Marcus Ebdon (born 17 October 1970) is a Welsh former professional

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who is the manager of Spalding United.

Playing career

Born in

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, Wales, Ebdon started his football career as a trainee and then professional with Everton. He spent six years there before moving to

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in July 1991. During his time with The Posh, Marcus made 147 appearances and scored 15 goals for the club. March 1997 seen Ebdon move from

to Chesterfield, where he was subject of a £100,000 price tag. Ebdon made a total of 192 appearances and scored 13 goals between 1997 and 2003 for club, before moving to

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in August 2003. Ebdon was only briefly with The O's before moving to

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side Tamworth in November 2003. At the end of the 2005

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, Ebdon retired and went traveling for a year. In 2006 however, he was called out of retirement to play for

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where he was reunited with former Tamworth managers Gary Mills and

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Tamworth

On 22 May 2007, Marcus Ebdon was appointed as Youth Development Officer of

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side Tamworth, and again became re-united with Gary Mills and

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Atherstone Town

On 9 October 2009, it was announced that Ebdon had left The Adders to concentrate on his role with

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's youth set-up and he had recently become the father of twins.

Managerial career

In January 2007, Ebdon was appointed player/manager of

for the remainder of the season following

's decision to join Gary Mills as assistant manager at Tamworth. However, in May 2007 he followed Mills and Gee back to Tamworth, where he was appointed Youth Development Officer. In June 2012 he joined Spalding United as player/assistant manager, and in November 2015 was appointed manager of the club.Ebdon Takes Permanent Role
Spalding United, 29 November 2015

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