Marcus Stewart

Marcus Stewart
Marcus Stewart
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Stewart (first from left) playing for Exeter City in 2008.
Personal information
Full name William Marcus Paul Tubbs
Date of birth 7 November 1972 (1972-11-07) (age 39)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Exeter City
(First Team Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1996 Bristol Rovers 171 (57)
1996–2000 Huddersfield Town 133 (58)
2000–2002 Ipswich Town 75 (37)
2002–2005 Sunderland 102 (31)
2005–2007 Bristol City 27 (5)
2006 Preston North End (loan) 4 (0)
2006 Yeovil Town (loan) 13 (5)
2007–2008 Yeovil Town 54 (7)
2008–2011 Exeter City 85 (9)
Total 664 (209)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

William Marcus Paul Tubb[1]) known as Marcus Stewart (born 7 November 1972 in Bristol) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward from 1991 until 2011. He is currently employed as a first team coach at Football League One side Exeter City.

Stewart has played over 500 games and scored over 250 goals in his professional career and had notablespells in the Premier League for Ipswich Town and Sunderland, and was the Premier League's second highest goalscorer for the 2000–01 season. He has also played for Bristol Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Preston North End, Yeovil Town and Exeter City.

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Playing career

Stewart signed for Bristol Rovers in 1991, where he played as a regular striker until 1996 when he signed for Huddersfield Town, the team that had beaten Bristol Rovers in the play-off final the season before. He was a great fan favourite at Huddersfield before being controversially sold to rivals Ipswich Town in the final run in at the end of the 1999–2000 season.[2]

Ipswich were promoted to the Premier League at the end of the season ahead of Huddersfield due in no small part to Stewart's goals, with two crucially coming in the 2-2 draw at Bolton Wanderers in the Play Off Semi Final away leg, and he then scored another in the Play Off Final itself. He continued his great form for the next season being the Premier League's second top goalscorer (and the division's highest English goalscorer) during 2000–01 with 19 goals for Ipswich, who amazingly finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup and leading for many fans to call for him to be included in the England team. The following season saw Ipswich suffer a fall from grace that resulted in relegation, and although Stewart only notched up 6 league goals, he was still the team's OPTA player of the year for the second successive year.

Following Ipswich's fall from the Premier League, Stewart signed for Sunderland where he had three successful seasons. He played his last game for Sunderland on 8 May 2005, after a successful last season for the club which saw him score 17 goals. He departed Sunderland in good terms after deciding that he was too old to play to a Premiership standard.

He chose to sign for Bristol City, fulfilling his ambition to play for the team which he has supported since he was a boy despite beginning his career with City's neighbours and rivals Bristol Rovers. In March 2006, Stewart moved on-loan to Preston North End until the end of the 2005–06 season. After his return to Bristol he was publicly told by City's manager and chairman that he should seek another club, though he was not formally transfer-listed. In August 2006 he signed for Yeovil Town on a 3-month loan and scored a goal on his debut away at Swansea City. He signed a permanent deal with Yeovil in January 2007.[3]

Stewart signed a deal with newly promoted League Two side Exeter City on July 14, 2008.

In February 2009 he was a shock contender to fill the vacant manager's position at Yeovil Town, possibly teaming up with ex-Carlisle United boss John Ward.

Stewart finished the 2008/2009 season scoring 7 goals for Exeter, taking his career tally to 249 goals, one short of 250. After Exeter's promotion to league one in May 2009, Stewart decided to hold his retirement plans and sign a new one year deal with the club.

He scored his 250th career goal in the League One game at Carlisle United on 22 August 2009.

Stewart retired from professional football in April 2011, his final appearance being as a substitute for Exeter in a 2–0 win against the first club of his career, Bristol Rovers.[4]

Coaching career

Stewart, already has been involved in some coaching duties as a senior player/coach role in his final two years at Exeter City. After retiring from his playing career, he is now working full-time as a first team coach for Exeter.[5][6]

Honours

Club

Sunderland
Exeter City
  • Football League Two Runners up: 2008-09

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