Martin Burleigh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Stewart Burleigh[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1951[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Willington, County Durham, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 196?–1968 | Willington | ||
| 1968–1974 | Newcastle United | 11 | (0) |
| 1974–1975 | Darlington | 30 | (0) |
| 1975–1977 | Carlisle United | 26 | (0) |
| 1977–1979 | Darlington | 71 | (0) |
| 1979–1982 | Hartlepool United | 84 | (0) |
| 1982–19?? | Bishop Auckland | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Martin Stewart Burleigh (born 2 February 1951) is an English former professional footballer who made 222 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Newcastle United, Darlington, Carlisle United and Hartlepool United.[2]
Club career
Burleigh was born in Willington, County Durham,[2] and played for the local club, Willington A.F.C., before turning professional with Newcastle United in 1968. He made his first-team debut on 26 December 1970, in a 3–0 defeat away to Leeds United in the First Division. An injury to undisputed first-choice goalkeeper Iam McFaul in February 1975 allowed Burleigh a run of games in the first team,[3][4] but the run ended when he broke a finger,[5] and he played only twice more. In six years with the club he made just 14 first-team appearances in all competitions.[4]
He spent the 1974–75 season with Fourth Division club Darlington, before moving on to Carlisle United, newly relegated to the Second Division, in 1975.[2] Although a transfer request was accepted in November that same year,[6] Burleigh remained with Carlisle until 1977. He then returned to Darlington for a further two-year spell,[2] in the first of which he was the club's player of the season.[7] He finished his professional career with three seasons at Fourth Division Hartlepool United, for whom he made 96 appearances in all competitions,[1] before moving into non-league football with Bishop Auckland in 1982.[2]
He went on to work as a painter and decorator in Ferryhill, County Durham.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Player stats: MS Burleigh". PoolStats. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Martin Burleigh". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- 1 2 Struthers, Greg (17 April 2005). "Caught in time". Sunday Times. London. p. Sport 26.
- 1 2 "Player Details: Martin Burleigh". Toon1892. Kenneth H Scott. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ↑ "Hill to look for sponsors". The Guardian. 17 April 1973. p. 27.
- ↑ "Millwall sell to survive". The Guardian. 13 November 1975. p. 19.
- ↑ Amos, Mike (8 February 2005). "West set for big stage". The Northern Echo. Darlington. p. 22 – via Newsbank.