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Marlon Pack Personal information Full name Marlon Pack[1] Date of birth 25 March 1991 Place of birth Portsmouth, England Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Cheltenham Town Number 7 Youth career 2007–2009 Portsmouth Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2009–2011 Portsmouth 1 (0) 2009 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 8 (0) 2010 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 17 (1) 2010–2011 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 38 (2) 2011– Cheltenham Town 15 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:59, 31 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Marlon Pack (born 25 March 1991 in Portsmouth, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for Cheltenham Town having formerly played for Portsmouth.
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Club career
Portsmouth
Pack, a midfielder, became a first year scholar in the 2007–08 season playing regularly for the academy and occasionally for the reserves. The following season he became a regular in the reserve team and remained a key player in the academy side. By the time he signed a one-year professional contract at the end of the 2008–09 season, he had played more than 50 games for Portsmouth's junior teams.[2][3] He made his debut in the Carling Cup against Crystal Palace on 24 August 2010 as an extra time substitute, scoring in the subsequent penalty shoot out.
Wycombe Wanderers
On 31 August 2009, Pack joined Wycombe Wanderers of Football League One on a one-month youth loan.[3] Pack made his debut in the Football League five days later as a second-half substitute in a narrow loss to Brighton & Hove Albion.[4] He made nine appearances in all competitions for Wycombe, where he remained until 26 October when new manager Gary Waddock chose not to extend the loan further.[5]
Dagenham & Redbridge
In January 2010, he went on loan to Dagenham & Redbridge.[6] Marlon was scheduled to return to Portsmouth on the 6 April 2010 as his maximum 94 day loan spell would have ended at the club. Furthermore as the loan window had closed Dagenham were unable to renew the loan deal until the end of the Football League season. He scored his first goal for the Daggers in what turned out to be his final appearance for the team, a 3–1 defeat to Port Vale on 5 April 2010.[7]
Cheltenham Town
Pack signed on a season-long loan for Cheltenham Town on 31 August 2010 [8] making his debut on 4 September in a 3–1 away defeat to Barnet.[9] He was then awarded the player of the month for his performances in November.[10]
Pack finally got his first goal for Cheltenham in the 4-0 win over Bradford City on December 28, 2010, with a stunning 25 yard strike.Marlon signed from Portsmouth on a permanent basis on May 23, 2011, no fee was involved.[11]
References
- ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/birth-indexes-search-start.action. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ "Blues Sign Seven Scholars". Portsmouth F.C. 7 July 2009. http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Blues-Sign-Seven-Scholars-35.aspx. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ a b Campbell, Ben (31 August 2009). "Marlon Joins The Pack". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10430~1781024,00.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Brighton vs Wycombe". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 5 September 2009. http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10430~48675,00.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Pack Back At Pompey". Portsmouth F.C. 26 October 2009. http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/Squadnews/reserves/Pack-Back-At-Pompey-176.aspx. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Dagenham & Redbridge sign Portsmouth's Marlon Pack". BBC News. 7 January 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/8446794.stm. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ "Port Vale 3–1 Dag & Red". BBC. 5 April 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8598791.stm. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "BBC Sport – Football – Cheltenham Town sign Portsmouth youngster Marlon Pack". BBC News. 2010-08-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cheltenham_town/8956932.stm. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ "BBC Sport – Football – Barnet v Cheltenham". BBC News. 6 September 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8964188.stm. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ "Sky Sports". Sky Sports. 2010-12-01. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11744_6562356,00.html. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ^ Cheltenham Town sign Russell Penn and Marlon Pack BBC Sport, 23 May 2011. Retrieved: 09 June 2011
External links
Cheltenham Town F.C. – current squad 1 Brown · 2 Lowe · 3 Andrew · 4 Bird · 6 Elliott · 7 Pack · 8 Low · 9 Duffy · 10 Goulding · 11 Smikle · 12 Butland · 14 Spencer · 15 Bennett · 16 Penn · 17 Lewis · 18 Haynes · 19 Garbutt · 20 Moore · 21 Graham · 22 Jombati · 23 Mohamed · 24 Hooman · 25 Summerfield · 32 Hitchings · 40 Book · Manager: Yates
Categories:- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Portsmouth
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players
- Cheltenham Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
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