Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iain Campbell Ward | ||
Date of birth | 13 May 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Cleethorpes, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Grimsby Town (Youth Team Coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2001 | Grimsby Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2004 | Grimsby Town | 12 | (0) |
2004–2008 | Brigg Town | ||
Managerial career | |||
2016– | Grimsby Town (U12's) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Iain Campbell Ward (born 13 May 1983) is an English former professional footballer and youth team coach of League Two side Grimsby Town.
As a player, he was defender, primarily a right back. He played in the Football League for Grimsby Town [1] before going on to play for Non- League side Brigg Town.
Ward was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. He joined the youth system at Grimsby Town at the age of 12, [2] and worked his way through to the first-team squad by Lennie Lawrence towards the close of the 2000–01 season. He made his debut a year later, in the last Division One match of the season, a 3–1 defeat away to Millwall on 21 April 2002. [3]
He was given a 12-month contract in June 2002, [2] and went on to feature 14 times for The Mariners in all competitions before being released at the end of the 2003–04 campaign. [4] When he received no offers from League clubs, he decided to start a degree course in Grimsby, and signed for nearby Brigg Town, newly promoted to the Northern Premier League First Division, on a semi-professional basis. [4] [5] Ward left Brigg Town after four years with the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.[ citation needed ]
Ward's younger brother Andrew also played for Grimsby Town's junior teams. [6]
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