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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. "SPL deal thrills Liverpool youth". BBC Sport. 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. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  6. "Teenage scoring sensation joins Aber". Pitch Hero. 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. http://www.stalybridgeceltic.co.uk/play.php?code=MARSJ
  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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