Mark Winstanley Explained

Mark Winstanley
Fullname:Mark Andrew Winstanley[1]
Birth Date:22 January 1968
Birth Place:St Helens, England
Position:Defender
Years1:1986–1994
Years2:1994–1999
Years3:1998
Years4:1998
Years5:1999
Years6:1999–2000
Years7:2000–2002
Years8:2002–2003
Clubs3:Shrewsbury Town (loan)
Clubs4:Scunthorpe United (loan)
Clubs5:Preston North End (loan)
Clubs6:Shrewsbury Town
Clubs8:Southport
Caps1:215
Caps2:151
Caps3:8
Caps4:?
Caps5:?
Caps6:32
Caps7:62
Caps8:23
Goals1:5
Goals2:5
Goals3:0
Goals4:?
Goals5:?
Goals6:1
Goals7:9
Goals8:0

Mark Andrew Winstanley (born 22 January 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Career

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]

Notes and References

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