Iain Ward

Iain Campbell Ward (born 13 May 1983) is an English former professional footballer and youth team coach of League Two side Grimsby Town.

Iain Ward
Personal information
Full name Iain Campbell Ward
Date of birth (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983
Place of birth Cleethorpes, England
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Grimsby Town
(Youth Team Coach)
Youth career
1999–2001 Grimsby Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Grimsby Town 12 (0)
2004–2008 Brigg Town
Teams managed
2016– Grimsby Town (U12's)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

As a player, he was defender, primarily a right back. He played in the Football League for Grimsby Town [1] before going on to play for Non- League side Brigg Town.

Career

Ward was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. He joined the youth system at Grimsby Town at the age of 12,[2] and worked his way through to the first-team squad by Lennie Lawrence towards the close of the 2000–01 season. He made his debut a year later, in the last Division One match of the season, a 3–1 defeat away to Millwall on 21 April 2002.[3]

He was given a 12-month contract in June 2002,[2] and went on to feature 14 times for The Mariners in all competitions before being released at the end of the 2003–04 campaign.[4] When he received no offers from League clubs, he decided to start a degree course in Grimsby, and signed for nearby Brigg Town, newly promoted to the Northern Premier League First Division, on a semi-professional basis.[4][5] Ward left Brigg Town after four years with the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Ward's younger brother Andrew also played for Grimsby Town's junior teams.[6]

References
  1. "Grimsby Town : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  2. "Town Secure Promising Youngsters". Grimsby Town F.C. 5 June 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  3. "Lions see off Mariners". BBC Sport. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  4. "Brigg Bring In Ward". NonLeague Daily. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  5. Olley, Jake (18 June 2006). "Iain Ward Interview". The Fishy. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  6. "The Future's Bright!". Grimsby Town F.C. 29 May 2003. Retrieved 5 January 2010.


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