Mark Boyd (footballer)
 Boyd playing for Barrow in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Edward Boyd | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1981[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Carlisle, Cumbria, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2002 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Port Vale | 42 | (3) |
| 2004 | Carlisle United | 9 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Gretna | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2006 | Accrington Stanley | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Southport | 41 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Sligo Rovers | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Barrow | 80 | (7) |
| 2011 | Droylsden | 22 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Workington | 69 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | Celtic Nation | ||
| Total | 279+ | (17+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014–2015 | Celtic Nation (player-manager) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Mark Edward Boyd (born 22 October 1981) is an English former football midfielder and football manager.
Beginning his career with Newcastle United, he never made the first team and instead signed with Port Vale in 2002. After two years with the Vale he moved north to Scottish side Gretna via Carlisle United. Failing to make an impact he returned to the Football League with a Macclesfield Town loan in 2005. After a short spell with Accrington Stanley in 2006, he joined non-league side Southport. He joined Irish club Sligo Rovers in 2007, before turning to the English non-league scene with Barrow the following year. He joined Workington via Droylsden in 2011, before switching to Celtic Nation in June 2013. He helped Celtic Nation to a second-place finish in the Northern League in 2013–14, before taking up the management position for the 2014–15 season, after which the club was folded.
Playing career
Mark began his career in the Newcastle United youth team coming through the ranks before leaving on a free transfer to League One side Port Vale.[2] However, he suffered a broken ankle with a couple of months of the season remaining. Boyd never really forced his way back into the reckoning the following season as Vale were challenging for the play-offs in League One and he was released by mutual consent in 2004 to join Carlisle United until the end of the season.[3]
For the next two seasons Boyd could not forge a longer term deal with a club and ended up playing bit part roles for Carlisle United, Gretna, Macclesfield Town,[4] and finally Accrington Stanley,[5] before eventually signing for Conference side Southport before the 2006–07 season.[6]
His Southport career began disappointingly with a missed penalty in the team's first game of the season. The next year he transferred to Sligo Rovers in Republic of Ireland.
In January 2008 he was back in England with Barrow of the Conference North.[7] In May 2008, Barrow beat Staylybridge Celtic 1–0 to gain promotion back into the Conference National via the Conference North play-offs. Boyd remained a key part of the Barrow squad during their first two seasons in the Conference National, culminating in the club's 2–1 victory over Stevenage in the 2009–10 FA Trophy final. In the match itself Boyd replaced Paul Rutherford with just ten minutes of extra time remaining, Jason Walker having already scored Barrow's winning goal three minutes earlier.[8]
In February 2011 Boyd signed a short contract at Droylsden of the Conference North, following a one-month loan spell. In the June that year he became Workington's first summer signing, penning a one-year deal.[9] The "Reds" finished 13th and 14th in the Conference North in 2011–12 and 2012–13. He quit Workington in June 2013 to join Northern League side Celtic Nation.[10] He helped Celtic Nation to a second-place finish in the Northern League in 2013–14.
Management career
Boyd was appointed Celtic Nation player-manager in July 2014; at the time of his appointment the club were undergoing a crisis after a moneyed investor withdrew his support for the club.[11] The club finished second-from-bottom in the 2014–15 campaign, before folding in the summer.[12]
Statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale | 2002–03[13] | Second Division | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 24 | 4 |
| 2003–04[14] | Second Division | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 4 | ||
| Carlisle United | 2003–04[14] | Third Division | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Macclesfield Town (loan) | 2004–05[15] | League Two | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gretna | 2004–05[15] | Scottish Third Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005–06[16] | Scottish Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Accrington Stanley | 2005–06[16] | Conference National | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Southport | 2006–07[17] | Conference National | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 |
| Barrow | 2008–09[18] | Conference National | 38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 |
| 2009–10[19] | Conference National | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2010–11[20] | Conference National | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Total | 80 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 7 | ||
- ↑ Appearance/s in the EFL Cup.
- 1 2 3 Appearance/s and goal/s in the EFL Trophy.
- 1 2 Appearance/s in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
Honours
- with Barrow
- Conference North play-offs: 2008
- FA Trophy: 2010
- with Celtic Nation
- Northern Football League Division One runner-up: 2013–14
References
- ↑ "8. Mark Boyd". barrowafc.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ↑ "Boyd joins Vale". BBC Sport. 27 May 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ↑ "Simpson swoops for Boyd". BBC Sport. 18 March 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ↑ "Boyd completes Silkmen loan move". BBC Sport. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ↑ "Accrington complete Boyd transfer". BBC Sport. 22 February 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ↑ "Boyd completes Southport switch". BBC Sport. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ↑ "Boyd puts seal on Bluebirds deal". BBC Sport. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ↑ "Barrow 2–1 Stevenage (aet)". BBC Sport. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ Fuller, John (18 June 2011). "Former Newcastle prodigy set to sign for Workington Reds". Times & Star. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ "Workington Reds rocked as Celtic Nation swoop". News & Star. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ↑ Little, Amanda (1 August 2014). "Celtic Nation appoint new manager". News & Star. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ "Celtic Nation dream ends as club prepares to fold". nonleaguedaily.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Boyd in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- 1 2 "Games played by Mark Boyd in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- 1 2 "Games played by Mark Boyd in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- 1 2 "Games played by Mark Boyd in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Boyd in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Boyd in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Boyd in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ "Games played by Mark Boyd in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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