Iain Ward

Iain Ward
Personal information
Full name Iain Campbell Ward[1]
Date of birth 13 May 1983 (1983-05-13) (age 28)
Place of birth Cleethorpes, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1999–2001 Grimsby Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001–2004 Grimsby Town 12 (0)
2004–2008 Brigg Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Iain Campbell Ward (born 13 May 1983) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[2]

Career

Ward was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. He joined the youth system at Grimsby Town at the age of 12,[3] and worked his way through to the first-team squad by Lennie Lawrence towards the close of the 2000–01 season. He made his debut a year later, in the last Division One match of the season, a 3–1 defeat away to Millwall on 21 April 2002.[4]

He was given a 12-month contract in June 2002,[3] and went on to feature 14 times for The Mariners in all competitions before being released at the end of the 2003–04 campaign.[5] When he received no offers from League clubs, he decided to start a degree course in Grimsby, and signed for nearby Brigg Town, newly promoted to the Northern Premier League First Division, on a semi-professional basis.[5][6] Ward left Brigg Town after four years with the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Ward's younger brother Andrew also played for Grimsby Town's junior teams.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Iain Campbell Ward(Iain Ward)". Playerhistory. http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=63723. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "Grimsby Town : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/grimsby/grimsby.htm. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "Town Secure Promising Youngsters". Grimsby Town F.C. 5 June 2002. http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~224121,00.html. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  4. ^ "Lions see off Mariners". BBC Sport. 21 April 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1935819.stm. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  5. ^ a b "Brigg Bring In Ward". NonLeague Daily. 30 August 2004. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=20116. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  6. ^ Olley, Jake (18 June 2006). "Iain Ward Interview". The Fishy. http://www.thefishy.co.uk/story.php?sid=909&p=2&stid=8413909. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
  7. ^ "The Future's Bright!". Grimsby Town F.C. 29 May 2003. http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~387069,00.html. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 

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