- Mark Howard (goalkeeper)
Football player infobox
playername = Mark Howard
fullname =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|9|21
cityofbirth =Southwark
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = fc|St. Mirren
clubnumber = 21
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2005–2006
2006
2006–2007
2007
2007–
clubs = fc|Arsenal
→ fc|Falkirk (loan)
fc|Cardiff City
→ Swansea City (loan)
fc|St. Mirren
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
08 (0)
00 (0)
00 (0)
14 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate =30 August 2008
ntupdate = |Mark Howard (born
21 September 1986 ) is an Englishassociation football player who plays forScottish Premier League club fc|St. Mirren.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/6251146.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=St Mirren sign up striker Dargo|date=28 June 2007 ]Howard, a goalkeeper, started his career with fc|Arsenal, but he never made an appearance for the first team. He was loaned to
Scottish Premier League club fc|Falkirk in January 2006, where he made eight appearances. After his loan period ended in the summer, he was released by Arsenal. He was offered a permanent contract with Falkirk, but instead decided to join fc|Cardiff City. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/5036460.stm Howard picks Cardiff over Bairns] ,BBC Sport ,1 June 2006 .]Howard only made two appearances for Cardiff, against fc|The New Saints in an
FAW Premier Cup match and against fc|Barnet in aCarling Cup match. In each of these games, he blundered, and Cardiff were eliminated from both competitions. He therefore gained a reputation as being unreliable. He joined Swansea City on loan for a month in January 2007 [ [http://www.swanseacity.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/LatestNewsDetail/0,,10354~967755,00.html] ] Dead link|date=August 2008 and he was released by Cardiff at the end of the 2006–07 season.Howard then joined fc|St. Mirren. He made his St. Mirren debut on the
13 February 2008 , keeping a clean sheet against fc|Dundee United in aScottish Cup match. He made his league debut three days later as St. Mirren suffered a 4–0 defeat against fc|Falkirk.External links
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