- Chris Martin (footballer born 1988)
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Chris Martin Personal information Full name Christopher Hugh Martin[1] Date of birth 4 November 1988 Place of birth Beccles, England Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Crystal Palace
(on loan from Norwich City)Number 35 Youth career ?–2006 Norwich City Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006– Norwich City 101 (25) 2008–2009 → Luton Town (loan) 40 (11) 2011– → Crystal Palace (loan) 1 (0) National team‡ 2007 England U19 1 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:23, 15 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:18, 26 October 2010 (UTC)Christopher Hugh Martin (born 4 November 1988) is an English footballer who is on loan to Crystal Palace from Norwich City as a striker.
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Career
Norwich City
Born in Beccles, Suffolk, Martin was rewarded with a place on the bench for the game against Plymouth Argyle on 13 January 2007 after impressing in Norwich's FA Youth Cup run. He made his first team debut in a 1–0 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 30 January 2007.[2] He scored his first goal in an FA Cup fourth round replay against Blackpool on 13 February 2007 at Carrow Road,[3] and grabbed his first league goal in a 1–1 draw against Coventry City on 24 February.[4] Two more goals against Luton Town[5] and Barnsley[6] quickly followed, as he began to firmly establish himself as a fan favourite.[citation needed] His run of form continued against Derby County, scoring one and having another ruled offside.[7]
These performances saw Martin win a place in the England Under-19 squad, in which he scored a debut goal in a 1–0 victory over Turkey on 21 March 2007.
However he found a place in the starting line up hard to come by in the 2007–08 season under Peter Grant. Under new manager Glenn Roeder he was very much out of favour. He was also constantly criticized by Roeder with Roeder questioning his effort and being banned from a number of pubs in the Beccles area led to more criticism from Roeder.
Along with Michael Spillane he joined Luton Town at the start of the 2008–09 season with Roeder famously naming the pair as "tweedle dum and tweedle do". The decision to loan the pair out was met with criticism from many Norwich fans feeling that the pair should have been given a chance instead of relying on the high amount of loanees that Roeder had brought in.
Loan at Luton Town
Martin joined Luton Town on a season-long loan from Norwich City two days prior to the start of the 2008–09 season.[8] He was announced as one of a number of new signings made by manager Mick Harford following The Hatters' exit from administration, along with fellow Norwich player Michael Spillane, who also arrived on a season-long loan.
Martin helped Luton to win the Football League Trophy, scoring a goal in their 3–2 victory over Scunthorpe United at Wembley Stadium.[9] This goal earned Martin the Goal of the Season trophy at Luton's end of season awards.[10]
Martin finished the season as Luton's top goalscorer, with thirteen goals in fifty-one appearances, eleven goals of which came in the league.
Back at Norwich City
Martin and Spillane rejoined Norwich after the relegation to League One following their League Two spell at Luton. Martin changed his number from 35 to 16. After an impressive pre-season Martin was put in the starting line up against Colchester, however this game ended in a 7–1 defeat for Norwich and Martin was one of those who found himself out of the side for the next few games. However, newly installed manager Paul Lambert began to start with Martin again and he scored his first goal of the season away to MK Dons after just 16 seconds. Martin finished the 2009–10 season with 23 goals in 48 appearances (40 starts and 8 sub appearances) including the winning goal against Leeds United at Carrow Road[11] which left the Canaries on the brink of an instant return to the Championship, with promotion later being confirmed with a 1–0 win away against Charlton Athletic.[12]
In the 2010–11 season Martin scored his first goals in a 4-1 Carling Cup win against Gillingham. He and strike partner Grant Holt got two goals each. Martin missed a few games at the start of the season, losing his place to Simeon Jackson. He soon got back onto the first team scoring against Barnsley. Chris Martin scored the winning goal against Derby County even though it was in the 13th minute. The final score was 2–1. Unfortunately, Martin played no further part in the rest of the season from February 2011, as he picked up a hamstring injury in training. He made the bench for the last few fixtures, but was an unused substitute.
Loan at Crystal Palace
On 15 November 2011, Chris joined Crystal Palace on loan until 2 January 2012.[13].
Personal Life
In 2008, Martin was banned from a total of 68 pubs in his home county of Suffolk for fighting in The New Market, Beccles. [14]
Career statistics
England Season Club Loan Division League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Play-Offs Total Discipline Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists 
2011–2012 Crystal Palace Loan Championship 1 0 0 - - - - - – - – – - - - 1 0 0 0 0 2011–2012 Norwich City Premier League 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – - – – - 4 0 0 0 0 2010–2011 Championship 30 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 – – - – – - 32 6 2 2 0 2009–2010 League One 42 17 8 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 – – - 48 23 8 7 0 2008–2009 Luton Town Loan League Two 40 11 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 6 2 0 – – - 51 13 6 11 1 2007–2008 Norwich City Championship 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 – – - – – 10 0 0 0 0 2006–2007 Championship 18 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 – – - – – - 20 5 1 1 0 Norwich City Total 101 25 11 6 5 0 4 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 114 34 11 10 0 Career Total 141 36 16 9 5 0 6 2 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 165 47 17 21 1 Honours
Club
Luton Town
- Football League Trophy Winners: 2008–09
Norwich City
- League One Champions: 2009–10
- Championship Runners up: 2010–11
References
- ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.com/post84BMDSearchStart.action?redef=0&searchType=B. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ^ "Match report: Norwich 0–1 Wolves". Norwich City F.C. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10355~34279,00.html. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Match report: Norwich 3–2 Blackpool". Norwich City F.C. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10355~36584,00.html. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Match report: Norwich 1–1 Coventry". Norwich City F.C. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10355~33769,00.html. Retrieved 02-05-2009.
- ^ "Match report: Luton 2–3 Norwich". Norwich City F.C. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10355~34352,00.html. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Match report: Barnsley 1–3 Norwich". Norwich City F.C. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10355~33810,00.html. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Match report: Norwich 1–2 Derby". Norwich City F.C. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10355~34384,00.html. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "After the wait, here's the first eight!". Luton Town F.C. http://www.lutontown.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10372~1360794,00.html. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
- ^ Fletcher, Paul (2009-04-05). "Luton 3–2 Scunthorpe (aet)". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7975143.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ^ "LTSC Awards Night Winners". Luton Town F.C. http://www.lutontown.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10372~1640544,00.html. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ Hayward, Paul (27 March 2010). "Chris Martin and Norwich pip Leeds in fixture of the fallen". guardian.co.uk (Guardian Media Group). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/27/norwich-leeds-league-one. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ Widdicombe, Josh (17 April 2010). "Norwich City, Notts County and Rochdale confirm promotions". guardian.co.uk (Guardian Media Group). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/apr/17/norwich-city-notts-county-rochdale. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Martin Flies South To Join Eagles". Crystal Palace F.C. http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10323~2516069,00.html. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Pubs and clubs ban footballer, 19". BBC News. 15 November 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7386892.stm. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
External links
- Chris Martin profile at the Norwich City website
- Chris Martin career stats at Soccerbase
- Assault Charge EDP, Archant Newspapers
- Remanded on Bail Pink Un, Archant Newspapers
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Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Beccles
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Premier League players
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