Mark Winstanley

Mark Andrew Winstanley (born 22 January 1968 in St Helens) is a former professional footballer, mainly playing in central defence.

Mark Winstanley
Personal information
Full name Mark Andrew Winstanley[1]
Date of birth (1968-01-22) 22 January 1968
Place of birth St Helens, England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1994 Bolton Wanderers 215 (5)
1994–1999 Burnley 151 (5)
1998 Shrewsbury Town (loan) 8 (0)
1998 Scunthorpe United (loan) ? (?)
1999 Preston North End (loan) ? (?)
1999–2000 Shrewsbury Town 32 (1)
2000–2002 Carlisle United 62 (9)
2002–2003 Southport 23 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Winstanley began his career at Bolton Wanderers, making his debut under then manager Phil Neal. He played on the winning side at Wembley in 1989 in the Football League Trophy final.[2] He was instrumental in Bolton's cup-runs of the early nineties and saw the club back into the second tier of English football in 1993. He then moved on to Burnley where he also made over 100 appearances, before playing for a string of other clubs in the lower divisions, and finishing his career with non-league Southport.

In April 2020, he told The Bolton News that he had a life saving bone marrow transplant operation for leukaemia after being diagnosed in 2018. [3]

References
  1. "English National Football Archive". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. Powell, David (29 May 1989). "Happy days return to Burnden Park" (reprint). The Times. NewsBank. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. Iles, Marc (20 April 2020). "Ex-Bolton and Burnley man Mark Winstanley winning the fight of his life". The Bolton News. The Bolton News. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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