Marcus Anthony Poscha (born 10 October 1996) is an English

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who plays as a defender for

Curzon Ashton Curzon Ashton Football Club is an association football club based in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1963 and nicknamed "The Nash", the club is affiliated to the Manchester Football Association and currently compete ...

Career

Bury

Born in

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...

, Poscha joined the youth system of

Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...

. In the 2013–14 season he played in every youth team game, making 28 appearances as the side reached the Lancashire FA Senior Cup final. He made his professional debut on 3 May 2014, coming on as a substitute for Scott Burgess in the second half of the 0–0 draw with

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

. In February 2015, Poscha signed his first professional contract with the club. However, Poscha failed to make a breakthrough at Bury and was loaned out to

Ramsbottom United Ramsbottom United Football Club are an English association football, football club based in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester. Nicknamed "The Rams", they currently compete in the and play their home matches at the Harry Williams Riverside Stadi ...

, where he made ten appearances and scored once for the side. In March 2016, Poscha was loaned out again to Stockport County and went on to make three appearances during his time there. At the end of the 2015–16 season, Poscha was released by the club.

Crewe Alexandra

After trials for various clubs over the summer, Poscha signed a deal with Crewe Alexandra until the end of the season on 9 September 2016. However, Poscha was sent straight to the U23 squad, where he played for most of the season. At the end of the 2016–2017, without making a single appearance for the Crewe Alexandra first team, he was released by the club.

Non-League

Following his release from Crewe, he signed for Northern Premier League Division One North side Ramsbottom United in September 2017, where he had previously had a loan spell. He only spent a month at the club, then he moved up a division to play for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Halesowen Town. He spent the remainder of the campaign with Halesowen before dropping down a division again to play for Northern Premier League Division One West side

Colne Colne () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Located northeast of Nelson, north-east of Burnley, east of Preston and west of Leeds. The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Val ...

. In August 2020, he stepped up two divisions to sign for

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side

, joining manager Steve Cunningham who had also managed him at Colne. In September 2020, he had a short loan spell at Northern Premier League Division One West side Clitheroe.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Poscha, Marcus 1996 births Living people English men's footballers Footballers from Rochdale Men's association football midfielders Bury F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Ramsbottom United F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players Colne F.C. players Curzon Ashton F.C. players Clitheroe F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players