Stewart Drummond

This article is about the Morecambe F.C. player. For the former Hartlepool United F.C. mascot and Mayor of Hartlepool, see Stuart Drummond.

Stewart Drummond

Personal information
Full name	Stewart James Drummond [1]
Date of birth	(1975-12-11) 11 December 1975 (age 49) [1]
Place of birth	Preston, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2004	Morecambe	189	(32)
2004–2006	Chester City	87	(12)
2006–2008	Shrewsbury Town	67	(7)
2008–2015	Morecambe	277	(34)
Total		620	(85)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stewart James Drummond (born 11 December 1975) is an English former footballer who last played for Morecambe.

A central midfielder, Drummond represented three clubs during a career spanning twenty-one years. He most notably spent a total of seventeen years at Morecambe, where he began playing in 1994 and retired in May 2015. ^[2]

Career

Signed by Chester City after a long spell with Morecambe in 2004, he went on to spend two years with the Blues and was named as the club's player of the year in 2005–06. He then opted to join Shrewsbury Town on the Bosman ruling on 12 May 2006. Drummond scored on his début for Town on the opening game of 2006–07, at home to Mansfield Town.

He scored his fifth goal of the season for Shrewsbury at Wembley in the 2007 Football League Two Play-off Final, in a 3–1 loss against Bristol Rovers. Being the first person to score in a play off final at the new Wembley Stadium.

Midway during the 2007/08 season, speculation linked Drummond with a move back to Morecambe, and in January 2008, it was announced that Morecambe had re-signed Drummond from Shrewsbury Town for a fee of £15,000 . ^[3] Drummond is now the Academy Manager of Morecambe Football Club 2015 to date.

Career statistics

Source: ^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Morecambe	1997–98	Conference	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Morecambe	1998–99	Conference	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morecambe	1999–2000	Conference	39	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	40	4
Morecambe	2000–01	Conference	40	7	3	0	0	0	3 [a] [b] [c]	1	46	8
Morecambe	2001–02	Conference	36	4	1	0	0	0	3 [d]	1	40	5
Morecambe	2002–03	Conference	42	11	3	0	0	0	3 [e] [f]	0	48	11
Morecambe	2003–04	Conference	31	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	5
Total			189	32	10	0	0	0	9	2	208	34
Chester City	2004–05	League Two	45	6	2	0	1	0	3 [g]	0	51	6
Chester City	2005–06	League Two	42	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	47	7
Total			87	12	6	1	2	0	3	0	98	13
Shrewsbury Town	2006–07	League Two	44	4	2	0	0	0	4 [b] [h]	1	50	5
Shrewsbury Town	2007–08	League Two	23	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	25	3
Total			67	7	3	0	1	0	4	1	75	8
Morecambe	2007–08	League Two	18	2	0	0	0	0	2 [g]	0	20	2
Morecambe	2008–09	League Two	44	10	2	0	1	0	3 [g]	1	50	11
Morecambe	2009–10	League Two	43	9	1	0	1	0	2 [i]	0	47	9
Morecambe	2010–11	League Two	41	6	1	0	1	0	1 [g]	0	44	6
Morecambe	2011–12	League Two	38	5	1	0	2	0	1 [g]	0	42	5
Morecambe	2012–13	League Two	44	2	3	0	1	0	2 [g]	0	50	2
Morecambe	2013–14	League Two	35	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	38	0
Morecambe	2014–15	League Two	14	0	0	0	0	0	1 [g]	0	15	0
Total			277	34	9	0	8	0	12	1	306	35
Career total			620	85	28	1	11	0	28	4	687	90

1. 1 appearance and 1 goal in FA Trophy
2. 1 appearance in Football League Trophy
3. 1 appearance in Conference Trophy
4. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
5. 1 appearance in FA Trophy
6. 2 appearance(s) in Conference play-offs
7. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
8. 3 appearances and 1 goal in League Two play-offs
9. Appearance(s) in League Two play-offs

Personal life

Drummond has three sons.

Honours

Morecambe

• Conference League Cup winners: 1997-98 in English football
• Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy winners: 1995-96 in English football; 1998-99 in English football; 2003-04 in English football

Individual

• Football Conference Team of the Year: 2002–03 ^[5]
• Chester City Player of the Season: 2005–06 ^[6]

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84596-474-0.
2. "Morecambe legend Drummond announces retirement". The Visitor . 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
3. "Drummond Joins Morecambe". Lancashire Evening Post. 3 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
4. "Stuart Drummond | Football Stats | No Club | Age 48 | 1994-2015 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
5. "Conference end of season awards". ConfGuide.com. 14 June 2003. Archived from the original on 2 July 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
6. "Season ends in anti-climax". www.CHESTER-CITY.co.uk. 7 May 2006. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

External links

• Stewart Drummond at Soccerbase