Marlon Beresford

Marlon Beresford

Personal information
Full name	Marlon Beresford[1]
Date of birth	2 September 1969 (1969-09-02) (age 42)[1]
Place of birth	Lincoln, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
000?–1987	Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987–1992	Sheffield Wednesday	0	(0)
1989	→ Bury (loan)	1	(0)
1990	→ Northampton Town (loan)	13	(0)
1991	→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)	3	(0)
1991	→ Northampton Town (loan)	15	(0)
1992–1998	Burnley	240	(0)
1998–2002	Middlesbrough	10	(0)
2001	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	4	(0)
2001	→ Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)	0	(0)
2002	→ Burnley (loan)	13	(0)
2002	York City	6	(0)
2002–2003	Burnley	34	(0)
2003	Bradford City	5	(0)
2003–2004	Luton Town	11	(0)
2004	Barnsley	14	(0)
2004–2008	Luton Town	105	(0)
2007	→ Oldham Athletic (loan)	5	(0)
2010-	Middlesbrough Supporters South	2	(0)
Total		471	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marlon Beresford (born 2 September 1969) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is now a Accountancy tutor and Sports commentator.

Career

Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Beresford started his career with the Sheffield Wednesday youth system and he signed a professional contract in September 1987.^[1] While he was there he was send out on loan to several clubs including Bury, Northampton Town twice and Crewe Alexandra. After failing to break into the first team he was sold for a fee of £95,000 to Burnley.

While at Burnley he made almost 250 appearances, he impressed so much that he was then tracked and bought by Middlesbrough, but was only signed to provide goalkeeping backup. He was then loaned to Sheffield Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley for a second spell. It was here that Beresford gained the nickname 'Gorgeous George,' from fellow player Peter Swann, for his boyish good looks.

When his contract ended, he went to York City on a short-term contract in August 2002,^[2] before returning for a third period at Burnley on a month's contract in September.^[3] Despite doubts over his proficiency, he played a whole season at Burnley. He then signed for Bradford City on a free transfer in September 2003,^[4] after which he moved to Luton Town. He impressed for Luton, becoming a fan favourite, but an FA set transfer embargo prevented The Hatters from signing him. When his loan ended he moved to Barnsley but, when Luton came out of administration and thus escaped the embargo, was re-signed for Luton in 2004 by Mike Newell.

Beresford played a key role in Luton's Championship winning side in League One in 2004–05 - the first time in his career he had picked up a championship winners medal and, due to his experience, continued making appearances throughout the 2005–06 season and contributed significantly to Luton's respectable finish of 10th place. Beresford has been part of a 2006–07 season which saw Luton finish in the bottom three of the Championship and be relegated to League One.

From 18 October 2007 to 18 November 2007 he was on loan at Oldham Athletic. He was released by Luton at the end of the 2007–08 season.^[5]

On 5 September 2010 Beresford played for Middlesbrough Supporters South Football Club against Plymouth Argyle Supporters London Branch in a friendly pre-season game at King Georges Sports Ground, Wandsworth. He kept a clean sheet and was praised for his communication and distribution.

Beresford continued to play for Middlesbrough Supporters South throughout the 2010/2011 season, which culminated in MSS winning the David Baister Cup in a 2-0 victory over Brighton. Two goals from striker Johnathon Gallagher helped MSS to win their first silverware in their 20+ year history but it was star man Beresford who marshalled the defence and kept out the impressive Brighton forwards. http://www.mfc.co.uk/page/news/latest/0,,1~2361917,00.html

The cup final took place at Church Road; the home of Hayes and Yeading FC and was in fact the very last game to be played on Church Road due to planned housing developments.

Aside from Beresford; the 2010/2011 Middlesbrough Supporters South squad wholly consisted of Middlesbrough exiles living in the capital. Although technically an amateur standard; Middlesbrough have a number of players that had previously played at professional or semi-professional clubs, mainly in the Northern League.

Defender: Matt Holian (Wembley FC) Midfielder: James Shepherd (Cheltenham Town & Wolviston) and Strikers: Andy Clark (Wolviston & Easington) and Johnathon Gallagher (Birmingham City FC & Norton and Stockton Ancients) were all key players in the cup success.

Beyond his sporting abilities, Beresford is known to be a humble and charismatic man who supports a variety of good causes. In 2011 Beresford took part in a number of charity football fundraising events; travelling the length and breadth of Britain to do so.

Marlon is currently a goalkeeping coach at Barnet F.C. ^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 57. ISBN 1852916656. 
2. ^ "Beresford joins York". BBC Sport. 2002-08-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/2173581.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-18. 
3. ^ "Beresford back at Burnley". BBC Sport. 2002-09-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/2240412.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-18. 
4. ^ "Bantams net keeper". BBC Sport. 2003-09-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/3109772.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-18. 
5. ^ "Relegated Luton start clear-out". BBC Sport. 2008-05-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/7378466.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-30. 
6. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15126330.stm

External links

• Marlon Beresford career stats at Soccerbase

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Name	Beresford, Marlon
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Date of birth	2 September 1969
Place of birth	Lincoln, England
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