Iain Ward

Iain Ward
Personal information
Full name Iain Campbell Ward
Date of birth (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983
Place of birth Cleethorpes, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1999–2001 Grimsby Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001–2004 Grimsby Town 12 (0)
2004–2008 Brigg Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Iain Campbell Ward (born 13 May 1983) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1]

Career

Ward was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. He joined the youth system at Grimsby Town at the age of 12,[2] and worked his way through to the first-team squad by Lennie Lawrence towards the close of the 2000–01 season. He made his debut a year later, in the last Division One match of the season, a 3–1 defeat away to Millwall on 21 April 2002.[3]

He was given a 12-month contract in June 2002,[2] and went on to feature 14 times for The Mariners in all competitions before being released at the end of the 2003–04 campaign.[4] When he received no offers from League clubs, he decided to start a degree course in Grimsby, and signed for nearby Brigg Town, newly promoted to the Northern Premier League First Division, on a semi-professional basis.[4][5] Ward left Brigg Town after four years with the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Ward's younger brother Andrew also played for Grimsby Town's junior teams.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Grimsby Town : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Town Secure Promising Youngsters". Grimsby Town F.C. 5 June 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Lions see off Mariners". BBC Sport. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Brigg Bring In Ward". NonLeague Daily. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Olley, Jake (18 June 2006). "Iain Ward Interview". The Fishy. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "The Future's Bright!". Grimsby Town F.C. 29 May 2003. Retrieved 5 January 2010.

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