Marc David Goodfellow (born 20 September 1981) is an English former
footballer
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who played as a
left-sided winger.
He began his career with
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Sto ...
in 2000, and played on Iceland with
ĂŤBV the following year. He transferred to
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
in 2004, who in turn sent him out on loan to
Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley of ...
,
Swansea City
Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb PĂŞl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ...
, and
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 tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...
. In 2005, he joined
Swansea City
Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb PĂŞl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ...
, before signing with
Bury via
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in t ...
the following year. He was with
Burton Albion
Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home gro ...
between 2007 and 2010, helping the "Brewers" to the
Conference National
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title in 2008–09, though also played on loan for both Barrow and
Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed ...
. He switched to Barrow permanently in 2010, spending one season with the club, before he joined
Gresley in 2011. In his first season with the "Moatmen", he helped the club to win the
Midland Football Alliance
The Midland Football Alliance was an English association football league for semi-professional teams. It covered Leicestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and also southern parts of Derbyshire and ...
title. He joined
King's Lynn Town in November 2013, before joining
Worksop Town
Worksop Town Football Club is an English football club based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. As of the 2021–22 season the team plays in the . They are nicknamed ''The Tigers'' and play their home games at Sandy Lane in Worksop.
History First cl ...
in January 2014 and then
Mickleover Sports
Mickleover Football Club is a football club based in the Mickleover suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Station Road. The club were formed as Mickleover Old Boys in 1948, before becoming Mickl ...
two months later. He joined
Basford United in June 2014, helping the side to the
Midland Football League
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History ...
title in 2014–15.
Career
Marc started his playing career with
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Sto ...
in 2000, the following year he found himself in
Iceland
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with
ĂŤBV Vestmannaeyjar, the Icelandic connection with the Potteries club being strong at the time with Stoke being owned by an Icelandic consortium. Upon his return he managed to appear fairly regular for the "Potters", as he played twelve games in
his debut season.
He began to make his mark in the
2001–02 campaign, putting in 29 appearances across all competitions. He did not play in the club's
Second Division play-off final success, though he did make 20
First Division appearances in the subsequent
2002–03 season.
He made only a handful of appearances at the
Britannia Stadium
The Bet365 Stadium (stylised as ''bet365 Stadium'') is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City. The stadium was previously called the Britannia Stadium but was re ...
in
2003–04, though he earned a £50,000 move to
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
in the January transfer window. He played in the
play-off final defeat to
Brighton & Hove Albion
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, replacing defender
Tony Butler on 88 minutes as manager
Danny Wilson made a late attempt to save the game. He did not feature heavily at
Ashton Gate and instead was loaned out to
Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley of ...
in October 2004. The next month
Swansea City
Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb PĂŞl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ...
manager
Kenny Jackett
Kenneth Francis Jackett (born 5 January 1962) is a former professional football player and manager, who is currently Director of Football at club Gillingham.
A skilful left-footed player, able to play in defence or midfield, Jackett was capp ...
was on the lookout for a quality winger, Goodfellow meanwhile was prepared to go out on loan to the
League Two
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club. Jackett managed to persuade City to allow Goodfellow to join the "Swans" on loan. He impressed at the Welsh club and his loan spell was extended the following month. However, he was quickly recalled to Ashton Gate after a spate of injuries at the Bristol club. Soon after Swansea attempted to buy Goodfellow off City, however, City manager
Brian Tinnion
Brian Tinnion (born 23 February 1968) is an English former football player and manager. He made over 450 appearances for Bristol City, including a spell as player-manager where he is currently in the role of Academy Director. He started as a l ...
informed Goodfellow he still had a future at the club. Tinnion was expecting at least what they paid Stoke for him and Swansea were unable to comply. In March 2005 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 tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...
on loan until the end of
the season and scored once against
Peterborough United
Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standin ...
.
In May 2005, Swansea again admitted their interest in the young winger, and the following month they finally got their man, ending months of speculation. Goodfellow said he was delighted with the move and that his "heart was always set on Swansea". His thirteen appearances proved to be something of an anti-climax, and so Goodfellow left Swansea, now in
League One
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, to join
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in t ...
in February 2006. He played for the "Mariners" in the
2006 Football League Two play-off Final at the
Millennium Stadium
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, which ended in a 1–0 defeat to
Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league sy ...
. He scored once during his spell at Grimsby in a 1–1 draw with
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mov ...
.
In the summer of 2006 Goodfellow joined
Bury on a free transfer, before leaving in November 2006. He dropped out of the
English Football League
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to sign for
Conference National
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side
Burton Albion
Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home gro ...
in January 2007. He made 36 appearances in the
2007–08 season, helping them to a fifth-place finish. The
2008–09 would prove much more successful, as Goodfellow made 29 league appearances to help Burton finish as Conference champions, and therefore win promotion into the Football League.
In November 2009 Goodfellow returned to the Conference, signing with
Barrow on a month-long loan, he made just two appearances for the club. On transfer-deadline day he joined
Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed ...
on loan for the rest of the season. He was released from Burton at the end of the
2009–10 season, and returned to Barrow for the following season. After nineteen appearances in
2010–11
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, he was released by Barrow in May 2011.
Goodfellow joined
Midland Football Alliance
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side
Gresley in August 2011. He helped the "Moatmen" to the league title in 2011–12.
Gresley finished 11th in the
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division ...
Division One South in
2012–13
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.
In November 2013 Goodfellow moved up a division to join
King's Lynn Town. He stayed at King's Lynn for two months before joining
Worksop Town
Worksop Town Football Club is an English football club based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. As of the 2021–22 season the team plays in the . They are nicknamed ''The Tigers'' and play their home games at Sandy Lane in Worksop.
History First cl ...
on 2 January 2014. On 28 March 2014 Goodfellow moved to
Mickleover Sports
Mickleover Football Club is a football club based in the Mickleover suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Station Road. The club were formed as Mickleover Old Boys in 1948, before becoming Mickl ...
. Mickleover finished the
2013–14 season in the play-off places, but were beaten by
Belper Town
Belper Town Football Club is a football club based in Belper, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Christchurch Meadow. The club are nicknamed the "Nailers" due to the town's nail-making industry.
History
The club ...
in the play-off final. In June 2014, Goodfellow joined Nottingham side
Basford United. United won the
Midland League
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History ...
in
2014–15.
Career statistics
Honours
Burton Albion
*
Conference National
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:
2008–09
Gresley
*
Midland Football Alliance
The Midland Football Alliance was an English association football league for semi-professional teams. It covered Leicestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and also southern parts of Derbyshire and ...
: 2011–12
Basford United
*
Midland Football League
The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid.
History ...
:
2014–15
References
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1981 births
Living people
People from Swadlincote
Footballers from Derbyshire
English footballers
Association football wingers
Stoke City F.C. players
English expatriate footballers
English expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
Expatriate footballers in Iceland
ĂŤĂľrĂłttabandalag Vestmannaeyja players
Bristol City F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Swansea City A.F.C. players
Colchester United F.C. players
Grimsby Town F.C. players
Bury F.C. players
Burton Albion F.C. players
Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
Barrow A.F.C. players
Gresley F.C. players
King's Lynn Town F.C. players
Worksop Town F.C. players
Mickleover Sports F.C. players
Basford United F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Midland Football Alliance players
Northern Premier League players
Ăšrvalsdeild karla (football) players