Marcus William Law (born 28 September 1975) is an English former professional

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. He has since managed several non-League clubs, including

Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in ...

, Tamworth,

Coventry Sphinx Coventry Sphinx Football Club is a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at Sphinx Drive. History The club was established in 1946 as a works team for Armstrong Siddeley under th ...

, Racing Club Warwick,

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and

Barwell Barwell is a civil parish and large village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents, Increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census, the name literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from a boar th ...

.http://www.ketteringtownfc.co.uk/story.php?story_id=1890

Playing career

Born in

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, West Midlands, Law started his career as a

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, making two appearances in

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during the 1994–95 season. He then moved into non-league football, playing for

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

, before a hip injury forced him into premature retirement whilst playing for the

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in America.

Managerial career

Non-League

He later went on to manage non-league sides

, Racing Club Warwick,

and

. He also spent time coaching in the youth set-ups at

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and

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed t ...

. While at Barwell he won the

Midland Football Alliance The Midland Football Alliance was an English association football league for semi-professional teams. It covered Leicestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and also southern parts of Derbyshire and Not ...

, the highest position they had achieved as a club in their history and started an unbeaten run that eventually stretched to 66 games.

Kettering Town

His successful run attracted the attention of

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side

and he was appointed manager on 1 October 2010. Kettering finished 14th in his first season in charge of the club.

Tamworth

After eight months as manager of Kettering, Law was appointed manager of fellow Conference club Tamworth on a three-year contract on 25 May 2011. Law led Tamworth to the third round of the

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in January 2012 where they lost against

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side Everton at

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. After 19 months in charge at Tamworth, Law was sacked by the club on 14 January 2013.

Forest Green Rovers

In August 2013, Law joined

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as a coach on a part-time remit, working alongside

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. He left the club in October 2013 following Hockaday's departure as manager. In March 2014 he revealed he had applied for the vacant job at

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and was keen on a return to management.

Chasetown

On 26 January 2015, Law joined

Chasetown Chasetown is a village in the town of Burntwood in Staffordshire, England. It is split between the civil parishes of Burntwood and Hammerwich. History Chasetown developed in the mid 19th century as a coal mining village. At first the village wa ...

as their new manager giving him the return to management he desired after working as a scout with professional football clubs.

Kettering Town

Following

's promotion to the Southern Premier Division and the departure of joint managers Thomas Baillie and Scott Machin, the club appointed Law as manager in May 2015. Despite winning the Southern League Premier Central division in 2018–19, Law left the club in June 2019.Eaden Replaces Law As Poppies Look For Another Dimension
National League, 15 June 2019

Honours

Club

;

(promotion): 2006–07 ;

: 2009–10 ;

* Premier Division Central: 2018–19 *Division One Central: 2014–15

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Law, Marcus 1975 births Living people Footballers from Coventry English footballers Association football goalkeepers Bristol Rovers F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Sacramento Knights players English Football League players English football managers Coventry Sphinx F.C. managers Racing Club Warwick F.C. managers Quorn F.C. managers Barwell F.C. managers Tamworth F.C. managers Chasetown F.C. managers Kettering Town F.C. managers National League (English football) managers