Mark Aizlewood
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mark Aizlewood | ||
Date of birth | 1 October 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Newport, Wales | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1978 | Newport County | 38 | (3) |
1978–1982 | Luton Town | 98 | (2) |
1982–1987 | Charlton Athletic | 152 | (9) |
1987–1989 | Leeds United | 70 | (3) |
1989–1990 | Bradford City | 39 | (1) |
1990–1994 | Bristol City | 101 | (3) |
1994–1995 | Cardiff City | 39 | (3) |
1995–1996 | Merthyr Tydfil | ||
1996–1997 | Aberystwyth Town | 30 | (1) |
1997–2000 | Cwmbran Town | 69 | (0) |
2014- | Carmarthen Town | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
1979–1980 | Wales U21 | 2 | (0) |
1986–1994 | Wales | 39 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2012– | Carmarthen Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mark Aizlewood (born 1 October 1959) is a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international. He is currently managing Welsh Premier League side Carmarthen Town.
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Early life
Aizlewood was born in Newport. As a child, he attended Alway Juniors school and then Hartridge High School in Newport.[1]
Playing career
Aizlewood joined his home-town club Newport County at the age of 14, making his professional debut two years later at the age of just 16, whilst he was still attending school.[2] He played for Newport for three years, leaving in 1978 to join Luton Town for a fee of £50,000.[1][3] After four seasons at Luton, he moved on to Charlton Athletic in 1982, again for a fee of £50,000.[4] He was named the clubs player of the year for both the 1984–85 and 1985–86 seasons.[2]
He moved to Leeds United in 1987 for £200,000 and was later appointed club captain. However, during a Second Division clash with Walsall at the end of the 1988–89 season, he reacted to jeers by Leeds own fans by displaying a V sign to the crowd. Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson quickly substituted Aizlewood and he left the club soon after in a £125,000 move to Bradford City.[5][6] He spent one season at Valley Parade before moving on to Bristol City.
In 1993 he returned to Wales to sign for Cardiff City. In his one full season at Ninian Park, the club narrowly avoided relegation to Division Three but did reach the final of the Welsh Cup, losing 2–1 to Barry Town. During the following season, Aizlewood decided to leave the club in order to take up a player-coach role at Merthyr Tydfil.[2] He later finished his career with spells at Welsh Premier League sides Aberystwyth Town and Cwmbran Town before retiring in 2000.[4]
Aizlewood first played for Wales in 1986, and stayed an international until 1994, being capped 39 times during that time. His debut came in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on 25 February 1986, his last appearance came on 14 December 1994 as Wales lost 3–0 to Bulgaria in a Euro 96 qualifier at Cardiff Arms Park. He never scored for Wales at senior level.[7]
Coaching career
Aizlewood had a spell on the coaching staff of Carmarthen Town during 2003–04, but left to become assistant manager to Ian Rush at Chester City for 2004–05.[8] He was sacked by Chester chairman Stephen Vaughan in April 2005 with the club struggling.[5] As of 2009[update] he was an agent.[4] Aizlewood was appointed manager of Carmarthen Town in January 2012.[9]
Personal life
Aizlewood speaks Welsh[10] and released his Welsh language autobiography in 2009, entitled Amddiffyn fy Hun (Defending Myself) in which he revealed his 27-year-long battle with alcoholism and contemplating suicide. All proceeds from the book were donated to former England player Tony Adams Sporting Chance charity.[1]
In 2004, Aizlewood was fined £1,800 after assaulting television presenter Jane Harvey during an interview for BBC investigative programme X-Ray by "grabbing her around the neck and pushing her down a flight of steps".[11] In 2012, Aizlewood was one of three men arrested into allegations of fraud regarding £1.6m of government funds that had been given to a company where Aizlewood was serving as a director.[12] Aizlewood was later banned from serving as a director of any company for six years, along with Paul Sugrue and two others.[13][14]
Honours
- Cardiff City
- Welsh Cup Runner-up: 1
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- 1993–94
References
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External links
- Wales stats at 11v11
- Mark Aizlewood career statistics at Soccerbase
- EngvarB from July 2013
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2009
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Newport, Wales
- Newport County A.F.C. players
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Cardiff City F.C. players
- Merthyr Tydfil F.C. players
- Aberystwyth Town F.C. players
- Cwmbrân Town A.F.C. players
- Welsh footballers
- Wales under-21 international footballers
- Wales international footballers
- The Football League players
- Players in the Welsh Premier League
- Chester City F.C. non-playing staff
- Welsh football managers
- Carmarthen Town A.F.C. managers
- Association football defenders