Beesley with York City |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Anthony Beesley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Burscough, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Burscough | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1999 | Preston North End | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2000 | Preston North End | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Chester City | 96 | (32) |
| 2003 | → Southport (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2003–2004 | Hereford United | 12 | (2) |
| 2004–2008 | Forest Green Rovers | 100 | (24) |
| 2006 | → Lancaster City (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2008–2010 | Cambridge United | 60 | (13) |
| 2009 | → Chester City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → AFC Telford United (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2010 | Fleetwood Town | 5 | (0) |
| 2010 | → York City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Altrincham (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2011- | Burscough | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:11, 28 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Mark Anthony Beesley (born 5 December 1980) is an English footballer who is currently with Burscough.
Born in Burscough, Lancashire, Beesley began his career at the youth system of Preston North End before signing a professional contract in June 1999.[1] He subsequently spent three and a half seasons at Chester City. Beesley scored 16 times in the 2001–02 season to help Chester avoid relegation from the Football Conference, but by the start of the 2003–04 he was out of favour with manager Mark Wright. After a spell out on loan at Southport, Beesley was allowed to join Chester's title rivals Hereford United in December 2003.
Beesley made 15 appearances for the club, scoring in Hereford's record-equalling 9–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge, and against his former club in the 2–1 win over Chester. However, by this point Chester had sealed the Conference title at Hereford's expense and Beesley was to lose out in the play-offs to Aldershot Town.
He joined Forest Green Rovers on 8 June 2004 where he was initially unlucky with injuries, missing nearly an entire season with a knee injury. In August 2006 he returned to the north west for a loan spell with Lancaster City, before returning to Forest Green, where he struck up a strong partnership with the prolific Stuart Fleetwood.
He signed for Cambridge United in January 2008 for a five-figure fee but never really enjoyed the form he had in his later stages at Forest Green. He was loaned to Chester City and AFC Telford United before being released by Cambridge manager Martin Ling at the end of the 2009–10 season.[2]
He signed for newly-promoted Conference National side Fleetwood Town on 29 July 2010.[3] He joined fellow Conference team York City on a one-month loan on 5 October and he made his debut later that day in a 1–0 defeat to Kettering Town.[4][5] Beesley returned to Fleetwood early on 1 November after York manager Gary Mills decided to cut his loan short.[6] He then joined Altrincham on loan until 3 January 2011 on 26 November and he made his debut a day later in a 4–0 defeat at Cambridge. After his loan spell expired, he signed permanently for Altrincham but was released at the end of the season. [7][8]
In July 2011, Beesley signed for the Northern Premier League side Burscough[9] in his home town.