Mark Prudhoe (born 8 November 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for 17 different Football League clubs.

Mark Prudhoe
Prudhoe with Hull City in 2010
Personal information
Full name Mark Prudhoe[1]
Date of birth (1963-11-08) 8 November 1963 (age 61)[1]
Place of birth Washington, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Sunderland (coach)
Youth career
19xx–1981 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Sunderland 7 (0)
1983Hartlepool United (loan) 3 (0)
1984–1986 Birmingham City 1 (0)
1986–1987 Walsall 26 (0)
1986Doncaster Rovers (loan) 5 (0)
1987Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 0 (0)
1987Grimsby Town (loan) 8 (0)
1987Hartlepool United (loan) 13 (0)
1987Bristol City (loan) 3 (0)
1987–1989 Carlisle United 34 (0)
1989–1993 Darlington 146 (0)
1993–1997 Stoke City 82 (0)
1994Peterborough United (loan) 6 (0)
1994Liverpool (loan) 0 (0)
1997York City (loan) 2 (0)
1997–1999 Bradford City 8 (0)
1999Darlington (loan) 0 (0)
1999–2000 Southend United 6 (0)
2001–2003 Bradford City 0 (0)
2003–2004 Macclesfield Town 0 (0)
Total 350 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Prudhoe was born in Washington, County Durham, and began his career with Sunderland and became a typical journeyman footballer.[2] After a loan spell with Hartlepool United Prudhoe had short spells with Birmingham City, Walsall, Doncaster Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday, Grimsby Town, a return to Hartlepool United, Bristol City and Carlisle United. He then joined Darlington in 1989, where he picked up winner's medals for both the Football Conference and the Football League Fourth Division title.[3]

This earned him a moved to Stoke City where he played 38 times in 1993–94, 48 times in 1995–96 and 15 in 1996–97.[3] Whilst at Stoke Prudhoe spent time out on loan at Peterborough United, Liverpool and York City.[3] He then went on to play for Bradford City, a second spell at Darlington, Southend United, a second spell at Bradford and ended his career at Macclesfield Town.

Coaching career

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Following his retirement as a player, Prudhoe was appointed goalkeeping coach at Hull City in 2005, and in 2011 returned to Sunderland to coach in their academy.[4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 1982–83 First Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Hartlepool United (loan) 1983–84 Fourth Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Birmingham City 1984–85 Second Division 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 0
Walsall 1985–86 Third Division 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1986–87 Third Division 10 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 0
Total 26 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 31 0
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 1986–87 Third Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Grimsby Town (loan) 1986–87 Second Division 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Hartlepool United (loan) 1987–88 Fourth Division 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Bristol City (loan) 1987–88 Third Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 5 0
Carlisle United 1987–88 Fourth Division 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1988–89 Fourth Division 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0
Total 34 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 36 0
Darlington 1988–89 Fourth Division 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1990–91 Fourth Division 46 0 2 0 4 0 3[a] 0 55 0
1991–92 Third Division 46 0 2 0 2 0 2[a] 0 54 0
1992–93 Fourth Division 42 0 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 46 0
Total 146 0 5 0 8 0 6 0 165 0
Stoke City 1993–94 First Division 30 0 2 0 3 0 3[b] 0 38 0
1994–95 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995–96 First Division 39 0 2 0 3 0 4[c] 0 48 0
1996–97 First Division 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
Total 82 0 5 0 7 0 7 0 101 0
Peterborough United (loan) 1994–95 Second Division 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
York City (loan) 1996–97 Second Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bradford City 1997–98 First Division 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Southend United 1999–2000 Third Division 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 350 0 11 0 26 0 15 0 402 0
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  3. ^ Two Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup and two in First Division Play-offs

Honours

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Darlington

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 504. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ "Mark Prudhoe". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  4. ^ "Hull City: Signing young guns is key to our future, says Adam Pearson". Hull Daily Mail. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  5. ^ Mark Prudhoe at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  6. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 149.
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