Martin Carruthers

Martin Carruthers

Personal information
Full name	Martin George Carruthers [1]
Date of birth	(1972-08-07) 7 August 1972 (age 52) [1]
Place of birth	Nottingham, England [1]
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1993	Aston Villa	4	(0)
1992	→ Hull City (loan)	13	(6)
1993–1996	Stoke City	91	(13)
1996–1999	Peterborough United	67	(21)
1999	→ York City (loan)	6	(0)
1999	Darlington	17	(2)
1999	→ Southend United (loan)	5	(3)
1999–2001	Southend United	65	(23)
2001–2003	Scunthorpe United	86	(34)
2003–2004	Macclesfield Town	39	(8)
2004	Boston United	6	(0)
2004–2005	Lincoln City	11	(0)
2005	→ Cambridge United (loan)	5	(0)
2005–2006	Grantham Town
2006	→ Ilkeston Town (loan)
2006–2008	Ilkeston Town
2008–2012	Arnold Town
2012–2019	Basford United
Managerial career
2009–2012	Arnold Town
2013–2019	Basford United
2019	Quorn
2019–2022	Ilkeston Town
2022–2024	Matlock Town
2024	Basford United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin George Carruthers (born 7 August 1972) is an English former footballer who played as a forward for Aston Villa, Hull City, Stoke City, Peterborough United, York City, Darlington, Southend United, Scunthorpe United, Macclesfield Town, Boston United, Lincoln City and Cambridge United. ^[1]

Career

Carruthers was born in Nottingham and began his career with Aston Villa. He failed to break into the first team at Villa Park and, after a loan at Hull City where he scored six goals in 13 matches, he joined Stoke City in July 1993. ^[1] He scored nine goals in 45 appearances in 1993–94 as Stoke finished in 10th position. ^[1] He scored eight goals in 42 matches in 1994–95. ^[1] He struggled for form in 1995–96 scoring just three goals after losing his place in the side in 1996–97 he joined Peterborough United in November 1996. He spent three years at Peterborough scoring 21 goals in 67 league matches and after a short loan spell at York City he signed for Darlington. ^[1]

He soon went on to Southend United before enjoying the most prolific spell of his career at Scunthorpe United where he scored 34 goals in 86 league games. Carruthers then went on to play for Macclesfield Town, Boston United, Lincoln City and ended his professional career with Cambridge United.

He then went on to play non-league football, joining Grantham Town in 2005, ^[3] and then Ilkeston Town (initially on loan) in 2006. ^[4] He went on to become player-assistant manager at Ilkeston, before joining Arnold Town in 2008, ^[5] becoming joint manager alongside Chris Freestone two games into the 2009–10 season. ^[6] They both left the club in June 2012, ^[7] and Carruthers subsequently signed for Basford United as a player in 2012, becoming player-manager in 2013. He departed the club in March 2019. ^[8]

Coaching career

On 20 May 2019, he was appointed manager at Quorn. ^[9] At the end of November, he departed the club to become head coach at Ilkeston Town linking up with his former Basford United assistant manager Mark Clifford who now owned the club. ^[10] In the 2021–22 season, Ilkeston were promoted as champions of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands. Carruthers left the club by mutual consent on 6 September 2022. ^[11]

On 15 December 2022, he was appointed manager of Matlock Town. ^[12] Carruthers resigned from his role in March 2024. ^[13] Following his resignation, Carruthers return to Basford United. ^[14]

Personal life

After retiring, he became Education manager at Notts County's Academy. ^[15]

Career statistics

Source: ^[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other [A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aston Villa	1991–92	First Division	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	1992–93	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Hull City (loan)	1992–93	Second Division	13	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	16	6
Stoke City	1993–94	First Division	34	5	2	0	3	1	5	3	44	9
	1994–95	First Division	32	5	1	0	3	0	6	3	42	8
	1995–96	First Division	24	3	1	0	3	0	3	0	31	3
	1996–97	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		91	13	4	0	10	1	14	6	119	20
Peterborough United	1996–97	Second Division	14	4	3	2	0	0	2	0	19	6
	1997–98	Third Division	39	15	3	2	4	1	3	0	49	18
	1998–99	Third Division	14	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	17	3
	Total		67	21	6	4	6	2	6	0	85	27
York City (loan)	1998–99	Third Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Darlington	1998–99	Third Division	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2
	1999–2000	Third Division	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
	Total		17	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	2
Southend United	1999–2000	Third Division	38	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	40	19
	2000–01	Third Division	32	7	4	0	2	0	5	3	43	10
	Total		70	26	5	0	2	0	6	3	73	29
Scunthorpe United	2000–01	Third Division	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	2001–02	Third Division	33	13	2	3	1	0	3	1	39	17
	2002–03	Third Division	45	20	4	1	1	0	3	0	53	21
	Total		86	34	6	4	2	0	6	1	100	46
Macclesfield Town	2003–04	Third Division	39	8	4	2	1	0	1	0	45	10
Boston United	2004–05	League Two	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
Lincoln City	2004–05	League Two	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
Cambridge United (loan)	2004–05	League Two	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Career Total			415	110	26	10	24	3	38	10	503	133

A.  ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Full Members' Cup.

References

1. Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN   1-874287-39-2.
2. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 81. ISBN   1-85291-651-6.
3. Martin Carruthers at Soccerbase
4. Martin Carruthers Profile ^{[ dead link ‍]}The Football Archives
5. Eagles Double Signing Joy Northern Counties East League, 16 July 2008
6. Ghandi & Freeo's 142 game reign Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine The all new Arnold Who, 3 July 2012
7. Management Duo Leave Eagle Valley Northern Counties East League, 19 June 2012
8. "Martin Carruthers departs Basford United". The NonLeague Football Paper. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
9. "Quorn AFC Appoint Martin Carruthers as 1st Team Manager". Quorn A.F.C. Official Website. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
10. "Carruthers Leaves Quorn for Ilkeston". NonLeague Today. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
11. "CLUB STATEMENT". Ilkeston Town. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
12. "Carruthers appointed Gladiators first-team boss". matlocktownfc.co.uk. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
13. "CLUB STATEMENT: Martin Carruthers". www.matlocktownfc.co.uk. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
14. "Martin Carruthers Returns as First Team Manager".
15. "Staff". nottscountyfitc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
16. Martin Carruthers at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links

• Unofficial Martin Carruthers Profile at The Forgotten Imp