John Marsden (footballer)

John Edward Marsden (born 9 December 1992) is an English footballer. He has previously played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town, and had a nomadic career in non-league football.

John Marsden
Personal information
Full name John Edward Marsden[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992[1]
Place of birth Liverpool,[1] England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000–2004 Wrexham
2004–2008 Wigan Athletic
2009–2011 Celtic
2010–2011 → Hamilton Academical (loan)
2011 Rochdale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Aberystwyth Town 2 (0)
2012–2013 Stockport Sports 31 (21)
2013 Stoke City 0 (0)
2013–2014 Shrewsbury Town 3 (0)
2014–2015 Southport 31 (5)
2015 → Lincoln City (loan) 6 (0)
2015 Macclesfield Town 2 (0)
2015 Colwyn Bay
2016–2017 Stockport County 40 (9)
2017 → Telford United (loan) 5 (2)
2017–2018 Telford United 12 (2)
2018 Stalybridge Celtic 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2018

Career

Marsden played youth team football with Wrexham and Wigan Athletic, and was a prolific goal scorer for Liverpool Schoolboys at under-14 and under-15 levels.[2] He joined Scottish club Celtic at the age of 16, signing a professional contract.[3] He spent the 2010–11 season on loan to Hamilton Academical's youth team.[4][5] Whilst at Celtic, Marsden suffered a broken foot, all but ending his chances of breaking into the first team, and was subsequently released. He moved on to Rochdale, playing on non-contract terms for their reserve side and scoring eight in 14 games. After a contract failed to materialise, however, he joined Welsh Premier League side Aberystwyth Town and then Stockport Sports.[6]

After scoring 21 goals in 31 matches for Stockport Sports he earned a trial at Stoke City.[7] His trial was successful and he signed a contract until the end of the 2012–13 season.[8] Marsden failed to extend his stay at Stoke and joined Shrewsbury Town in July 2013 after a trial period.[9] He made his professional debut in a goalless draw against Milton Keynes Dons on 3 August 2013,[10] and appeared again in a League Cup defeat to Bolton Wanderers, but broke a bone in his foot early in the game, an injury which ruled him out for up to eight weeks.[11] On 24 January 2014, Shrewsbury Town confirmed the departure of Marsden by mutual consent.[12]

On 4 August 2014 Marsden joined Conference Premier side Southport.[13] He moved on loan to Lincoln City for the rest of the season on 12 February 2015.[14] He then had a short spell at Macclesfield Town, making two appearances in August 2015 before joining Welsh side Colwyn Bay.[15]

Marsden joined Stockport County in January 2016.[16]

In July 2018 he joined Stalybridge Celtic. He left the club in September 2018.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberystwyth Town 2011–12[18] Welsh Premier League 2000000020
Shrewsbury Town 2013–14[19] League One 3010100050
Southport 2014–15[18] Conference Premier 31541—2[lower-alpha 1]0376
Lincoln City (loan) 2014–15[18] Conference Premier 60——0060
Macclesfield Town 2015–16[18] National League 2000—0020
Colwyn Bay 2015–16 NPL - Premier Division ????—????
Stockport County 2015–16[18] National League North 18700—00187
2016–17[18] 22220—3[lower-alpha 1]0272
Stockport total 409200030459
Telford United (loan) 2016–17[18] National League North 52——0052
Telford United 2017–18[18] National League North 12210—1[lower-alpha 1]0142
Career total 1011881106011619
  1. Appearances in the FA Trophy

References
  1. "John Marsden". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. "John Marsden is just pure magic!". Liverpool Echo. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. "SPL deal thrills Liverpool youth". BBC Sport. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  4. "John Marsden moves to Hamilton Accies". Video Celts. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  5. "Stockport Report – John Marsden Continues Superb Start as Saxons Win Big". 7500 to Holte. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  6. "Teenage scoring sensation joins Aber". Pitch Hero. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  7. "Saxons Striker Moves To Stoke". NWCFL. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  8. "Stoke City: Tony Pulis dives in to tip Liverpool star Luis Suarez for players' award". The Sentinel. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  9. "Shrewsbury Town sign striker John Marsden". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  10. "Shrewsbury 0–0 MK Dons". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  11. "Aston Villa's Graham Burke joins Shrewsbury Town on loan". BBC Sport. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  12. "Marsden Leaves". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  13. "Southport: Conference side sign John Marsden and Joe Connor". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  14. "John Marsden: Lincoln City sign Southport striker on loan". BBC Sport. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  15. "John Marsden Leaves Macclesfield". Macclesfield Town. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  16. "Marsden joins County". Stockport County F.C. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  17. "Stalybridge Celtic - Official Site - Player Profile John Marsden".
  18. John Marsden at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  19. "Games played by John Marsden in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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