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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 (age 41)
Place of birth Cleethorpes, England
Position(s) Defender
Team 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
Managerial career
2016– Grimsby Town (U12's)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

As a player, he was defender, primarily a right back. He played in the Football League for Grimsby Town 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, 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.

He was given a 12-month contract in June 2002, and went on to feature 14 times for The Mariners in all competitions before being released at the end of the 2003–04 campaign. 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. Ward left Brigg Town after four years with the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Personal life

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

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. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Lions see off Mariners". BBC Sport. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Brigg Bring In Ward". NonLeague Daily. 30 August 2004. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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