Marcus Ebdon

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Marcus Ebdon
Personal information
Full name	Marcus Ebdon
Date of birth	October 17, 1970 (1970-10-17) (age 37)
Place of birth	Pontypool, Wales
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Tamworth
Youth clubs
1989–1991	Everton
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1997 1997–2003 2003 2003–2005 2006–2007 2007–	Peterborough United Chesterfield Leyton Orient Tamworth Alfreton Town Tamworth	147 (15) 192 (13) 014 0(0) 044 0(5) 00? 0(?) 002 0(0)
Teams managed
2007	Alfreton Town
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:54, November 24, 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Marcus Ebdon (born October 17, 1970 in Pontypool, Wales) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Conference North side Tamworth, where he plays as a midfielder, and is also Youth Development Officer for the club.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Tamworth 2 Managerial career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Ebdon started his football career as a trainee with Everton. He spent three years there before moving to Peterborough United in July 1991. During his time with The Posh, Marcus made 147 appearances and scored 15 goals for the club.

March 1997 seen Ebdon move from Peterborough United to Chesterfield, where he was subject of a £100,000 price tag. Ebdon made a total of 192 appearances and scored 13 goals between 1997 and 2003 for club, before moving to Leyton Orient in August 2003.

Ebdon was only briefly with The O's before moving to Staffordshire side Tamworth in November 2003^[1]. At the end of the 2005 Conference National, Ebdon decided it was time to hang up his boots.

However, in 2006, he was called out of retirement to play for Alfreton Town where he was reunited with former Tamworth managers Gary Mills and Darron Gee.

[edit] Tamworth

On May 22, 2007, Marcus Ebdon was appointed as Youth Development Officer of Conference North side Tamworth, and again became re-united with Gary Mills and Darron Gee^[2].

Ebdon was named as a substitute for a home league match against Barrow on September 15, 2007, stating the desire of Tamworth to use Marcus as a squad player if needed.

[edit] Managerial career

In January 2007, Ebdon was appointed manager of Alfreton Town for the remainder of the season following Darron Gee's decision to join Gary Mills as assistant manager at Tamworth.^[3]

May 2007 saw Ebdon follow Gary Mills & Darron Gee back to Tamworth. He was appointed Youth Development Officer of the club^[4].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Marcus Ebdon's career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Tamworth F.C. – current squad GK Clarke • DF Briscoe • DF Langdon • DF Law • DF Lyttle • DF McAughtrie • DF Smith • DF Woollaston • MF Ebdon • MF Foster • MF Henchcliffe • MF Jones • MF Nurse • MF Richter • MF Sheldon • MF Sheridan • FW Edwards • FW Keen • FW Williams • FW Wright • Manager: Mills

v • d • e Alfreton Town F.C. – Managers Maybury (–01) • Wilder (2001–02) • Lloyd (2002–05) • Mills (2005–07) • Gee (2007) • Ebdon (2007) • Law (2007–)