Martyn Woolford

Martyn Woolford
Woolford playing for York City in 2007
Personal information
Full name Martyn Paul Woolford[1]
Date of birth (1985-10-13) 13 October 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Castleford, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2002 Glasshoughton Welfare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Glasshoughton Welfare
2005–2006 Frickley Athletic 44 (13)
2006–2008 York City 86 (22)
2008–2011 Scunthorpe United 103 (15)
2011–2013 Bristol City 55 (4)
2013–2015 Millwall 93 (11)
2015–2016 Sheffield United 28 (1)
2016–2017 Fleetwood Town 9 (1)
2017–2019 Grimsby Town 66 (5)
2019 Hyde United 5 (0)
2019–2020 Boston United 15 (0)
2020–2021 Gainsborough Trinity[4] 6 (1)
2021 Frickley Athletic[5] 8 (0)
Total 518 (73)
International career
2008 England C 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martyn Paul Woolford (born 13 October 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has played in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, Bristol City, Millwall, Sheffield United, Fleetwood Town and Grimsby Town.

Woolford started his career in the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division with Glasshoughton Welfare after progressing through their youth system. After three seasons at Glasshoughton, he moved to the Northern Premier League Premier Division with Frickley Athletic and scored 14 goals during the 2005–06 season. He joined York City in the Conference National in 2006 and spent two seasons with the club, being joint top scorer with 17 goals in the second season. He moved to League One team Scunthorpe United in 2008 and featured in the 2009 Football League Trophy Final before scoring the winning goal in the 2009 League One play-off final against Millwall.

After a season-and-a-half of playing Championship football with Scunthorpe, he signed for their divisional rivals Bristol City in 2013. Two years later he signed for another Championship club, Millwall, but was released after their relegation to League One in 2015. He joined League One club Sheffield United, where he played one season before joining their divisional rivals Fleetwood Town. He played for the England C team, who represent England at non-League level, in 2008, earning two caps. He made his debut against Grenada and earned his second and final cap against India.

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2017 and 31/08/2017". The Football Association. p. 15. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Martyn Woolford: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Martyn Woolford". Grimsby Town F.C. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Gainsborough Trinity – Appearances – Martyn Woolford – 2020–2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Frickley Athletic – Appearances – Martyn Woolford". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 9 October 2021.