Austin James McIntosh (born 5 November 1987) is an English

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who plays as a defender for

Stocksbridge Park Steels Stocksbridge Park Steels Football Club is an English association football club based in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire. They currently compete in the . The club was formed in 1986 after a merger between two clubs, and uses a yellow and blue hom ...

. He made one appearance in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

for

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...

, and has also had spells in American and Icelandic football.

Early life

Austin McIntosh was born in

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

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on 5 November 1987, the son of Clifford and Angela McIntosh, and has a twin sister named Chloe. He attended the All Saints Catholic High School and while there he represented the school football team as they won the Sheffield Schools championship in 2004.

Career

McIntosh, a

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who has also played in central defence, began his career at

, and made his

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debut for the Stags in the closing stages of the 2004–05 season, on 7 May 2005 in the starting eleven away to

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club, commonly referred to as Orient, is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. ...

in a League Two game which Mansfield lost 2–1. However, that turned out to be his last first-team appearance for the club. He missed most of 2005–06 with an eye injury and was released during the 2006–07 season. McIntosh joined Ilkeston Town of the

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in April 2007, but played only once for the club. McIntosh then headed to the United States of America, first studying at Bellevue before moving to

University of Montevallo A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

where he played for the college's soccer team, Montevallo Falcons, while studying for a degree in accounting. On his return to England, McIntosh joined Eastwood Town. Towards the end of the 2011–12 season, he joined Northern Premier League First Division South club

, where he made two league appearances. He then had a trial with

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football, football club in Nottingham, England, which competes in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of Football in England, English football, following promotion and relegation, promotion ...

before joining Icelandic side

Reynir Sandgerði Reynir Sandgerði (), sometimes known as Reynir S., is an Icelandic sports club based in Sandgerði on the Reykjanes peninsular. The club has active departments in football, basketball and swimming. Basketball Reynir Sandgerði's basketball depar ...

on 15 May 2012. McIntosh made his Reynir debut in the 2–0 away win over

Njarðvík Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400. History In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. ...

the following weekend and went on to make a total of nine appearances for the club, eight of them in the

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. On 31 July 2012 he moved to Njarðvík on a free transfer, and played four league matches during the remainder of the season. Following the end of the Icelandic season, McIntosh returned to England and on 17 December 2012 he signed for

side

Notes

A. Soccerbase and

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attribute an appearance on 28 April 2007 against

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, but the Playfair annual has no appearances for McIntosh in the 2006–07 season, his Mansfield Town profile, archived in July 2007, mentions no appearance that season, and Neil Brown gives him just the one league appearance.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntosh, Austin 1987 births Living people Footballers from Sheffield English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Mansfield Town F.C. players Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players Eastwood Town F.C. players Sheffield F.C. players Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. players English Football League players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States University of Montevallo alumni Njarðvík FC players 21st-century English sportsmen