Mark Innes

Mark Innes (born 27 September 1978) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender.

Mark Innes
Personal information
Full name Mark Innes[1]
Date of birth (1978-09-27) 27 September 1978
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Oldham Athletic 73 (1)
2001–2002 → Chesterfield (loan) 2 (0)
2002–2005 Chesterfield 74 (0)
2005–2006 Port Vale 28 (0)
2007–2009 Hyde United 57 (2)
2009–2011 New Mills 96 (1)
2011–2011 Mossley
2011–201? New Mills
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent the entirety of his nine-year professional career in the third tier of English football, making 177 league and 26 cup appearances. His career began with Oldham Athletic in 1997, and continued with Chesterfield between 2001 and 2005. He spent the final two years of his career playing for Port Vale, before a serious injury he sustained on trial at St Mirren ended his professional playing career. After becoming a qualified tiler he turned out for non-league side Hyde United between 2007 and 2009, before moving on to New Mills for a two-year spell. In 2011, he signed with Mossley, but after just two months of the 2011–12 season, he was to return to New Mills.

Playing career

Innes started his career with Second Division side Oldham Athletic, signing professional forms at the start of the 1997–98 season. He first established himself in the first team in the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 campaigns, making 24 and 38 appearances over all competitions respectively.

Out of favour at the start of the 2001–02 season, he was loaned out to Chesterfield in December 2001 in a one-month spell. He moved permanently to Saltergate at the end of his spell, and finished the season with two goals and 23 appearances to his name. After he picked up a calf injury in September 2002,[3] Innes was limited him to just ten games in 2002–03. However his performances over 23 games in the 2003–04 campaign saw him rewarded him with a new one-year contract.[4] Following 22 appearances the following season, he was released by the club in March 2005.[5]

He signed with Port Vale days after his release from Chesterfield,[6] and signed a twelve-month contract in June 2005.[7] He was a first team feature at Vale Park until February 2006, at which point he fell out of the first team picture and was released when his contract was up at the end of the 2006–07 season. Back in his native Scotland he went on trial at St Mirren, where an achilles injury ended his professional career, also leaving him with a lengthy rehabilitation period.

He returned to England and joined Conference North club Hyde United in 2007 whilst also working as a tiler – he had come into the tiling profession after the PFA helped him onto a training course.[8] Enjoying regular first team football with 67 performances over two seasons,[9] he was not offered a new contract in summer 2009.

Upon his release from Hyde, Innes dropped several divisions to join New Mills in the North West Counties Football League. Following a second-place finish in 2009–10, New Mills won promotion out of the Premier Division in the 2010–11 season, finishing as champions with 102 points. They were rewarded with a place in the Northern Premier League Division One South. In June 2011 he joined Mossley in the Northern Premier League Division One North.[10] The "Lilywhites" finished in 14th place in 2011–12. However, Innes was to play little part in the season as he rejoined New Mills at the end of September 2011 and made his second debut for the club in the 2–2 away draw at Shepshed Dynamo on 1 October 2011. The club finished in ninth place in 2011–12.

Statistics
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oldham Athletic1997–98[11]Second Division4000001[lower-alpha 1]050
1998–99[12]Second Division131000000131
1999–2000[13]Second Division210102000240
2000–01[14]Second Division30030401[lower-alpha 1]0380
2001–02[15]Second Division5020102[lower-alpha 1]0100
Total 731607040901
Chesterfield2001–02[15]Second Division232000000232
2002–03[16]Second Division100000000100
2003–04[17]Second Division22000001[lower-alpha 1]0230
2004–05[18]League One210001000220
Total 762001010782
Port Vale2004–05[18]League One5000000050
2005–06[19]League One23050001[lower-alpha 1]0290
Total 280500010340
Hyde United2007–08Conference North321000060381
2008–09Conference North251000040291
Total[lower-alpha 2] 5720000100672
Career total 2345110801602695
  1. Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
  2. Statistics for New Mills and Mossley not recorded.

Honours
New Mills

References
  1. "Mark Innes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2005/06". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "Rushbury denies Burt bust-up". BBC Sport. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  4. "Innes stays at Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 26 May 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  5. "Innes told he can leave Spireites". BBC Sport. 9 March 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  6. "Innes joins Vale from Spireites". BBC Sport. 24 March 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  7. "Innes signs contract at Vale Park". BBC Sport. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  8. "Careers After Football: Mark Innes". givemefootball.com. 13 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  9. "Player Statistics: Mark Innes". hydefc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  10. "Another Millers Swoop". mossleyweb.com. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  11. "Games played by Mark Innes in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  12. "Games played by Mark Innes in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  13. "Games played by Mark Innes in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  14. "Games played by Mark Innes in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  15. "Games played by Mark Innes in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  16. "Games played by Mark Innes in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  17. "Games played by Mark Innes in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  18. "Games played by Mark Innes in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  19. "Games played by Mark Innes in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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