Mark Draycott

Mark Draycott

Personal information
Full name	Mark Draycott
Date of birth	January 12, 1985 (1985-01-12) (age 26)
Place of birth	Swindon, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Didcot Town
Youth career
	Swindon Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2003	Swindon Town	0	(0)
2003	Portland Timbers
2003–2004	Chippenham Town
2004	Wilmington Hammerheads	13	(6)
2004–2005	Swindon Supermarine	21	(6)
2005	Newport County	7	(2)
2006	Sunshine George Cross
2006–2007	Swindon Supermarine	14	(14)
2007	Ventura County Fusion	6	(6)
2007	Cirencester Town	2	(0)
2007–2009	Swindon Supermarine	40	(17)
2009–	Didcot Town	46	(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 May 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Mark Draycott (born January 12, 1985 in Swindon) is an English footballer who currently plays for Didcot Town in the Southern Football League Premier Division.

Career

Draycott began his career as a trainee with Swindon Town, where he scored goals at all levels up to and including the reserves before he was released in 2003. He still holds the record for the most goals scored in the FA Youth Cup in one season, breaking the record set by Wayne Rooney, after scoring 11 in the 2002-2003 campaign, including seven in a second round 9-2 win over Chelmsford City.

After being released by Swindon at the end of the 2003 campaign, Draycott travelled to the United States, where he played for Portland Timbers and Wilmington Hammerheads,^[1][2] before returning to England with non-league clubs Newport County and Swindon Supermarine.^[3]

While with Supermarine he scored six times — a hat trick in each half — for them in a 6-3 Southern Premier League win at Hanwell Town. The English Football Association's official website reported the achievement, noting no player had scored more than five goals in a full England international or Premiership match. It could only find a nine-goal game in an FA Cup first-round game in 1971 and a 10-goal spree in a Third Division match from 1936.^[4]

In the summer of 2007 Draycott flew west to join the Ventura County Fusion of the USL Premier Development League, where he was one of the stars of the division, scoring six goals in six games for the Fusion and attracting the attention of scouts from Los Angeles Galaxy.^[5] After the Fusion failed to make the PDL Playoffs, Draycott returned to England and, after a short spell with Cirencester Town, joined for his third stint with Swindon Supermarine.

He joined Didcot Town prior to start of the 2009/10 Southern Football League Premier Division, and went on to score 16 goals in his debut season with the Railwaymen.^[6]

References

1. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2004/1077415.html
2. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2004/1077419.html
3. ^ Draycott not off the Mark
4. ^ Super Mark's double hat trick
5. ^ Mark Draycott proving to be a prolific scorer for Ventura County Fusion
6. ^ Didcot Town FC Stats 09-10

External links

• Swindon Supermarine historical player archive entry

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Name	Draycott, Mark
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Date of birth	1985-01-12
Place of birth	Swindon, England
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