Stewart Drummond Explained

Stewart Drummond
Fullname:Stewart James Drummond[1]
Birth Date:1975 12, df=y
Birth Place:Preston, England
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1994–2004
Years2:2004–2006
Years3:2006–2008
Years4:2008–2015
Clubs1:Morecambe
Clubs2:Chester City
Clubs3:Shrewsbury Town
Clubs4:Morecambe
Caps1:189
Goals1:32
Caps2:87
Goals2:12
Caps3:67
Goals3:7
Caps4:277
Goals4:34
Totalcaps:620
Totalgoals:85

Stewart James Drummond (born 11 December 1975) is an English former footballer who last played for Morecambe.

A central midfielder, Drummond represented three clubs during a career spanning twenty-one years. He most notably spent a total of seventeen years at Morecambe, where he began playing in 1994 and retired in May 2015.[2]

Career

Signed by Chester City after a long spell with Morecambe in 2004, he went on to spend two years with the Blues and was named as the club's player of the year in 2005–06. He then opted to join Shrewsbury Town on the Bosman ruling on 12 May 2006. Drummond scored on his début for Town on the opening game of 2006–07, at home to Mansfield Town.

He scored his fifth goal of the season for Shrewsbury at Wembley in the 2007 Football League Two Play-off Final, in a 3–1 loss against Bristol Rovers. Being the first person to score in a play off final at the new Wembley Stadium.

Midway during the 2007/08 season, speculation linked Drummond with a move back to Morecambe, and in January 2008, it was announced that Morecambe had re-signed Drummond from Shrewsbury Town for a fee of £15,000.[3] Drummond is now the Academy Manager of Morecambe Football Club 2015 to date.

Career statistics

Source:[4]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Morecambe1997–98Conference1120000031
Morecambe1998–99Conference0000000000
Morecambe1999–2000Conference394100000404
Morecambe2000–01Conference40730003[5] [6] [7] 1468
Morecambe2001–02Conference36410003[8] 1405
Morecambe2002–03Conference421130003[9] [10] 04811
Morecambe2003–04Conference315000000315
Total18932100009220834
Chester City2004–05League Two45620103[11] 0516
Chester City2005–06League Two426411000477
Total87126120309813
Shrewsbury Town2006–07League Two44420004[12] 1505
Shrewsbury Town2007–08League Two233101000253
Total677301041758
Morecambe2007–08League Two182000020202
Morecambe2008–09League Two44102010315011
Morecambe2009–10League Two43910102[13] 0479
Morecambe2010–11League Two416101010446
Morecambe2011–12League Two385102010425
Morecambe2012–13League Two442301020502
Morecambe2013–14League Two350102000380
Morecambe2014–15League Two140000010150
Total27734908012130635
Career total6208528111028468790

Personal life

Drummond has three sons.

Honours

Morecambe

Chester City

Shrewsbury Town

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barry J. . Hugman . The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10 . 2009 . Mainstream Publishing . 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. Web site: Morecambe legend Drummond announces retirement . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315174813/http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/sport/morecambe-fc/shrimps-latest/morecambe-legend-drummond-announces-retirement-1-7231993 . 15 March 2016 . . 27 April 2015 . March 14, 2023.
  3. News: Drummond Joins Morecambe. Lancashire Evening Post. 2008-01-03. 2008-01-03. 5 January 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080105153234/http://www.lep.co.uk/sport/Drummond-joins-Morecambe-.3637395.jp. dead.
  4. Web site: Stuart Drummond | Football Stats | No Club | Age 48 | 1994-2015 | Soccer Base. www.soccerbase.com.
  5. 1 appearance and 1 goal in FA Trophy
  6. 1 appearance in Football League Trophy
  7. 1 appearance in Conference Trophy
  8. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  9. 1 appearance in FA Trophy
  10. 2 appearance(s) in Conference play-offs
  11. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  12. 3 appearances and 1 goal in League Two play-offs
  13. Appearance(s) in League Two play-offs
  14. Web site: Season ends in anti-climax . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811224827/https://chester-city.co.uk/may06news.asp . 11 August 2022 . www.CHESTER-CITY.co.uk . 7 May 2006 . 14 March 2023.
  15. Web site: Conference end of season awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030702230324/http://www.confguide.com/cgi-bin/news.mpl/2003/06/14/a . 2 July 2003 . ConfGuide.com . 14 June 2003 . 14 March 2023.