Stewart Drummond

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

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[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 188 (31)
2004–2006 Chester City 87 (12)
2006–2008 Shrewsbury Town 67 (7)
2008–2015 Morecambe 280 (34)
Total 622 (81)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Personal life

Drummond has three sons Caspar Drummond (2006), Vinny Luca Drummond (2017) and Teddy Jack Drummond (2019).

Honours

Morecambe

Chester City

Shrewsbury Town

Individual

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. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  4. "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.
  5. "Conference end of season awards". ConfGuide.com. 14 June 2003. Archived from the original on 2 July 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2023.


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