Mark Ivan Kendall (born 10 December 1961) is an English former professional

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who played in the Football League for Northampton Town and Birmingham City. He played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Kendall was born in

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, Warwickshire, and attended Polesworth School. He joined

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in 1976. Kendall played in Aston Villa's youth teams which lost in the final of the 1978

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final but were winners two years later. While with Aston Villa, Kendall was capped for England at youth level, and played 18 games for the reserves, but never appeared for the first team. He joined

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club Northampton Town on a free transfer in 1982. He played 11 times in the Football League for Northampton, and moved on to Birmingham City of the First Division in March 1984 as cover for Tony Coton. He played once in the 1983–84 season, deputising for Coton in a game at home to

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which resulted in a 1–1 draw. After leaving Birmingham Kendall joined Tamworth, where he contributed to the club's winning the West Midlands (Regional) League title in 1988. After Tamworth he went on play for a number of non-league teams, mostly in the Midlands area, including Mile Oak Rovers,

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, Atherstone Town,

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, Willenhall and Polesworth North Warwick. Kendall has coached the Tamworth Junior League XI, and has represented former club Birmingham City in Masters football.

Honours

with Aston Villa *

winners: 1980 * FA Youth Cup runners-up: 1978 with Tamworth * West Midlands (Regional) League champions: 1987–88

References

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