Stuart Webster (born 25 October 1978) is a

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-Australian

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who plays for

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as a goalkeeper

Career

Stuart Webster started his playing career as a left winger, eventually moving into goals when he was 15 years old. Stuart joined the Frankston Pines Soccer Club in 1994 at the age of 16, becoming their player of the year in 1997. With the Pines, Webster achieved promotion from State League 3 in 1998 and State 2 in 1999, once more winning their player of the year award in 1999. A move overseas in 2000 saw Webster turn out for Tarff Rovers FC and

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between 2000 and 2001. Webster left Morton in 2001 as the club went into administration. He then return to the Pines. With the Pines, Webster won the State League 1 in 2002, picking up their Player of the Year award for the third time. In 2003, Frankston finished runners-up in the Victorian Premier League and Webster collected his fourth Player of the Year award from the club, also being selected as the Victorian Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year in 2003. Webster left the Pines in 2005 to sign for

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. He signed for

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for the 2007 VPL season. In November 2007, Webster joined New Zealand's

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team Wellington Phoenix on a one-match deal for the match against

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. He came into the squad in the absence of

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and Jacob Spoonley who were away with the All Whites. In January 2009 he joined

Dandenong Thunder Dandenong Thunder SC is a soccer club from Dandenong, a suburb in the South-East region of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They are an Albanian Australian-backed club. Thunder compete in the National Premier Leagues Victoria. In 2012, Dandeno ...

from

. Together with other Victorian Premier League veterans he helped his team for a fantastic start of the 2009 season as they stay unbeaten after 10 rounds. In 2014 Webster moved to

St Albans Saints St Albans Saints Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in St Albans, Victoria. Established by local Croatian Australians as Dinamo, the club is a regular participant in the Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament. The c ...

and kept in their first FFA Cup tie against Parramatta FC. He left St Albans at the end of the 2015 NPL1 season and signed for State League 2 North-West side

, managed by close friends Steve Laurie and Toby Paterson.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Webster, Stuart 1978 births Living people Footballers from Ayr Scottish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers A-League Men players Scottish Football League players Greenock Morton F.C. players Wellington Phoenix FC players Dandenong Thunder SC players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia