Marlon Beresford

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Personal information
Marlon BERESFORD
Full name	Marlon Beresford
Date of birth	02/09/1969
Place of birth	Lincoln, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Luton Town
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987-1992 1989 1990 1991 1991 1992-1998 1998-2002 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002-2003 2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-	Sheffield Wednesday Bury (loan) Northampton Town (loan) Crewe Alexandra (loan) Northampton Town (loan) Burnley Middlesbrough Sheffield Wednesday (loan) Wolves (loan) Burnley (loan) York City Burnley Bradford City Luton Town Barnsley Luton Town	0 (0) 1 (0) 13 (0) 3 (0) 15 (0) 240 (0) 10 (0) 4 (0) 0 (0) 13 (0) 6 (0) 34 (0) 5 (0) 11 (0) 14 (0) 96 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Marlon Beresford (born September 2, 1969 in Lincoln, England) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Luton Town.

Beresford is known as a reliable goalkeeper, with particular ability at long range shot-stopping, although has often appeared vulnerable when asked to deal with crosses. He has a lengthy career and vast experience at every level of English football.

He started as a trainee at Sheffield Wednesday. While he was there he was send out on loan to several clubs including Bury, Northampton Town twice and Crewe Alexandra. After failing to break into the 'Owls' first team, he was finally sold for £95,000 to Burnley.

While at Burnley he made almost 250 appearances, he impressed so much that he was then tracked and bought by Middlesbrough, but was only signed to provide goalkeeping backup. He was then loaned to Sheffield Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers and a second spell at Burnley.

When his contract ended, he went to York City, then returned for a third period to Burnley where, despite doubts over his proficiency, he played a whole season. Marlon then used the Bosman ruling to sign for Bradford City, after which he moved to Luton Town. He failed to become the regular first-choice goalkeeper and when his contract ended moved to Barnsley. He was later re-signed for Luton in 2004 by Mike Newell.

Beresford played a key role in Luton's Championship winning side in League One in 2004/05 - the first time in his career he had picked up a championship winners medal and, due to his experience has continued making appearances throughout the 2005/06 season and contributed significantly to Luton's respectable finish of 10th place. During the 2006/07 season, despite losing his place during mid-season, Marlon was handed a new two year deal by manager Mike Newell, much to the surprise of Hatters fans.