David Martin
(born 25 April 1963) is an English former
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder.
Career
Martin was born on 25 April 1963 in
East Ham
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It was originally part of the Becontree Hun ...
,
London and started his
footballing career with
Millwall in May 1980 after serving his
apprenticeship with the club.
After making 163 appearances and scoring 11 goals for Millwall he joined
Wimbledon
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on 14 September 1984 for a
fee of £35,000.
With Wimbledon, he won
promotion to the
First Division in 1986 and made 35 appearances and scored three goals in
the Football League before joining
Southend United on 23 August 1986.
His time at Southend saw him make 267 appearances and score 26 goals and secure promotion on four occasions in the
1986–87,
1989–90 and
1990–91 seasons.
He signed for
Bristol City
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on 19 July 1993 and was
loaned out to
Northampton Town on 13 February 1995, where he made seven appearances and scored one goal.
He finished his career at City with 45 appearances and one goal before being signed by
Gillingham on 4 August 1995 by
manager
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Tony Pulis and was subsequently named as the
club captain.
He finished the
1995–96 season by gaining promotion to the
Second Division and left on 30 July 1996 to join
Leyton Orient.
He left after making 10 appearances on 11 October to join Northampton, who loaned him out to
Brighton & Hove Albion on 27 March 1997 and made one appearance.
He retired in May 1998 after making nine appearances for Northampton.
Honours
Club
;
Millwall
*
FA Youth Cup
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Winner (1): 1978–79
;
Southend United
*
Football League Third Division Runner-up (1): 1990–91
;
Colchester United
*
Football Conference Winner (1): 1991–92
*
FA Trophy
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Winner (1): 1991–92
;
Gillingham
*
Football League Division Three Runner-up (1): 1995–96
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Footballers from East Ham
English footballers
Association football midfielders
Millwall F.C. players
Wimbledon F.C. players
Southend United F.C. players
Colchester United F.C. players
Bristol City F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
Gillingham F.C. players
Leyton Orient F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players