bain, named as DIGICEL Golden Boot winners". Bajan Reporter. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
11. "Grenada 5 – 0 Cayman Islands". grenadasports.org. 6 September 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
12. "Grenada 5 – 1 Cayman Islands". grenadasports.org. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
13. "Grenada 1 – 1 Trinidad & Tobago". rsssf.com. 16 November 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
14. "Grenada 2 – 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines". grenadasports.org. 25 October 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
15. "Grenada 2 – 0 St Lucia". grenadianconnection.com. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
16. "Grenada 4 – 2 Cayman Islands" (PDF). concaf.com. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2009.^{[dead link]}
17. "Trindad & Tobago 1 -2 Grenada" (PDF). concaf.com. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2009.^{[dead link]}
18. . Digicelfootball.com. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
19. "Grenada 2 – 2 Cuba". caribbeanfootballdatabase.com. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
20. "Grenada 2 – 2 Martinique". caribbeanfootballdatabase.com. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
21. "Grenada 3 – 1 Puerto Rico". caribbeanfootballdatabase.com. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
22. "Martinique 1 – 1 Grenada". caribbeanfootballdatabase.com. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
23. "Grenada 1 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago". caribbeanfootballdatabase.com. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
24. "Jamaica 2 – 1 Grenada (AET)". caribbeanfootballdatabase.com. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

External links

• Kithson Bain at Soccerbase  
• Kithson Bain at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tranmere Rovers club profile
• Profile – NASL