Marcus Holness

Marcus Holness

Personal information
Full name	Marcus Lewis Holness
Date of birth	8 December 1988
Place of birth	Salford, England[1]
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
2005–2006	Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007–2008	Oldham Athletic	0	(0)
2007–2008	→ Rochdale (loan)	9	(0)
2008–2012	Rochdale	99	(4)
2009	→ Barrow (loan)	11	(0)
2012–2014	Burton Albion	39	(1)
2014–2016	Tranmere Rovers	21	(0)
2016	→ Altrincham (loan)	14	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:37, 5 September 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Marcus Lewis Holness (born 8 December 1988 in Swinton, Greater Manchester) is an English professional footballer. He is a defender.

Career

Holness began his career with Oldham Athletic, but did not play any competitive matches for them. He was signed on loan in October 2007 for Rochdale, playing nine times for the Dale. Marcus impressed with his performances, and manager Keith Hill made him Rochdale's first signing of the January 2008 transfer window, joining on a free transfer.

Holness was loaned to Conference National side Barrow for a month in January 2009, having only made six league appearances with Rochdale in the 2008–09 season prior to this. The deal was later extended.^[2]

Holness spent his most successful period in Rochdale at 10/11 season, as the club debutated in the League One finishing at ninth position while Holness never missed a game during the season. On 25 April he scored his first senior goal as Rochdale was defeated by Charlton Athletic.^[3]

Holness fell out of favour after Rochdale manager Steve Eyre was replaced by John Coleman. Despite Rochdale relegated back to the League Two this season, Coleman kept his place and Holness was released by the club after five seasons in the team having made over 100 appearances for the club.^[4]

Holness joined League Two side Burton Albion signing a two-year deal after a short trial.^[5] He spent two full seasons at Burton-upon-Trent as the club twice finished in the play-off zone but lost both attempts. Holness was offered new deal at the end of the 2013–14 season but never signed it.^[6]

On 27 June 2014 Holness left Burton Albion to join fellow League Two club Tranmere Rovers signing two-year contract.^[7]

Holness suffered a hamsting injury in the starting game of the 2014–15 season that ruled him out of the League Cup tie against Nottingham Forest. He quickly recovered to back in the starting squad on 19 August. Holness established himself as a regular starter but on 10 January his season was ended as he suffered serious knee ligament damage.^[8] Holness fully recovered to make his first start since January on 29 August at Altrincham as Rovers relegated to the National League.^[9] He made only two more caps before picking up another injury in mid-September.^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 February 2016.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other[lower-alpha 1]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rochdale	2007–08[11]	League Two	20[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		—		1	0	21	0
	2008–09[12]	League Two	7	0	2	0	—		1	0	10	0
	2009–10[13]	League Two	11	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	15	0
	2010–11[14]	League One	46	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	50	1
	2011–12[15]	League One	24	3	1	0	3	0	2	0	30	3
	Total		108	4	6	0	6	0	6	0	126	4
Barrow (loan)	2008–09[12]	Conference Premier	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Burton Albion	2012–13[16]	League Two	22	1	3	0	2	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	0	30	1
	2013–14[17]	League Two	17	0	—		2	0	4[lower-alpha 3]	1	23	1
	Total		39	1	3	0	4	0	7	1	53	2
Tranmere Rovers	2014–15[18]	League Two	17	0	4	0	—		3	0	24	0
	2015–16[19]	National League	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
	Total		21	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	28	0
Altrincham (loan)	2015–16[19]	National League	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Career total			182	5	13	0	10	0	16	0	221	5

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. Appearance(s) including loan spell
3. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy and Football League Two play-offs

References

1. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
2. "Barrow extend Holness loan deal". BBC Sport. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
3. "Charlton 3 - 1 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
4. "Rochdale release Marcus Holness after five years at Spotland". BBC Sport. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
5. "Marcus Holness joins Burton Albion after leaving Rochdale". BBC Sport. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
6. "Burton Albion deals for Lee Bell, Phil Edwards and Dean Lyness". BBC Sport. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
7. "Defender Holness Joins Rovers". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
8. "Holness Injury Update". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
9. "Report: Altrincham 2-1 Tranmere". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
10. "Brabin: "It Will Be A Tough Match"". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
11. "Games played by Marcus Holness in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
12. "Games played by Marcus Holness in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
13. "Games played by Marcus Holness in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
14. "Games played by Marcus Holness in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
15. "Games played by Marcus Holness in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
16. "Games played by Marcus Holness in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
17. "Games played by Marcus Holness in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
18. "Games played by Marcus Holness in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
19. "Games played by Marcus Holness in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

External links

• Marcus Holness career statistics at Soccerbase