Mark Payne (footballer)

Mark Payne
Personal information
Full name Mark Richard Crawford Payne
Date of birth (1960-08-03) 3 August 1960 (age 64)[1]
Place of birth Cheltenham, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Cheltenham Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cheltenham Town
Ledbury Town
1981–1988 Cambuur 201 (27)
1988–1991 Stockport County 87 (16)
1991–1993 Rochdale 62 (8)
– Chorley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Richard Crawford Payne (born 3 August 1960) is an English former footballer who played in the Dutch Eerste Divisie for Cambuur Leeuwarden and in the Football League for Stockport County[2] and Rochdale.[3]

Payne was born in Cheltenham,[1] and started his playing career with hometown club Cheltenham Town. He played in the youth team eliminated from the 1978 FA Youth Cup by First Division club Coventry City's youths only after a replay,[4] and appeared in the first team. Released by Cheltenham, Payne worked as a postman and played for Ledbury Town of the West Midlands (Regional) League until moving to the Netherlands to join Cambuur for a fee of £7,000.[5][6]

After spending seven years playing in the Netherlands,[7] first as a forward, then settling in midfield and becoming a fans' favourite,[6] Payne returned to England, signing for Stockport County in 1988. He played 87 League games over three seasons for Stockport[2] before moving on to Rochdale in 1991 in a swap deal that took Peter Ward to Stockport.[8] At Rochdale he played 62 League games before moving back to non-league football with Chorley.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 514. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
  2. ^ a b "Stockport County : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Rochdale : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Wolves match date fixed". Cheltenham Town F.C. 25 November 2005. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  5. ^ "About The Club". Ledbury Town F.C. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Seizoenen 1980-81 t/m 1989-90" [Seasons 1980-81 to 1989-90] (in Dutch). Media Archief Cambuur. Retrieved 19 December 2009. Marc Payne, de postbode uit Engeland, kwam Cambuur dit jaar versterken. In het begin nog wat onwennig, hij was gehaald als spits, maar gaandeweg zijn verblijf in Leeuwarden en verder terugzakkend naar een positie op het middenveld, een publiekslieveling geworden. Eng: Mark Payne, the postman from England, came this year to strengthen Cambuur. In the beginning he was played out of position as a striker, but during his stay in Leeuwarden, gradually dropped back into midfield, and became a fans' favourite.
  7. ^ "Marc Payne" (in Dutch). Media Archief Cambuur. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Peter Ward". Stockport County F.C. Retrieved 19 December 2009.