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Marcus Ebdon 
Personal information Full name Marcus Ebdon Date of birth 17 October 1970 Place of birth Pontypool, Wales Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Playing position Midfielder Youth career 1989–1991 Everton Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1991–1997 Peterborough United 147 (15) 1997–2003 Chesterfield 192 (13) 2003 Leyton Orient 14 (0) 2003–2005 Tamworth 44 (5) 2006–2007 Alfreton Town ? (?) 2007–2009 Tamworth 2 (0) 2009 Atherstone Town 0 (0) Teams managed 2007 Alfreton Town * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:45, 4 January 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Marcus Ebdon (born 17 October 1970 in Pontypool, Wales) is a professional Welsh footballer, who most recently played for Southern Football League Division One Midlands side Atherstone Town, where he played as a midfielder.
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Playing career
Ebdon started his football career as a trainee with Everton. He spent three years there before moving to Peterborough United in July 1991. During his time with The Posh, Marcus made 147 appearances and scored 15 goals for the club.
March 1997 seen Ebdon move from Peterborough United to Chesterfield, where he was subject of a £100,000 price tag. Ebdon made a total of 192 appearances and scored 13 goals between 1997 and 2003 for club, before moving to Leyton Orient in August 2003.
Ebdon was only briefly with The O's before moving to Staffordshire side Tamworth in November 2003.[1] At the end of the 2005 Conference National, Ebdon decided it was time to hang up his boots.
However, in 2006, he was called out of retirement to play for Alfreton Town where he was reunited with former Tamworth managers Gary Mills and Darron Gee.
Tamworth
On 22 May 2007, Marcus Ebdon was appointed as Youth Development Officer of Conference North side Tamworth, and again became re-united with Gary Mills and Darron Gee.[2]
Ebdon was named as a substitute for a home league match against Barrow on 15 September 2007, stating the desire of Tamworth to use Marcus as a squad player if needed.
Atherstone Town
On 9 October 2009, it was announced that Ebdon had left The Adders to concentrate on his role with Kettering Town's youth set-up and he had recently became the father of twins.[3]
Managerial career
In January 2007, Ebdon was appointed manager of Alfreton Town for the remainder of the season following Darron Gee's decision to join Gary Mills as assistant manager at Tamworth.[4]
May 2007 saw Ebdon follow Gary Mills & Darron Gee back to Tamworth. He was appointed Youth Development Officer of the club.[2]
References
- ^ Marcus Ebdon joins Lambs
- ^ a b Thorpe & Heggs in
- ^ "Two doubftful, Ebdon departs, Haywood still out". AtherstoneTownFC.co.uk. 9 October 2009. http://www.atherstonetownfc.co.uk/news/newsDetail.asp?secID=1&newsID=79. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ Alfreton appoint from within
External links
Alfreton Town F.C. – managers Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- Welsh footballers
- Everton F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Tamworth F.C. players
- Alfreton Town F.C. players
- Atherstone Town F.C. players
- People from Pontypool
- Alfreton Town F.C. managers
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