Marc Roberts (footballer)

Marc Roberts
Personal information
Full name Marc Roberts[1]
Date of birth (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990[2]
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Wakefield
2011–2013 Worksop Town
2012–2013 → Buxton (loan)
2013 Buxton 0 (0)
2013–2015 FC Halifax Town 89 (9)
2015–2017 Barnsley 72 (5)
2017– Birmingham City 1 (0)
National team
2014–2015 England C 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 5 August 2017 (UTC).

Marc Roberts (born 26 July 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club Birmingham City. Roberts began his career in non-league football, with Wakefield, Worksop Town, Buxton and FC Halifax Town, and was capped for England C, the team that represents England at semi-professional level. He joined League One club Barnsley in 2015, helped them gain promotion to the Championship, and captained the team. He signed for Birmingham in July 2017.

Life and career

Roberts was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire,[4] and raised in Penistone, where he attended Penistone Grammar School.[5] He played football for Barnsley Boys and for Barnsley College, and as a 17-year-old was offered a trial with Barnsley F.C. but a broken ankle prevented his taking part.[5]

Roberts began his senior football career with Wakefield of the Northern Premier League Division One North in 2008. After 17 first-team appearances, he had a trial with then Championship club Crystal Palace, on the recommendation of Wakefield manager Ronnie Glavin.[6] No deal ensued, and Roberts returned to Wakefield to complete a season in which he won the Directors' Player of the Season award. In 2009–10, he won both Players' and Supporters' Player of the Season awards. In both campaigns, he won more man-of-the-match awards than any other Wakefield player.[7] In 2011, he moved up a division, signing for Worksop Town.[8]

A few weeks into the season, manager Martin McIntosh was sacked;[9] he took over at another Premier Division club, Buxton, in February 2012,[10] and promptly took Roberts on loan.[11] Roberts played his part in Buxton avoiding relegation,[12] and returned to Worksop where he appeared on the winning side in the Sheffield Senior Cup final.[13] For 2012–13, Worksop's manager felt he had better defensive lineups without Roberts, who was keen to play regularly, so he was allowed to rejoin Buxton on loan for the season.[12] He took his statistics to 5 goals from 65 appearances in all competitions,[11] and was named Buxton's Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year,[14] as well as gaining selection for the Northern Premier League Premier Division Team of the Year.[15] Roberts signed a permanent contract with Buxton in June 2013; although his Worksop contract had expired, a development fee was payable because of his age.[11][16]

A month later, Roberts moved to FC Halifax Town, newly promoted to the Conference Premier.[17][3]

Roberts spent two seasons with the Shaymen before signing for League One club Barnsley in May 2015.[18] He made his Football League debut on 8 August 2015 in a 3–1 defeat against Chesterfield.[19] Roberts became Barnsley captain on 28 January 2017,[20] after Conor Hourihane's transfer to Aston Villa.

Roberts signed a five-year contract with Championship club Birmingham City on 1 July 2017; the fee was undisclosed.[21] He went straight into the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the 2017–18 season, which Birmingham lost 1–0 away to Ipswich Town.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 August 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Halifax Town 2013–14[23] Conference Premier 44520—2[lower-alpha 1]0485
2014–15[23] Conference Premier 45430—5[lower-alpha 2]1535
Total 89950—7110110
Barnsley 2015–16[24] League One 32110206[lower-alpha 3]0411
2016–17[25] Championship 4042010—434
Total 725303060845
Birmingham City 2017–18[2] Championship 100010—20
Career total 16214804013118715
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Conference Premier play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Three appearances in League One play-offs, three in Football League Trophy

Honours

Barnsley

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Games played by Marc Roberts in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Centrehalf joins Shaymen". FC Halifax Town. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Marc Roberts joins Birmingham City". Barnsley F.C. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
    "Marc Roberts: Barnsley sign FC Halifax defender". BBC Sport. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
    Goulding, Neil (19 May 2016). "Home is where the heart is for Barnsley star". South Yorkshire Times. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 O'Kane, Doug (29 May 2015). "Roberts: 'I've done it the long way round'". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Crystal Palace trial Wakefield FC's Marc Roberts". Wakefield Express. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Cann, James (10 June 2015). "Former Wakefield player Roberts joins Barnsley". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Roberts loaned to Bucks". Worksop Guardian. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Worksop Town and manager part company". Worksop Guardian. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Buxton FC appoint ex-Worksop boss Martin McIntosh as new manager". Buxton Advertiser. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 "One in, one out for Bucks". Buxton Advertiser. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Roberts loaned to Bucks". Worksop Guardian. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "Worksop's nine year wait for trophy is over". Worksop Guardian. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Players of the Year". Buxton F.C. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  15. ↑ Waters, David (2013). "Evo-Stik NPL 2013 Players of the Year Awards". The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "Update from the manager". Worksop Town F.C. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "FC Halifax Town sign Buxton defender Marc Roberts". BBC Sport. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Marc Roberts: Barnsley sign FC Halifax defender". BBC Sport. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "Chesterfield 3-1 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  20. ↑ Barnsley F.C. [@bfc_official] (28 January 2017). "PHOTO: It was a game to remember today for Barnsley's new skipper, @Robbo_4! #TimeForNewHeroes" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 July 2017 – via Twitter.
  21. ↑ "Marc Roberts signs for Blues". Birmingham City F.C. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  22. ↑ "Ipswich Town 1–0 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  23. 1 2 "M. Roberts". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Marc Roberts in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Marc Roberts in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  26. ↑ Cartwright, Phil (3 April 2016). "Barnsley 3–2 Oxford United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  27. ↑ Stevens, Rob (29 May 2016). "Barnsley 3–1 Millwall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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