Mark Cousins (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Richard Cousins[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1987[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Chelmsford, England[2] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Colchester United | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2004 | Colchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004– | Colchester United | 58 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Staines Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Enfield Town (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Yeading (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Mark Richard Cousins (born 9 January 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Colchester United. He is a product of the Colchester United academy, making over league 50 appearances for the Essex club. He has also appeared on loan for Staines Town, Enfield Town and Yeading.
Career
Born in Chelmsford, Essex,[1] Cousins is a product of the Colchester United academy.[3] He joined Whitton United on work experience in October 2005, then yet to make his debut for the U's, but had been an unused substitute a number of times.[4] He additionally had work experience loan spells with Staines Town, Enfield Town,[5] where he made 9 appearances,[6] and Yeading, where he made three appearances.[7] While on loan with Yeading, Cousins faced Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup first round, with 80 league places separating the two teams.[8] The game finished 5–0 to Forest.[9]
Cousins broke into the U's first team against Barnsley in August 2007.[10] Following former boss Paul Lambert's arrival at the club, Cousins enjoyed his first run in the senior team during the 2008–09 season, making 13 appearances in first team matches.[3] and in May 2009 following some impressive performances signed a new two-year contract.[11]
Having not played a league game for the entire 2009–10 season,[12] Cousins earned his first extended run in the first team since the end of the 2008–09 season following an injury to first choice goalkeeper Ben Williams. He kept goal for the first ten games of the season, a run in which Colchester were undefeated,[13] and was rewarded by being included in the League One 'Team of the Week' on 20 September 2010.[14]
On 27 May 2011, Cousins signed a new two-year deal with the club, competing with Ben Williams and Carl Pentney for the 2011–12 season.[10] During the 2011–12 pre-season, a friendly between local rivals Colchester United and Ipswich Town was abandoned when U's midfielder Andrew Bond suffered a serious head injury in a collision with Cousins, leaving Bond with concussion.[15] Having started the U’s first nine league games of the 2011–12 season, Cousins spent much of it as a back-up keeper who travelled to games but never made the bench.
Following first-choice goalkeeper Ben Williams' rejection of a new contract in July 2012, Cousins was given the number 1 shirt, competing with Carl Pentney and fellow youth team product Shaun Phillips.[16] He made his first appearance in the number 1 shirt in a 3–0 League Cup defeat to Yeovil Town on 14 August 2012.[17] Cousins was pushed out of the first-team by John Sullivan, signed on loan from Charlton Athletic and then by Sam Walker, signed on loan from Chelsea. However, Cousins ended the season with 23 league starts for the U's, and was offered a new contract in May 2013.[18] He signed a new one-year deal with the option of a further year on 14 June.[19]
Career statistics
- As of match played 12 January 2013.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Colchester United | 2007–08[20] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[21] | League One | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[22] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010–11[23] | League One | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2011–12[24] | League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2012–13[25] | League One | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2013–14[26] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Enfield Town (loan) | 2005–06[6] | SFL Division One East | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Yeading (loan) | 2006–07[7] | Conference South | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 69 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 0 | ||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearance in Football League Trophy
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "FootballSquads – Colchester United – 2012/13". FootballSquads. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Colchester United F.C. Player Profile – Mark Cousins". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Whitton borrow Colchester keeper". BBC Sport. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "U's goalkeeper joins Enfield Town". BBC Sport. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Enfield Town FC Stats 2005–06". Enfield Town F.C. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "A–Z of Yeading FC". Hayes & Yeading United F.C. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ "Yeading aim to fell Forest". BBC Sport. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Nottingham Forest 5–0 Yeading". BBC Sport. 11 November 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Keeper Mark Cousins extends Colchester United deal". BBC Sport. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Vincent to stay with Colchester". BBC Sport. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Colchester United's Mark Cousins makes first team vow". BBC Sport. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Keeper Carl Pentney signs Colchester United contract". BBC Sport. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Football League One – Team of the Week – Week 7". The Football League. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ "John Ward backs Colchester United–Ipswich abandonment". BBC Sport. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Mark Cousins likes the sound of the No. 1". EADT. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ "Yeovil 3–0 Colchester". BBC Sport. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "Duo offered new deals as Heath departs U's". Colchester Gazette. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "Cousins signs new contract with U's". Colchester Gazette. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Tom Eastman in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Cousins in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Cousins in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Cousins in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Cousins in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Cousins in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Cousins in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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