Steve Mardenborough

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Steve Mardenborough
Personal information
Full name Stephen Alexander Mardenborough
Date of birth (1964-09-11) 11 September 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Birmingham, [1] England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1983 Coventry City 0 (0)
1983–1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 (1)
1984 → Cambridge United (loan) 6 (0)
1984–1985 Swansea City 36 (7)
1985–1987 Newport County 64 (11)
1987–1988 Cardiff City 32 (1)
1988–1989 Hereford United 27 (0)
1989–1990 IFK Östersund
1990 Cheltenham Town 15 (4)
1990–1993 Darlington 106 (18)
1993–1994 Lincoln City 21 (2)
1994 Scarborough 1 (0)
1995 Stafford Rangers 22 (4)
1995 Colchester United 12 (2)
1995 Swansea City 1 (0)
1995–1996 Newport County 5 (0)
1996 Cwmbran Town 1 (0)
1997–1999 Inter Cardiff 68 (16)
1999–2001 Aberystwyth Town 51 (15)
2001–2002 Rhayader Town 21 (7)
2002 Haverfordwest County 6 (1)
2002 Port Talbot Town 5 (1)
2002–2003 Llanelli 15 (1)
2003 Carmarthen Town 7 (1)
2003 Barry Town 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Alexander Mardenborough (born 11 September 1964) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 300 appearances in the Football League. [1]

Contents

Career

A much travelled player during his career, Mardenborough's first club was Coventry City but he was released after finishing his apprenticeship, joining Wolverhampton Wanderers. He struggled to make an impact on the first team. His only league goal for the club was the winner at Anfield in January 1984 against reigning champions Liverpool, who were en route to another League title as well as the 1983–84 European Cup, while Wolves would be relegated. [3] After a loan spell at Cambridge United, Mardenborough joined Swansea City in July 1984. He was a popular figure in his single season at the club but was allowed to leave in a mass clear-out of players at the end of the year, staying in Wales to sign for Newport County.

After two seasons in Newport he joined his third Welsh club in Cardiff City. He struggled to reproduce the same form he had previously shown, scoring just once in a 3–1 win over Torquay United, and was allowed to join Hereford United after one season. After leaving Hereford he spent time playing in Sweden for IFK Östersund before returning to England with Cheltenham Town. In 1990 he signed for Darlington where he held a regular first team place for several years, playing over 100 times for the club and helping them gain promotion back into the Football League.

Leaving Darlington in 1993, he spent one year at Lincoln City before having a short spell at Colchester United and non-contract terms at Scarborough and Swansea. His second spell at Swansea would be his last in the Football League before dropping into non-league, playing in the Welsh Premier League for nearly ten years.

Personal life

Mardenborough's son, Jann Mardenborough, became a professional racing driver after winning the 2011 GT Academy on the Gran Turismo series of PlayStation driving games. [4] [5] A film based on Jann's career, Gran Turismo, has Djimon Hounsou play Steve. [6]

Honours

Club

Cardiff City [7]

Darlington [8]

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References

General

Specific

  1. 1 2 "Steve Mardenborough". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  110. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ McLaughlan, Lee (18 January 2004). "A blast from the past". Sunday Mercury. Birmingham. Retrieved 30 August 2023– via The Free Library.
  4. ↑ "Jann Mardenborough". gran-turismo.com (in German). Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Richards, Giles (29 April 2012). "From gamer to racing driver". The Observer. London. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Moriarty, Aoife (4 May 2023). "Gran Turismo trailer: Everything you need to know about the upcoming action movie based on the classic racing game". Buzz.ie. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tier Four (League Two) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Conference Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
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