![]() Margetson with West Ham United in July 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Martyn Walter Margetson | ||
Date of birth | 8 September 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Neath, Wales | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Crystal Palace / England (Goalkeeper Coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1998 | Manchester City | 50 | (0) |
1993 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1994 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1995 | → Luton Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Southend United | 32 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Huddersfield Town | 48 | (0) |
2002–2007 | Cardiff City | 32 | (0) |
Total | 165 | (0) | |
National team | |||
1991–1993 | Wales U21 | 7 | (0) |
2004 | Wales | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Martyn Walter Margetson (born 8 September 1971 in Neath) is a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international, who is a goalkeeping coach for Crystal Palace and the England national team.
A youth player at Manchester City, where he went on to appear over 50 times, he spent time on loan at Bristol Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Luton Town before moving to Southend United on a permanent basis in 1998 where he remained for one season, joining Huddersfield Town in 1999. After signing for Cardiff City in 2002, he went on to win his first and only cap for Wales in a friendly with Canada in May 2004. He retired from playing at the end of the 2006–07 season, becoming a full-time goalkeeper coach at Cardiff City.
Margetson began his career with Manchester City, signing as a YTS trainee at the age of 18. where he featured largely as understudy during a downturn in the club's fortunes. His full debut came in May 1990, deputising for the suspended Tony Coton in a Manchester derby at Old Trafford, and he retained his place for the following match against Sunderland. In the next two seasons he made four appearances, but did not make a single first team appearance in the two seasons after. His next first team appearance was an unusual one. In a League Cup match against Wycombe, Manchester City had used both outfield substitutes when Richard Edghill sustained an injury and could not continue. Margetson, the only remaining substitute, was introduced as a striker for the final few minutes of the match.