Andy Marriott
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Andrew Marriott | |
| Date of birth | 11 October 1970 | |
| Place of birth | Sutton-in-Ashfield, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Exeter City | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1987–1988 | Arsenal | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988–1989 1989–1993 1989 1989 1990 1991 1993–1998 1998 1998–2001 2001 2001 2001–2003 2003 2003–2004 2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007– |
Arsenal Nottingham Forest → West Bromwich Albion (loan) → Blackburn Rovers (loan) → Colchester United (loan) → Burnley Wrexham → Sunderland (loan) Sunderland → Wigan Athletic (loan) → Barnsley (loan) Barnsley Birmingham City S.C. Beira-Mar Coventry City Colchester United Bury Torquay United Boston United Exeter City |
0 (0) 11 (0) 3 (0) 2 (0) 10 (0) 15 (0) 225 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 54 (0) 1 (0) 24 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 19 (0) 57 (0) 46 (0) 39 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1992 1996–1998 |
England U21 Wales |
1 (0) 5 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Andrew Marriott (born October 11, 1970) is an English-born Welsh professional footballer, playing as a goalkeeper for Exeter City. He is a journeyman player, having represented a large number of different clubs, and has also played for the Welsh national team.
[edit] Football career
Marriott was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield. He began his career as a trainee with Arsenal in April 1987, turning professional in October 1988.[1] However, he never made the first team at Highbury, joining Nottingham Forest in June 1989 for a fee of £50,000. He was soon sent out on loan by Brian Clough to gain some first team experience, joining West Bromwich Albion in September 1989. He made his Football League debut with Albion in a 3–1 win at Leicester City on 9 September.[1] Later that season he had loan spells with Blackburn Rovers and Colchester United. He was also loaned out to Burnley in August 1991. After 13 first team games for Forest, he moved to Wrexham, in October 1993, for a fee of £200,000.
He was a regular over the next five years at the Racecourse Ground, playing over 250 times, and winning five Welsh international caps, before joining Sunderland for £200,000 in August 1998. He failed to establish himself at Sunderland however, and was set to join Cardiff City in September 2000. A £300,000 fee had been agreed between the two clubs, but Marriott decided to stay at Sunderland after failing to agree personal terms with Cardiff.[2] A further round of negotiations later that month failed to persuade him to move to South Wales.[3] He joined Wigan Athletic on loan in January 2001.[4] Another loan spell in 2000–01, this time at Barnsley, led to a permanent move on a free transfer at the end of the season. He acted as the club's PFA representative during his time at Oakwell.[5]
In March 2003 he joined Birmingham City for a nominal fee, as goalkeeping cover after Nico Vaesen suffered injured knee ligaments.[6] He left at the end of the season after just one Premiership appearance, a 2–1 away defeat against Tottenham Hotspur. Seven minutes into his Blues debut, Marriott collected a tame delivery into the box and dropped the ball at his feet to clear. However, he failed to see behind him Robbie Keane, who stole the ball and rolled it into the net.[7] The goal was named as the Goal of the Week on the BBC Sport website, which described it as "the cheekiest goal of the season" and "one of the goalkeeping clangers of the season".[7][8] Birmingham manager Steve Bruce said that Marriott will be "haunted forever" by the mistake.[9]
In August 2004 he joined Coventry City on a month-to-month deal, but was not kept on and in September had a trial with Oldham Athletic.[10] He moved to Colchester United on a one month deal in October 2004, as cover for Aidan Davison.[11] The following month he signed an 18-month contract with Bury.[12] In March 2005 he joined Torquay United,[13] becoming the sixth keeper the club had used that season. He saved two spot-kicks in an FA Cup penalty shootout against Harrogate Town, before converting the winning penalty himself.[14] At the end of the 2005–06 he was offered a new contract at Torquay, but he turned it down, instead opting to sign for Boston United in June.[15] A year later, following Boston's double demotion to the Conference North, he returned to Devon, joining Exeter City.[16]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books, p. 151. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
- ^ "Marriott rejects Bluebirds' offer", BBC Sport (2000-09-06). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Marriott stays at Sunderland", BBC Sport (2000-09-22). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Marriott joins Wigan on loan", BBC Sport (2001-01-01). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Hodkinson, Mark (2003-02-03). "Barnsley on the brink", TimesOnline. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Marriott joins Birmingham", BBC Sport (2003-03-12). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ a b "Poyet strike lifts Spurs", BBC Sport (2003-04-05). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Goal of the Week: Clever Keane", BBC Sport (2003-04-06). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Blues bemoan Marriott error", BBC Sport (2003-04-06). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Marriott on trial at Oldham", BBC Sport (2004-09-17). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Colchester sign ex-Wrexham keeper", BBC Sport (2004-10-19). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Marriott leaves U's for Shakers", BBC Sport (2004-11-04). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Torquay sign Marriott and Abbey", BBC Sport (2005-03-02). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Harrogate 0-0 Torquay (AET)", BBC Sport (2005-11-15). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Boston complete double signing", BBC Sport (2006-06-14). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Exeter bring in Marriott & Taylor", BBC Sport (2007-06-12). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
[edit] External links
- Profile at Exeter City F.C. official site
- Andy Marriott career stats at Soccerbase
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