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Martyn Lancaster 
Personal information Full name Martyn Lancaster Date of birth 10 November 1980 Place of birth Wigan, England Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Playing position Defender Club information Current club Fort Lauderdale Strikers Number 27 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–2003 Chester City 95 (2) 2003–2004 Leigh RMI 45 (2) 2004–2005 Northwich Victoria 6 (0) 2005–2006 Southport 2006 Wilmington Hammerheads 19 (1) 2007–2008 Atlanta Silverbacks 44 (1) 2009 Queen of the South 15 (2) 2009 Ljungskile 1 (0) 2010- Fort Lauderdale Strikers [1] 53 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 28, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Martyn Lancaster (born 10 November 1980 in Wigan) is an English footballer currently playing for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League.
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Career
Early career in England
Lancaster played over 100 games for Chester City in the English Football League and Football Conference between 1998 and 2003.
After playing well against them in a cup tie, Lancaster was given the chance to play in a trial match for Aston Villa's reserves in October 1999,[2] but was not signed by the team.
United States and beyond
After a brief stint playing non-League football in England for Leigh RMI, Northwich Victoria and Southport, Lancaster moved to the United States in 2006 to join Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division. He moved up a division when he signed for the Atlanta Silverbacks in 2007, and made his debut in a 0-0 draw with California Victory in June of that year.
After Atlanta folded at the end of 2008 Lancaster returned home and joined Scottish side Queen of the South in January 2009.[3] Lancaster made the news when it transpired that he had been signed on the strength of a YouTube highlights video uploaded by his wife.[4] He played 15 games and scored two goals for Queens, but left at the end of the season to signed for Swedish side Ljungskile.
Lancaster went back across the Atlantic in 2010 when he signed with Miami FC of the USSF Division 2 Professional League. Miami became the Fort Lauderdale Strikers prior to the beginning of the 2011 North American Soccer League season; he scored the new Strikers' first ever goal in a 2-1 loss to FC Edmonton on the first day of the season.
References
- ^ Team was known as Miami FC in 2010
- ^ "Duo play". www.chester-city.co.uk. 1999-10-28. http://www.chester-city.co.uk/october99news.asp. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=1088
- ^ http://soccercentral.today.com/2009/01/15/martyn-lancaster-earns-contract-with-queen-of-the-south-thanks-to-a-youtube-highlights-video-uploaded-by-his-wife/
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Categories:- 1980 births
- Chester City F.C. players
- English footballers
- Living people
- Northwich Victoria F.C. players
- Leigh Genesis F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- Queen of the South F.C. players
- USL First Division players
- USL Second Division players
- Wilmington Hammerheads players
- Atlanta Silverbacks (USL First Division) players
- Miami FC players
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2011) players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
- People from Wigan
- English expatriate footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Scottish Football League players
- Ljungskile SK players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- USSF Division 2 Pro League players
- North American Soccer League (2011) players
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