- Mark Rutherford (footballer)
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Mark Rutherford Personal information Full name Mark Rutherford Date of birth 25 March 1972 Place of birth Birmingham, England Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Lucan United Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1989–1991 Birmingham City 5 (0) 1991–1993 Shelbourne ? (?) 1993–1994 Shrewsbury Town 14 (0) 1994–1998 Shelbourne ? (?) 1998 Shrewsbury Town 3 (0) 1999–2001 Newry Town ? (?) 2001–2003 Bohemians 53 (10) 2004–2005 Shamrock Rovers 62 (3) 2006 St. Patrick's Athletic 24 (1) 2007 Longford Town 25 (0) 2008 Shelbourne 27 (4) 2009–2010 Dublin Bus ? (?) 2010– Lucan United ? (?) National team England U18 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mark Rutherford (born March 25, 1972 in Birmingham, England) is an English football player who is currently playing for Lucan United. Rutherford plays as an attacking left sided winger.
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Career
Rutherford was once on the England National Football Team U-18 squad alongside Chris Sutton, Steve McManaman and Andy Cole.
Rutherford is one of the select group of players to have played for all of Dublin's Big 4 clubs - Shelbourne, Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, St. Patrick's Athletic. His previous clubs include Shrewsbury Town, Birmingham City F.C., Newry Town and Longford Town.
Rutherford's successful career includes 3 League of Ireland championships, 4 FAI Cups and 1 English 3rd Division championship. He was also an FAI Cup runner up on 5 occasions.
During his second spell at Tolka Park he scored against Rangers in the UEFA Cup [1].
With Shamrock Rovers, Rutherford made a total of 69 appearances scoring 3 goals in the 2004 and 2005 seasons before moving on to his fourth Dublin club in 2006 by joining St. Patrick's Athletic.[1] Rutherford spent the 2007 season with Longford Town[2] in a season where the midlands club suffered relegation from the Premier Division and were defeated in that seasons FAI Cup final in 1-0 defeat to Cork City at the RDS.[3]
Rutherford departed Longford at the end of the 2007 season to rejoin former club Shelbourne on January 31, 2008 marking his third spell with the Tolka Park club.[4] In the 2008 First Division season Rutherford made 29 league and cup appearances for Shels and scored 4 goals. He finished a First Division runner-up that season as Shelbourne narrowley missed out on the title in the dying seconds of the season and Rutherford was voted the Shelbourne Supporters Development Group's (SSDG) Player of the Year for the 2008 season at the age of 36. Despite his impressive return to Shelbourne, Rutherford left the club at the end of the season and joined Leinster Senior League side Dublin Bus in 2009.
Honours
League of Ireland Premier Division: 3- Shelbourne - 1991–92
- Bohemians - 2000–01, 2002–03
FAI Cup: 4- Shelbourne - 1993, 1996, 1997
- Bohemians - 2001
Football League Third Division : 1- Shrewsbury Town - 1993–94
References
- ^ Trio sign for Saints → www.stpatsfc.com
- ^ Further signings → www.ltfc.ie
- ^ Cork City 1-0 Longford Town → www.rte.ie
- ^ Mark Rutherford Returns → www.shelbournefc.com
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Categories:- Living people
- 1972 births
- English footballers
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- Irish Football League players
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
- Newry City F.C. players
- Bohemian F.C. players
- Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
- St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
- Longford Town F.C. players
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