Carl Wayne Emberson (born 13 July 1973 in

Epsom Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain ...

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) is an English retired football goalkeeper.

Career

He played in the 1990–91 Final of the

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with

Millwall Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Poplar, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east of ...

, but only ever managed to make 1 Senior first-team appearance under Mick McCarthy for the club, getting sent off against Crystal Palace. He joined

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its ea ...

for £25,000 in 1994, where he had previously been on loan. He enjoyed six successful seasons at Colchester United as their first choice goalkeeper making over 200 senior league and cup Appearances, culminating in winning promotion via the play offs in a 1-0 MOTM appearance at Wembley. He went on to play for

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...

, before moving to

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

where he gained automatic promotion in his first season with the club, he then moved onto

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth level of English football. The team are known as "The Shrimpers", a reference ...

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Chadfields in nearby Tilbury. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former ...

and

Sutton United Sutton United Football Club is a professional association football club from Sutton, South London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. Sutton started out playing in junior, ...

. After retiring, Emberson moved to Spain, where he runs a soccer school. It was announced on 27 June 2011, that Emberson was appointed goalkeeping

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Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers FC is a men's professional football club in Bristol. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to Bristol Rovers W.F.C., whose team play in the FA Women's National Leag ...

. He was appointed First Team Development Coach at Luton Town on 3 July 2012.Emberson returns as coach
Emberson left the club in March 2013.

Honours

;Millwall *

: 1991 Colchester United *

Football League Division Three The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the Third Division become the fourth tier of English football. In 2 ...

play-offs: 1998 *

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runner-up: 1996–97 Walsall *

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play-offs: 2001 ;Luton Town *

runner-up: 2001–02 Southend United *

runner-up: 2003–04 Grays Athletic *

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...

: 2004–05

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emberson, Carl 1973 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Millwall F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Sutton United F.C. players Footballers from Epsom English Football League players Bristol Rovers F.C. non-playing staff Luton Town F.C. non-playing staff