Martin Carruthers

Martin George Carruthers (born 7 August 1972) is an English former footballer who played as a forward for Aston Villa, Hull City Stoke City, Peterborough United, York City, Darlington, Southend United, Scunthorpe United, Macclesfield Town, Boston United, Lincoln City and Cambridge United.[1] He is currently head coach at Ilkeston Town.

Martin Carruthers
Personal information
Full name Martin George Carruthers[1]
Date of birth (1972-08-07) 7 August 1972[1]
Place of birth Nottingham, England[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Ilkeston Town (Head Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Aston Villa 4 (0)
1992 → Hull City (loan) 13 (6)
1993–1996 Stoke City 91 (13)
1996–1999 Peterborough United 67 (21)
1999 → York City (loan) 6 (0)
1999 Darlington 17 (2)
1999 → Southend United (loan) 5 (3)
1999–2001 Southend United 65 (23)
2001–2003 Scunthorpe United 86 (34)
2003–2004 Macclesfield Town 39 (8)
2004 Boston United 6 (0)
2004–2005 Lincoln City 11 (0)
2005 → Cambridge United (loan) 5 (0)
2005–2006 Grantham Town
2006 → Ilkeston Town (loan)
2006–2008 Ilkeston Town
2008–2011 Arnold Town
2012–2019 Basford United
Teams managed
2009–2012 Arnold Town
2013–2019 Basford United
2019 Quorn
2019- Ilkeston Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Carruthers was born in Nottingham and began his career with Aston Villa. He failed to break into the first team at Villa Park and after a loan at Hull City where he scored six goals in 13 matches he joined Stoke City in July 1993.[1] He scored nine goals in 45 appearances in 1993–94 as Stoke finished in 10th position.[1] He scored eight goals in 42 matches in 1994–95.[1] He struggled for form in 1995–96 scoring just three goals after losing his place in the side in 1996–97 he joined Peterborough United in November 1996. He spent three years at Peterborough scoring 21 goals in 67 league matches and after a short loan spell at York City he signed for Darlington.[1]

He soon on to Southend United before enjoying the most prolific spell of his career at Scunthorpe United where he scored 34 goals in 86 league games. Carruthers then went on to play for Macclesfield Town, Boston United, Lincoln City and ended his professional career with Cambridge United.

He then went on to play non-league football, joining Grantham Town in 2005,[3] and then Ilkeston Town (initially on loan) in 2006.[4] He went on to become player-assistant manager at Ilkeston, before joining Arnold Town in 2008,[5] becoming joint manager alongside Chris Freestone two games into the 2009–10 season.[6] They both left the club in June 2012,[7] and Carruthers subsequently signed for Basford United as a player in 2012, becoming player-manager in 2013. He departed the club in March 2019.[8]

On 20 May 2019, he was appointed manager at Quorn.[9] At the end of November, he departed the club to become head coach at Ilkeston Town linking up with his former Basford United assistant manager Mark Clifford who now owned the club.[10]

Personal life

After retiring he became Education manager at Notts County's Academy.[11]

Career statistics

Source:[12]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 1991–92 First Division 3010001050
1992–93 Premier League 1000000010
Hull City (loan) 1992–93 Second Division 136000030166
Stoke City 1993–94 First Division 345203153449
1994–95 First Division 325103063428
1995–96 First Division 243103030313
1996–97 First Division 1000100020
Peterborough United 1996–97 Second Division 144320020196
1997–98 Third Division 39153241304918
1998–99 Third Division 142002110173
York City (loan) 1998–99 Third Division 6000000060
Darlington 1998–99 Third Division 112000000112
1999–2000 Third Division 6000200080
Southend United 1999–2000 Third Division 38191000104019
2000–01 Third Division 3274020534310
Scunthorpe United 2000–01 Third Division 8100000081
2001–02 Third Division 33132310313917
2002–03 Third Division 45204110305321
Macclesfield Town 2003–04 Third Division 3984210104510
Boston United 2004–05 League Two 6000100070
Lincoln City 2004–05 League Two 110000010120
Cambridge United (loan) 2004–05 League Two 5000000050
Career Total 41511026102433810503133
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Full Members Cup.
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References
  1. Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  2. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 81. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  3. Martin Carruthers at Soccerbase
  4. Martin Carruthers Profile The Football Archives
  5. Eagles Double Signing Joy Northern Counties East League, 16 July 2008
  6. Ghandi & Freeo's 142 game reign Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine The all new Arnold Who, 3 July 2012
  7. Management Duo Leave Eagle Valley Northern Counties East League, 19 June 2012
  8. "Martin Carruthers departs Basford United". The NonLeague Football Paper. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  9. "Quorn AFC Appoint Martin Carruthers as 1st Team Manager". Quorn A.F.C. Official Website. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  10. "Carruthers Leaves Quorn for Ilkeston". NonLeague Today. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  11. "Staff". nottscountyfitc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  12. Martin Carruthers at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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