Martin Horsell

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Martin Horsell
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-12-10) 10 December 1986 (age 36)
Place of birth Paignton, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Yate Town
Youth career
2004 Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Bristol Rovers 0 (0)
2006–2007 Torquay United 6 (0)
2007 Yate Town 33 (0)
2007 Salisbury City 9 (0)
2008 Dorchester Town 3 (0)
2008 Tiverton Town 25 (0)
2009 R.R.F.C. Montegnée 40 (0)
2010–2015 Weymouth 74 (0)
2015–2019 Hereford 83 (0)
2019–2022 Swindon Supermarine
2022– Yate Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:09, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Martin Horsell (born 10 December 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Yate Town.

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Career

Horsell was spotted by a scout from Plymouth Argyle while playing for his school, the King Edward VI Community College in his hometown Totnes. He played for the Argyle Youth sides and while attending Plymouth College was selected for the British Colleges side.

He left Plymouth in 2004 when he moved to the Bristol Academy of Sport at Filton College. Soon after starting at the College he was selected to play for the Bristol Rovers under-18 side and in October 2004 was signed by Rovers manager Ian Atkins on non-contract terms as cover for Kevin Miller. [1] He signed a professional contract with Rovers for the 2005–06 season, but failed to break into the first team.

In July 2006, after his release by Rovers, [2] he signed for Torquay United, by now managed by Ian Atkins as back-up for Nathan Abbey. [3]

With Abbey set to leave over a contract dispute, Horsell was given his league debut when he replaced Abbey as a substitute with seven minutes remaining of the home game with Milton Keynes Dons, despite Torquay trailing 0–2 at the time. Abbey subsequently signed a contract with Brentford

He made his full debut in the next game, a 1–0 defeat at home to fellow strugglers Macclesfield Town in which he was given the Man of the Match Award. However, after the signing of Kevin Miller on loan from Southampton, Horsell returned to being second choice goalkeeper. With Torquay relegated to the Conference National at the end of the season, Horsell was offered a new contract. However, with the signing of both Simon Rayner and Martin Rice, Horsell chose to seek a move back to league football.

He began the 2007–08 season with Yate Town, signing an initial one-month contract with Conference National side Salisbury City in late September 2007 after an injury to regular Salisbury keeper Jamie Bittner. [4] On 29 January 2008 he signed for Conference South side Dorchester Town. [5]

He was unattached when he joined Tiverton Town in March 2008. [6] He then joined Belgian side R.R.F.C. Montegnée.

At the start of the 2010–11 season he was playing for Weymouth.

Horsell joined Hereford midway through the 2015–16 season, helping them to promotion. After three years with the club, Horsell left Hereford by mutual consent on 11 January 2019. [7] He then joined Swindon Supermarine. He was sent off on his debut, against Frome Town, for handling the ball outside of his area. [8]

In June 2022, Horsell returned to Yate Town. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Rovers cancel Anderson's contract
  2. ↑ Trollope releases Rovers quartet
  3. ↑ Abbey agrees terms with Torquay
  4. ↑ Salisbury sign ex-Torquay keeper
  5. ↑ Magpies swoop for Keeper Horsell Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Johnston injury hands Horsell his chance". NonLeagueDaily. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  7. ↑ Goddard, Ben (11 January 2019). "Martin Horsell leaves after having 'frustrating time' at Hereford FC". Hereford Times. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. ↑ Reynolds, Shaun (29 January 2019). "Henry's Supermarine loan extended further following Horsell red card". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "YATE TOWN MAKE FIRST SUMMER SIGNING". Yate Town F.C. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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