Adrian Webster (footballer, born 1980)

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Adrian Webster
Personal information
Full name Adrian Webster
Date of birth (1980-10-10) 10 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Hastings, New Zealand
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Cockburn City
Youth career
1996 Macarthur Rams
1997–1998 Blacktown City
1998 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–1999 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
1999–2000 Faversham Town 0 (0)
2000 Colchester United 0 (0)
2001–2002 Ashford Town (Kent) 4 (0)
2002 Welling United 5 (0)
2002 Margate 1 (0)
2002–2003 Maidstone United 6 (0)
2003–2004 St George Saints 24 (2)
2004–2006 Darlington 35 (1)
2006–2007 Perth Glory 20 (0)
2007 Blacktown City Demons 8 (2)
2007 Workington 3 (0)
2007–2008 Blyth Spartans 10 (0)
2008–2010 Myllykosken Pallo -47 10 (0)
2010–2012 Kuopion Palloseura 8 (0)
2012–2013 Blyth Spartans 14 (3)
2013– Cockburn City 30 (4)
International career‡
2005–2006 New Zealand 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 August 2008

Adrian Webster (born 10 October 1980 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a New Zealand footballer who plays for Cockburn City. He has represented New Zealand at full international level. [1]

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Biography

Webster's family moved to Australia when he was a toddler and he was brought up there. [2] Injuries have been a source of problems for Webster. In 1995, while on trial at Newcastle United, he broke his ankle and was forced to return to Australia, [2] where he finished school and played junior football for MacArthur Rams and Blacktown City. [3]

He returned to England in 1996 and joined Charlton Athletic as a trainee. He turned professional in August 1998, but failed to make the first team squad and was released. He was briefly with Faversham Town before joining Colchester United in May 1999. However, with Colchester in the midst of a financial crisis, he was released before he had made his debut. He then played for Ashford Town (Kent) and Welling United. [3]

He joined Torquay United on trial in February 2002, but was not offered a contract. He joined Margate in August 2002, but played just once, as a late substitute for John Keister as Margate drew 1–1 at home to Morecambe in the Conference on 17 August. [4] He joined Maidstone United later the same month.

He returned to Australia in 2003 to play for St George Saints where in the last match of the season he snapped a medial ligaments in his knee.[ citation needed ]

However, David Hodgson, Darlington's manager, saw potential in Webster and decided to give him an opportunity to regain fitness at his club which eventually led to Webster signing for Darlington in October 2004. He made his league debut on 6 November, as a late substitute for Craig Hignett who had scored both goals as Darlington won 2–1 away to Rushden & Diamonds. [5]

Webster was released by Darlington in May 2006 [6] and returned to Australia. He was signed by A-League club Perth Glory where he played every game in a failed campaign to make the final series. [3] After a game against Adelaide United on 28 December 2006, Webster came to blows with teammate and Glory captain Jamie Harnwell, while the players were still on the pitch. [7] It went down in history as an A-League classic moment.

After leaving Perth Glory, he had a brief spell with Blacktown City Demons before returning to England to work as a personal trainer in Teesside, close to his pregnant girlfriend's home. [8] He had trials with Brighton & Hove Albion and Burton Albion (scoring for the Brewers against Nottingham Forest in the Bass Charity Vase Final [9] ) in England and also with a side in Bratislava before joining Workington. [10] [11]

He moved to Conference North rivals Blyth Spartans at the start of October 2007, but left in April 2008 [11] to join Finnish side Myllykosken Pallo -47. He played 10 games with MyPa before joining another Finnish club, Kuopion Palloseura. [12] Webster played 8 games for KuPS and helped the team to keep their place in Veikkausliiga. [13] In January 2009 Webster re-joined Blyth Spartans. [14] In January 2010 he signed for Australian side Cockburn City.

International career

Webster made his international debut for New Zealand in a 0–1 loss to Australia in London on 9 June 2005. In 2006, he returned to New Zealand for the first time since his childhood, for the two match series against Malaysia. In 2006, he overcome ankle injury to gain selection for the All Whites in their off season tour which included footballing giants Brazil. He has made a total of five official international appearances for New Zealand. [1] [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Reds chance for Kiwi". NonLeagueDaily. 15 August 2007. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "Australian Player Database". OzFootball. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "Margate 1–1 Morecambe". Soccerbase. 17 August 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Rushden 1–2 Darlington". Soccerbase. 6 November 2004. Archived from the original on 5 September 2005. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "Darlington release five players". BBC Sport. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  7. ↑ "- YouTube". YouTube .
  8. ↑ "Quite a week for Webster!". NonLeagueDaily. 8 January 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "Burton Albion 2–1 Nottm Forest". BBC Sport. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  10. ↑ "Cassidy 'disappointed' with New Zealander". NonLeagueDaily. 27 August 2007. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. 1 2 "Webster blow for Spartans". NonLeagueDaily. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ↑ "KuPS ja Adrian Webster pelaajasopimukseen". Veikkausliiga. 25 August 2008. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  13. ↑ "Season 2008 stats". KuPS. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  14. ↑ "New Signing". Blyth Spartans AFC. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  15. ↑ "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
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