Stuart Green

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Stuart Green
Personal information
Full name Stuart Green
Date of birth June 15, 1981 (1981-06-15) (age 26)
Place of birth    Whitehaven, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Blackpool
Number 10
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2002
2001-2002
2002
2002-2006
2003
2006-2008
2008-		 Newcastle United
→ Carlisle United (loan)
→ Hull City (loan)
Hull City
→ Carlisle United (loan)
Crystal Palace
Blackpool		 000 0(0)
016 0(3)
023 0(6)
123 (18)
010 0(2)
024 0(4)
006 0(0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 02:40, 8 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Stuart Green (born 15 June 1981 in Whitehaven, Cumbria) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Blackpool.

[edit] Career

An attacking midfielder who is often used on the right-hand side of midfield, Green started his career at Newcastle United but did not break into the first team. He played 16 games on loan at Carlisle United in the 2001-02 season.[1]

Later in 2002 he joined Hull City on loan, before then Hull manager, Peter Taylor, signed him on a three-and-half-year contract, in a £150,000 deal just before the club moved to the KC Stadium. Green scored in the first league game at the stadium on 26 December 2002, in a 2-0 victory over league-leaders Hartlepool United.[2][3] Following a dip in form, Peter Taylor informed Green that he would be left out of the Hull team to face Lincoln City.[4] When Green then attended a Carlisle United match rather than the Lincoln City match, Green was initially disciplined by the club,[5][6] and then on 19 February he was sent on loan to Carlisle United until the end of the 2002-03 season with a view to a permanent move. Carlisle had to pay a non-returnable £30,000 fee.[4][1]

Subsequently, he also fell out with Carlisle manager Roddy Collins, and before the club's match against Torquay United in April, Green was thrown off the Carlisle team coach by Collins who claimed that Green had been trying to negotiate a transfer back to Hull. Collins said, "How can you ask a man like that to run through a brick wall for you?"[7] He subsequently returned to Hull and admitted that the move to Carlisle had been "a massive mistake".[8]

Green remained a first-team squad member at Hull and turned down a move to MK Dons in January 2006 in order to fight for a regular place in the Hull team.[citation needed] However, on 31 August 2006, he joined Peter Taylor at Crystal Palace in a £75,000 deal.[9] By early October, Green's longest appearance for Crystal Palace came at an away match against Hull City when he came on as a half-time substitute.[10] Green scored on his full debut for the club in a home match against Cardiff City on 14 October which they lost 2-1.[11] He scored again on his next full match for the club, on 1 January 2007, against Norwich City[12] However, he did not play many games after Peter Taylor was sacked as manager, and on 31 January 2008, transfer deadline day, he signed an 18-month contract with Blackpool.[13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Carlisle seal Green deal", BBC News, 2003-02-20. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  2. ^ "Green relishes Tigers move", football.co.uk, 2002. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  3. ^ 2002-03 Fixtures & Results. Hull City (2003). Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  4. ^ a b A Statement From The Chairman. Hull City (2003-02-19). Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  5. ^ "Green in hot water", BBC Sport, 2003-02-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  6. ^ "Unhappy Taylor fines Green", football.co.uk, 2002. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  7. ^ Rich, Tim. "Quartet face great escape or greatest humiliation", The Independent, 2003-04-29. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  8. ^ "Green sorry for Carlisle move", BBC Sport, 2003-05-14. Retrieved on 2008-02-02. 
  9. ^ Bridges in, Green & Lynch out. Hull City (2006-09-01). Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  10. ^ Pink, Stuart. "Patient Green to wait for chance", Croydon Guardian, 2006-10-05. Retrieved on 2008-02-02. 
  11. ^ "Report: Crystal Palace vs Cardiff City", Crystal Palace F.C., 2006-10-14. Retrieved on 2008-02-02. 
  12. ^ "Green's Goals", Crystal Palace F.C., 2007-01-02. Retrieved on 2008-02-02. 
  13. ^ "The latest from Bloomfield Road", Blackpool F.C., 2008-02-01. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 

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