| Mark Devlin | |
| Fullname: | Mark Andrew Devlin |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Irvine, Scotland |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Clubs1: | Kilmarnock Boy's Club |
| Years2: | 1990–1997 |
| Clubs2: | Stoke City |
| Caps2: | 55 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1997–1998 |
| Clubs3: | Exeter City |
| Caps3: | 33 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 1999–2006 |
| Caps4: | 222 |
| Goals4: | 29 |
| Totalcaps: | 310 |
| Totalgoals: | 33 |
Mark Andrew Devlin (born 18 January 1973) is a Scottish former footballer, who played in the Football League for Exeter City and Stoke City.[1]
Born in Irvine, Devlin played football as a youngster with the Kilmarnock Boy's Club.He joined Stoke City in 1990 and played in 21 matches during the 1990–91 season where he scored 2 goals.[2] He spent the next four seasons with the reserves and re-appeared for the first team in the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.[3]
After struggling to make an impact at the club, after seven years he left[3] for Exeter City and finished his career playing for Northwich Victoria where he made 223 appearances. He made the second highest number of football league appearances for the non-league outfit.[4]
Source:
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Stoke City | 1990–91 | Third Division | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| 1991–92 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | First Division | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Total | 55 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 2 | |||
| Exeter City | 1997–98 | Third Division | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1999–2000 | Football Conference | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
| 2000–01 | Football Conference | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 8 | ||
| 2001–02 | Football Conference | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2002–03 | Football Conference | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | Football Conference | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2004–05 | Football Conference | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 5 | ||
| 2005–06 | Football Conference | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 222 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 235 | 29 | |||
| Career Total | 310 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 333 | 33 | |||
A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup and the Football League Trophy.