Martin David Barlow (born 25 June 1971) is an English former

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who played in

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for

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

and Exeter City. He also played in the Football Conference for

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

and Telford United. He was a

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Life and career

Barlow was born in

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

."Martin Barlow"
Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 September 2010. He began his career as an apprentice with

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club

and progressed through the club's youth system to make his

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debut on 6 May 1989 in a 3–1 win against

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ...

. Barlow signed his first professional contract in July 1989."Martin Barlow"
.

. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010. He spent the next 12 years at Home Park, helping the club reach the play-offs for the first time in 1994. He won promotion with the club in 1996 at

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, and shared the club's Player of the Year award, in recognition of his performances that season, in 1998 with Carlo Corazzin."Martin Barlow"
Greens on Screen. Retrieved 15 September 2010. He appeared in the match where goalkeeper

Jimmy Glass James Robert Glass (born 1 August 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is chiefly remembered for scoring the last-minute goal which kept Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999, while on loa ...

scored a stoppage-time goal to keep

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in the Football League in 1999. He spent time on loan with Football Conference side

in 2001 before being released."Martin Barlow"
Soccerbase. ''Centurycomm''. Retrieved 24 March 2011. Barlow spent one season with Exeter City, making 30 league appearances, and then joined Weymouth on a short-term contract. He retired in 2003 after playing in the Football Conference for one season with Telford United. He is an active member of Argyle Legends."Martin Barlow"
Argyle Legends. Retrieved 15 September 2010. Martin Barlow is currently a successful car salesperson within the City he played for so many years at Rodgers of Plymouth

Honours

;Plymouth Argyle *

Football League Third Division play-offs The EFL League Two play-offs are a series of play-off matches contested by the association football teams finishing from fourth to seventh in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are part of the annual Engli ...

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;Individual * Plymouth Argyle Player of the Year: 1997–98

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barlow, Martin 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Barnstaple English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Telford United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Footballers from Devon