Martin Foster (footballer)

Martin Foster
	Foster with Harrogate Town in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Martin Foster
Date of birth	29 October 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Rotherham, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Guiseley (first team coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1998	Leeds United
1997	→ Blackpool (loan)
1998–1999	Greenock Morton
1999	→ Doncaster Rovers (loan)
1999–2001	Doncaster Rovers
2000	→ Ilkeston Town (loan)
2001–2004	Forest Green Rovers
2004–2007	Halifax Town
2007	Oxford United
2007–2008	Rushden & Diamonds
2008–2009	Tamworth
2009–2009	Eastwood Town
2009	Harrogate Town
2015–2016	Hull United
Managerial career
2014–2015	Matlock Town (joint)
2016–2017	Gainsborough Trinity (assistant)
2017–2018	Sheffield (assistant)
2019	Tadcaster Albion (assistant)
2019	Gainsborough Trinity (assistant)
2021-	Guiseley A.F.C (first team coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Foster (born 29 October 1977) is an English former footballer who used to play as a midfielder. He is now a first team coach at Guiseley AFC in the Northern Premier League. ^[2]

Career

Born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Foster started his career with Leeds United but did not make any senior appearances for the club. He moved to Scottish football to sign for Greenock Morton having had experience in a loan spell with Blackpool during his time at Elland Road.

After a short period in Scotland, Foster returned to English football with Doncaster Rovers where his opportunities were limited, though he had a spell with Ilkeston Town on loan. In 2001, he signed for Forest Green Rovers in the Conference National. He made well over 100 appearances for the club and had a spell as captain. He also appeared for Forest Green in the 2001 FA Trophy final at Villa Park but was on the losing side in a 1–0 defeat to Canvey Island.^[3] He was highly regarded amongst the supporters at The Lawn and many were sad to see him leave^{[citation needed]} when he departed for Halifax Town in 2004. He made just under 100 league appearances for Halifax at The Shay before a move in 2007 to Oxford United.

Foster only had a short spell at the Kassam Stadium with Oxford in the Conference National before moving to fellow Conference club Rushden & Diamonds. After a short period with Rushden at Nene Park he departed to drop down into the Conference North to play for Tamworth. In January 2008 he signed an 18-month contract with the Staffordshire-based club.^[4]

In June 2009, Foster became the fourth player to sign for Conference North new boys Eastwood Town. A lack of games for the Coronation Park side, however, saw Foster make the move to Conference North rivals Harrogate Town on 10 December 2009.^[5] Foster made his debut for Town in a 3–1 win over Hinckley United on 19 January 2010.

References

^ "Martin Foster". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
^ https://guiseleyafc.co.uk/staff/
^ "Canvey stun Forest to lift Trophy". BBC Sport. 13 May 2001.
^ Clayton, Dave (8 January 2008). "Mills captures midfielder". Tamworth F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
^ Trio sign - Harrogate Town F.C.