Marc Edworthy

Marc Edworthy

Personal information
Full name	Marc Edworthy
Date of birth	24 December 1972 (1972-12-24) (age 38)
Place of birth	Barnstaple, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1995	Plymouth Argyle	69	(1)
1995–1998	Crystal Palace	126	(0)
1998–2002	Coventry City	76	(1)
2002–2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	(0)
2003–2005	Norwich City	71	(0)
2005–2008	Derby County	77	(0)
2008–2009	Leicester City	5	(0)
2009	Burton Albion	1	(0)
Total		447	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marc Edworthy (born 24 December 1972 in Barnstaple) is a former English professional footballer. He started out playing as a right winger before being moved to right back. He was also occasionally deployed at left back and in central defence.^[1]

Career

Plymouth Argyle

Edworthy began his career with Plymouth Argyle in the 1991–1992 season.

Crystal Palace

Edworthy joined Crystal Palace who had just been relegated from the Premiership on 9 June 1995 for £350,000, and in his second season with the Eagles played an integral role in winning promotion to the Premier League. However the very next season Palace finished bottom and were relegated once more; in spite of this the Palace fans acknowledged Edworthy's performances and rewarded him with the supporters player of the year award that year. He scored once during his spell at Palace, his strike coming against Bury in the League Cup in September 1996.^[2]

Coventry City

On 26 August 1998, he was bought by Premiership side Coventry City for £1,200,000. He scored his first and what turned out to be only goal for Coventry in a 1–1 draw with Manchester City on 1 January 2001.^[3] With the Sky Blues he again suffered relegation, this time from the Premiership. He left at the end of the 2001–02 season to join Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

He started his Wolves career on 31 August 2002, helping them earn promotion to the Premier League via the playoffs, but left after just one season to join Norwich City on a free transfer.^[4]

Norwich City

In his first season with Norwich City he helped the Canaries win promotion to the Premier League. But again, he suffered relegation from the Premier League when Norwich finished in 19th place. He left in the summer of 2005 to join Derby County,^[5] after a contract dispute with Norwich manager Nigel Worthington led to him becoming a free agent when his two-year deal expired.^{[citation needed]}

Derby County

He was a member of the Derby squad that won promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs at the end of the 2006–07 season, being voted second in the Player of the Season contest along the way.

Leicester City

Edworthy signed for Leicester City on 7 November 2008, signing a two month contract that will see him stay at the club until 6 January 2009.^[6] He made his debut in Leicester's 3–0 FA Cup first round victory over Stevenage Borough, playing the full 90 minutes.^[7] On 6 January 2009 Edworthy agreed to stay at Leicester until the end of the 2008–09 season.^[8]

On 29 May, he was released at the end of his contract by Leicester alongside Paul Henderson, Patrick Kisnorbo, Bruno N'Gotty and Barry Hayles.^[9]

Burton Albion

Edworthy signed for Football League new boys Burton Albion on 4 August 2009, on a one month contract by former Derby team mate Paul Peschisolido. He played in Burton's first ever Football League match at Shrewsbury Town but did not play again and was released after his contract expired.^[10] In October 2009, Edworthy announced his retirement after playing over 500 senior games in his 18-year career.^[1][11]

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1991–92	Plymouth Argyle	Second Division (old)	15	0	1	0	-		-		16	0
1992–93		Second Division	15	0	-		4	0	-		20	0
1993–94			12	0	3	0	1	0	-		17	0
1994–95			27	1	3	0	2	0	-		34	1
1995–96	Crystal Palace	First Division	44	0	2	0	4	0	-		53	0
1996–97			45	0	2	0	3	0	-		53	0
1997–98		Premier League	34	0	4	0	1	0	-		39	0
1998–99		First Division	3	0	-		1	0	1	0	5	0
1998–99	Coventry City	Premier League	22	0	1	0	-		-		23	0
1999–00			10	0	-		2	0	-		12	0
2000–01			24	1	2	0	2	0	-		28	1
2001–02		First Division	20	0	1	0	1	0	-		22	0
2002–03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	First Division	22	0	-		1	0	-		23	0
2003–04	Norwich City	First Division	43	0	1	0	1	0	-		45	0
2004–05		Premier League	28	0	1	0	1	0	-		30	0
2005–06	Derby County	Championship	30	0	1	0	1	0	-		32	0
2006–07			38	0	1	0	1	0	-		41	0
2007–08		Premier League	9	0	2	0	-		-		11	0
2008–09	Leicester City	League One	5	0	3	0	-		-		8	0
2009–10	Burton Albion	League Two	1	0	-		-		-		2	0
Total	England		447	2	28	0	26	0	1	0	514	2
Career total			447	2	28	0	26	0	1	0	514	2

Notes

a. All Football League Trophy and play-off results are included in totals

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Lucky' Edworthy set to quit with no complaints". North Devon Journal. 2009-10-22. http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/sport/Lucky-Edworthy-set-quit-complaints/article-1440059-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2010-08-16. 
2. ^ "Shakers give it away: Bury 1, Crystal Palace 3". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 17 September 1996. http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/1996/9/18/844746.html. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 
3. ^ "Coventry's Edworthy denies Man City". BBC. 1 January 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1094930.stm. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 
4. ^ "Norwich sign Edworthy". BBC Sport. 2003-08-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/3131503.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-12. 
5. ^ "Derby swoop for defender Edworthy". BBC Sport. 2005-07-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/4655327.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-12. 
6. ^ "Edworthy Joins Foxes". LCFC.co.uk. 2008-11-07. http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1447211,00.html. Retrieved 2008-11-07. 
7. ^ "Leicester V Stevenage". BBC Sport. 2008-11-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7700399.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 
8. ^ "Ed-Worthy". LCFC.co.uk. 2009-01-06. http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1510520,00.html. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
9. ^ "Leicester release five". www.ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk (The Leicester Mercury). 2009-05-29. http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/sport/Patrick-Kisnorbo-released-Leicester-City/article-1033260-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2009-0-29. 
10. ^ "Pesch looks to add new faces as Edworthy leaves club". Burton Albion F.C.. 2009-09-08. http://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/ba_newsDt.asp?nUID=639. Retrieved 2009-09-12. ^{[dead link]}
11. ^ "Marc Edworthy confirms playing retirement". Coventry Telegraph. 2009-10-22. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-city-fc/football-rumours-gossip/2009/10/22/marc-edworthy-confirms-playing-retirement-92746-24987255/. Retrieved 2010-08-16. 

External links

• Marc Edworthy career stats at Soccerbase
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk

Persondata
Name	Edworthy, Marc
Alternative names
Short description	Football (soccer) player
Date of birth	24 December 1972
Place of birth	Barnstaple, Devon, England
Date of death
Place of death