Mike Marsh (footballer)
Michael Andrew " Mike" Marsh ( born July 21, 1969 in Liverpool ) is a former English footballer. Mostly used in the right or the center of midfield and helping out when needed and on the outside back position, he was at the beginning of his professional career with Liverpool FC active, where he, however, the permanent breakthrough was denied, although it briefly in the 1991/92 season due to numerous injuries in the squad regulars and was sitting on the bench at the FA Cup victory in 1992 in the final. From the mid- 1990s, he slowly disappeared more and more into the depths of English football, where he played until 2003 but still semi-professional use.
Sports career
Marsh played for his hometown club, Kirkby Town in the North West Counties League when he was discovered by Phil Thompson reserve-team coach of FC Liverpool. This suggested that his "boss" Kenny Dalglish, the commitment of the talented midfielder and so Marsh came to the end of the season 1986 /87 and the " Reds ". On 1 March 1989 he made his debut in a 2-0 win against Charlton Athletic as a substitute for Jan Mølby in the First Division. Its operations, however, remained in the subsequent two seasons limited primarily to the reserve team and his contribution to winning the championship in 1990 was marginal with two league operations. Only in the 1991/92 season he was often represented in stem formation, although this was due in large injury problems in the club under new manager Graeme Souness. His first hit he succeeded on 6 November 1991 during a memorable UEFA Cup match against AJ Auxerre, in which he equaled the 0-2 first-leg residue and laid the foundation stone for the 3-0 win. 2-0 final win against AFC Sunderland in the FA Cup although he was only a substitute, but was awarded an official medal winner. Mostly on the position of right-back as a representation by Rob Jones Marsh was also in the following 1992/93 season to 28 league inserts and it was 22 times in the starting lineup. On his sporting breakthrough he waited in vain, however, continued, and so let him Souness in September 1993 together with David Burrows in exchange for Julian Dicks West Ham United draw. Overall, Marsh had a reputation as a " training world champion " drawn up in Liverpool, but was rarely able to put his technical skills to the test in official matches.
For the Erstligakonkurrenten West Ham Marsh filled in the aftermath of Martin Allen the midfield center and the remaining 35 league games of the 1993/94 season he missed only two. Although he initially remained at the beginning of the subsequent 1994/ 95 when the " hammer " a fixed size, to Marsh's career developed from then turbulent. After numerous speculations end exchange signed him in 1994 Erstligakonkurrent and strugglers Coventry City. There coach Ron Atkinson let him first even compete in the offensive end of February 1995, he scored two goals in two home wins in a series against former club West Ham United and Leicester City. At the end of the 1994/95 season, however, he lost his place in the team. After a brief spell at Galatasaray under Graeme Souness to the new 1995/96 season, the beginning of September 1995 and only three league operations came to an end, he moved for a transfer fee of £ 500,000 - exactly the amount that the Turkish club before to Coventry had referred - to the second division club Southend United.
The " Blues" Marsh was once an asset, and especially its good interaction with Paul Byrne was obvious. To this end, he catapulted himself with his shot - winning goal on April 20, 1996 against Ipswich Town at the last second in the hearts of the followers of Southend United. He remained in the season 1996/97 on service providers in the team and repeated his yield of five league goals from the previous year. Especially his absence between November 1996 and January 1997, and following a knee operation the club made but difficult to create. Just at this time lost Southend United crucial to the floor and had at the end of the season the aisle in the third league start. The fact that the knee problems of sustainable nature were quickly became apparent the following season 1997/98 and already in October 1997, Marsh resigned as an active professional player and as part of a sports disability. His club then rose as Table in a direct way from even in the fourth league.
Marsh then went semi-professional use on the football after and kept for insurance reasons relating to his disability status from the Football League away. It came after stopovers at FC Southport and Barrow AFC in the trained by Jan Mølby Kidderminster Harriers to the situation that he is not after winning the Football Conference in 2000 was allowed to follow in professional football his teammates. Two years later, repeated this, as he also rose via the FC Southport with Boston United in the fourth- highest division. Last active station was then in the season 2002/ 03 the gambling in the Northern Premier League Team of Accrington Stanley, with whom he again ascended into the Football Conference, but then in June 2003 ended the active career in the footballing lower houses.
At the beginning of the 2003/ 04 Marsh took his first head coach position at FC Burscough, stepped down from that but after a weak start to the season already in October 2003 return. In the summer of 2006 he worked shortly in the coaching staff of the FC Southport, entered a Kotrainerstelle at Northwich Victoria in February 2008 and took over after the dismissal of player-coach Dino Maamria in October 2008 shortly athletic line. Shortly thereafter, also led by interim the affairs at Bradford Park Avenue, but refused to accept a long-term commitment to the club. Instead, he devoted himself to the youth work and took over at Liverpool, first taking care of the U-16 selection before he was promoted in July 2011 to coach the U-18 team.
Title / Awards
- English Cup ( 1): 1992