Mark Goodwin (footballer)

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Mark Goodwin
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Meadow Lane, 1983
Personal information
Full name Mark Adrian Goodwin [1]
Date of birth (1960-02-23) 23 February 1960 (age 63) [2]
Place of birth Sheffield
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder, full back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1981 Leicester City 91 (8)
1981–1987 Notts County 237 (23)
1987–1989 Walsall 92 (2)
1989–1990 Kettering Town
1990–1992 Eastwood Town
1992–1994 Arnold Town 82 (14)
1994–000? Hucknall Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Goodwin (born 23 February 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

He was a professional midfielder with Leicester City, Notts County and Walsall.

He was given his Foxes début as a 17-year-old by Frank McLintock in a 1–0 defeat at Ipswich Town on 17 December 1977. Goodwin scored his first goal for Leicester City on 27 December 1977, away at Old Trafford in a 3–1 defeat to Manchester United He became a regular when Jock Wallace was the Leicester manager often playing at full-back. [4] [5] During the 1979-1980 season he was part of Leicester City side that won the Second Division title. He left Leicester City to join Notts County £60,000 from towards the climax of the 1980-1981 as County were promoted to the First Division. [6] He made 237 appearances for the Magpies scoring 23 goals. [7] In 1988 he was promoted with a third club, as Walsall defeated Bristol City 4–0 at Fellows Park to earn promotion to the second tier, with Goodwin's corner being headed home by Phil Hawker to make it 3–0. [8] He was released by Walsall in 1990. He then joined Kettering Town in the Football Conference.

He joined Eastwood Town where he was appointed temporary manager in November 1991. His next club was Arnold Town where he was a player-coach. He made his début on 29 February 1992 in a 1-0 Central Midland League defeat at Lincoln United. His first goal followed on 21 March 1992 in a 3–2 defeat at Harworth Colliery Institute. He left Arnold to join Hucknall Town during the 1994-1995 close season. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Barry Hugman's footballers (Walsall)". Barry Hugman. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Mark Goodwin early career" . Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 270. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  4. ↑ "Mark Goodwin Leicester City". Foxes Talk. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mark Goodwin Sporting Hero". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Goodwin The Guest For Walsall". Notts County F.C. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "All of the players listed have appeared for Notts County in Football League matches since the Second World War". Notts County Former Players' Association. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "25 Years ago Today". Walsall F.C. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Arnold Town players F - G". The All New Arnold Who. Retrieved 5 March 2018.


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