Marc Edworthy

Marc Edworthy

Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-12-24) 24 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Barnstaple, England
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1995	Plymouth Argyle	69	(1)
1995–1998	Crystal Palace	126	(0)
1998–2002	Coventry City	76	(1)
2002–2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	(0)
2003–2005	Norwich City	71	(0)
2005–2008	Derby County	77	(0)
2008–2009	Leicester City	5	(0)
2009	Burton Albion	1	(0)
Total		447	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marc Edworthy (born 24 December 1972 in Barnstaple) is an English former professional footballer. He started out playing as a right winger before being moved to right back. He was also occasionally deployed at left back and in central defence. ^[2]

Career

Plymouth Argyle

Edworthy began his career with Plymouth Argyle in the 1991–1992 season.

Crystal Palace

Edworthy joined Crystal Palace who had just been relegated from the Premiership on 9 June 1995 for £350,000, and in his second season with the Eagles played an integral role in winning promotion to the Premier League. However, the next season Palace finished bottom and were relegated once more; in spite of this the Palace fans acknowledged Edworthy's performances and rewarded him with the supporters player of the year award. He scored once during his spell at Palace, his strike coming against Bury in the League Cup in September 1996. ^[3]

Coventry City

On 26 August 1998, he was bought by Premiership side Coventry City for £1,200,000. He scored his first and what turned out to be only goal for Coventry in a 1–1 draw with Manchester City on 1 January 2001. ^[4] With the Sky Blues he again suffered relegation, this time from the Premiership. He left at the end of the 2001–02 season to join Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Edworthy started his Wolves career on 31 August 2002, helping them earn promotion to the Premier League via the playoffs, but left after just one season to join Norwich City on a free transfer. ^[5]

Norwich City

In his first season with Norwich City he helped the Canaries win promotion to the Premier League. But again, he suffered relegation when Norwich finished in 19th place. He left in the summer of 2005 to join Derby County, ^[6] after a contract dispute with Norwich manager Nigel Worthington led to him becoming a free agent when his two-year deal expired.^{[ citation needed ]}

Derby County

He was a member of the Derby squad that won promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs at the end of the 2006–07 season, being voted second in the Player of the Season contest along the way. He was appointed as a club ambassador at Pride Park in 2017.

Leicester City

Edworthy signed for Leicester City on 7 November 2008, signing a two-month contract that will see him stay at the club until 6 January 2009. ^[7] He made his debut in Leicester's 3–0 FA Cup first round victory over Stevenage Borough, playing the full 90 minutes. ^[8] On 6 January 2009 Edworthy agreed to stay at Leicester until the end of the 2008–09 season. ^[9]

On 29 May, he was released at the end of his contract by Leicester alongside Paul Henderson, Patrick Kisnorbo, Bruno Ngotty and Barry Hayles. ^[10]

Burton Albion

Edworthy was signed for Football League new boys Burton Albion on 4 August 2009, on a one-month contract by former Derby teammate Paul Peschisolido. He played in Burton's first ever Football League match at Shrewsbury Town but did not play again and was released after his contract expired. ^[11] In October 2009, Edworthy announced his retirement after playing over 500 senior games in his 18-year career. ^{[2] [12]}

Career statistics

Season	Club	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other [13]		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1991–92	Plymouth Argyle	Second Division (old)	15	0	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	16	0
1992–93		Second Division	15	0	0	0	4	0	—		1	0	20	0
1993–94			12	0	3	0	1	0	—		1	0	17	0
1994–95			27	1	3	0	2	0	—		1	0	34	1
Plymouth Argyle total			69	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	86	1
1995–96	Crystal Palace	First Division	44	0	2	0	4	0	—		3	0	53	0
1996–97			45	0	2	0	3	1	—		3	0	53	1
1997–98		FA Premier League	34	0	4	0	1	0	—		—		39	0
1998–99		First Division	3	0	—		1	0	2	0	—		6	0
Crystal Palace total			126	0	8	0	9	1	2	0	6	0	151	1
1998–99	Coventry City	FA Premier League	22	0	1	0	—		—		—		23	0
1999–2000			10	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		12	0
2000–01			24	1	2	0	2	0	—		—		28	1
2001–02		First Division	20	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		22	0
Coventry City total			76	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	85	1
2002–03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	First Division	22	0	0	0	1	0	—		0	0	23	0
Wolverhampton Wanderers total			22	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
2003–04	Norwich City	First Division	43	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		45	0
2004–05		FA Premier League	28	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		30	0
Norwich City total			71	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	75	0
2005–06	Derby County	Championship	30	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		32	0
2006–07			38	0	1	0	1	0	—		1	0	41	0
2007–08		Premier League	9	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
Derby County total			77	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	84	0
2008–09	Leicester City	League One	5	0	3	0	—		—		—		8	0
Leicester City total			5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2009–10	Burton Albion	League Two	1	0	—		0	0	—		1	0	2	0
Burton Albion total			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Career Total			447	2	28	0	26	1	2	0	11	0	514	3

References

1. "Football (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. "Lucky' Edworthy set to quit with no complaints". North Devon Journal. 22 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
3. "Shakers give it away: Bury 1, Crystal Palace 3". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 17 September 1996. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
4. "Coventry's Edworthy denies Man City". BBC. 1 January 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
5. "Norwich sign Edworthy". BBC Sport. 7 August 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
6. "Derby swoop for defender Edworthy". BBC Sport. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
7. "Edworthy Joins Foxes". LCFC.co.uk. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on 10 November 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
8. "Leicester V Stevenage". BBC Sport. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
9. "Ed-Worthy". LCFC.co.uk. 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
10. "Leicester release five". ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk. The Leicester Mercury. 29 May 2009.
11. "Pesch looks to add new faces as Edworthy leaves club". Burton Albion F.C. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2009.^{[ dead link ‍]}
12. "Marc Edworthy confirms playing retirement". Coventry Telegraph. 22 October 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
13. Includes other competitive competitions, including the EFL Trophy & the play-offs

External links

• Marc Edworthy at Soccerbase
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk