Thomas Gordon Kennedy (born 24 June 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

[20] Despite the club's financial situation,[21] Kennedy stayed and started all Bury's 46 games of the 2004–05 season scoring once.

[24] However, between December 2005 and March 2006, Kennedy spent the months sidelined when he suffered hamstring injuries on three occasions.

[29] On 8 April 2006, Kennedy later scored his fourth goal of the season, in a 3–1 loss at home to Peterborough United.

[31] In the 2006–07 season, Kennedy continued to be in the first team regular at Bury and then set up two goals, in a 2–2 draw against Accrington Stanley on 26 September 2006.

[37] Additionally, Kennedy was able to surpass his father's goal tally while playing for Bury, a prediction he made two years ago.

[39] Kennedy made his debut, in the opening game of the season on 11 August 2007, in a 3–0 loss against Peterborough United.

[60] His performance throughout the 2009–10 season led Manager Keith Hill commented in March 2010 that Kennedy is considered as the best left-back in League Two.

[68] Kennedy made his Leicester City debut in the first round of the League Cup, starting the whole game, in a 4–3 win over Macclesfield Town.

[69] It wasn't until on 28 September 2010 when he made his league debut for the club away, in a 4–3 loss against Norwich City, playing the whole game.

[71] After the match, Kennedy acknowledged the fault of giving away the penalty, but hopes for first team football in the near future.

[79] On 1 November 2010, Kennedy re-joined his old club Rochdale on loan until January due to lack of first team opportunities at Leicester City.

[80] Kennedy's first match since leaving the club in the summer came on 13 November 2010, starting the whole, in a 2–0 loss against Sheffield Wednesday.

[83] On 20 January 2011, Kennedy joined League One club Peterborough United on loan until the end of the season, which could be made permanent.

Having made 14 starts since joining the club, Kennedy said he expressed desire to stay at Peterborough United permanent at the end of the season.

[86] But, nothing came for it as in April, Kennedy suffered a knee ligament damage during a 2–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge, resulted his last appearance for Peterborough and would return to Leicester City for treatment.

[87] At the end of the season with Peterborough promoted to the Championship, director of football Barry Fry expressed desire to sign Kennedy but feared his injury prevent his move back to the club[88] On 30 September 2011, Kennedy re-joined Peterborough for a second loan spell on a 3-month loan from Leicester.

[76] After leaving Leicester City, Kennedy agreed non-contract terms with Barnsley until January 2013 on 21 September 2012 after a period training with the South Yorkshire club.

[96] In a 6–0 loss against Charlton Athletic on 13 April 2013, he received a straight red card when he "brought down Ricardo Fuller" and was the second Barnsley to be sent–off in the game, as well as Stephen Dawson.

[106] Despite missing out two times, due to being on the substitute bench unused, Kennedy finished his second season at Barnsley, making forty–seven appearances and scoring once in all competitions.

[113] It wasn't until on 21 February 2015 when he returned to the first team for the first time since October, playing the whole game, in a 1–0 win over Chesterfield.

[119] Two days later, Kennedy made his Bury debut, playing the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Southend United.

[120] Just after making four appearances, Kennedy returned to his parent club on 22 November 2014 despite an option to extend until January.

[129] Kennedy became a first team regular for the side and helped them win the National League North title after beating Boston United on 22 April 2017.