Personal information | |||
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Full name | Geoffrey Martin [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 March 1940||
Place of birth | New Tupton, [2] Derbyshire, England | ||
Date of death | 6 November 2021 | (aged 81)||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Parkhouse Colliery | ||
1958–1960 | Chesterfield | 2 | (0) |
1960–1961 | Leeds United | 1 | (0) |
1961–1962 | Darlington | 20 | (6) |
1962 | Carlisle United | 15 | (2) |
1962–1966 | Workington | 144 | (24) |
1966–1968 | Grimsby Town | 71 | (5) |
1968–1970 | Chesterfield | 43 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Geoffrey Martin (9 March 1940 – 6 November 2021) was an English footballer who scored 41 goals from 295 appearances in the Football League playing as a left winger for Chesterfield (in two spells), Darlington, Carlisle United, Workington and Grimsby Town. [1] [4] He was on the books of Leeds United, but his only appearance was in the League Cup. [3] He won the Fourth Division championship with Chesterfield in the 1969–70 season, after which he retired. [5]
According to a profile in the Workington Times & Star, "Martin was not the most skilful of wingers, but ideal in a 4–4–2 format. His work-rate was phenomenal, so strong and persistent." [6]
Martin died on 6 November 2021, at the age of 81. [5]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Geoffrey Martin [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 March 1940||
Place of birth | New Tupton, [2] Derbyshire, England | ||
Date of death | 6 November 2021 | (aged 81)||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Parkhouse Colliery | ||
1958–1960 | Chesterfield | 2 | (0) |
1960–1961 | Leeds United | 1 | (0) |
1961–1962 | Darlington | 20 | (6) |
1962 | Carlisle United | 15 | (2) |
1962–1966 | Workington | 144 | (24) |
1966–1968 | Grimsby Town | 71 | (5) |
1968–1970 | Chesterfield | 43 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Geoffrey Martin (9 March 1940 – 6 November 2021) was an English footballer who scored 41 goals from 295 appearances in the Football League playing as a left winger for Chesterfield (in two spells), Darlington, Carlisle United, Workington and Grimsby Town. [1] [4] He was on the books of Leeds United, but his only appearance was in the League Cup. [3] He won the Fourth Division championship with Chesterfield in the 1969–70 season, after which he retired. [5]
According to a profile in the Workington Times & Star, "Martin was not the most skilful of wingers, but ideal in a 4–4–2 format. His work-rate was phenomenal, so strong and persistent." [6]
Martin died on 6 November 2021, at the age of 81. [5]