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Mark Beesley

Mark Anthony Beesley (born 5 December 1980) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the manager of F.C. United of Manchester.

Mark Beesley
Beesley training with York City in 2010
Personal information
Full name Mark Anthony Beesley[1]
Date of birth (1980-12-05) 5 December 1980 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth Burscough, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 F.C. United of Manchester (manager)
Youth career
1997–1999 Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Preston North End 1 (0)
2000–2003 Chester City 97 (34)
2003 → Southport (loan) 5 (1)
2003–2004 Hereford United 12 (2)
2004–2008 Forest Green Rovers 102 (25)
2006 → Lancaster City (loan) 5 (4)
2008–2010 Cambridge United 62 (13)
2009 → Chester City (loan) 0 (0)
2010 → AFC Telford United (loan) 6 (1)
2010–2011 Fleetwood Town 5 (0)
2010 → York City (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011 → Altrincham (loan) 3 (0)
2011 Altrincham 15 (2)
2011–2012 Burscough
2012 Hednesford Town
2012–2013 Nantwich Town
2012–2013 → Warrington Town (loan)
2013 Skelmersdale United
2013 Burscough Richmond
Managerial career
2021–2024 Warrington Town
2024– F.C. United of Manchester
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:30, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Career

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Born in Burscough, Lancashire,[2] Beesley began his career at the youth system of Preston North End before signing a professional contract on 26 June 1999.[1] He subsequently spent three and a half seasons at Chester City. Beesley scored 16 times in the 2001–02 season to help Chester avoid relegation from the Football Conference, but by the start of the 2003–04 he was out of favour with manager Mark Wright. After a spell out on loan at Southport, Beesley was allowed to join Chester's title rivals Hereford United in December 2003.

Beesley made 15 appearances for the club, scoring in Hereford's record-equalling 9–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge,[3] and against his former club in the 2–1 win over Chester. However, by this point Chester had sealed the Football Conference title at Hereford's expense and Beesley was to lose out in the play-offs to Aldershot Town.[4]

He joined Forest Green Rovers on 8 June 2004[5] where he was initially unlucky with injuries, missing nearly an entire season with a knee injury. In August 2006 he returned to the north-west for a loan spell with Lancaster City, before returning to Forest Green, where he struck up a strong partnership with the prolific Stuart Fleetwood.

He signed for Cambridge United in January 2008 for a five-figure fee but never really enjoyed the form he had in his later stages at Forest Green. He was loaned to Chester City and AFC Telford United before being released by Cambridge manager Martin Ling at the end of the 2009–10 season.[6]

He signed for newly promoted Conference Premier side Fleetwood Town on 29 July 2010.[7] He joined fellow Conference Premier team York City on a one-month loan on 5 October and he made his debut later that day in a 1–0 defeat to Kettering Town.[8][9] Beesley returned to Fleetwood early on 1 November after York manager Gary Mills decided to cut his loan short.[10] He then joined Altrincham on loan until 3 January 2011 on 26 November and he made his debut a day later in a 4–0 defeat at Cambridge.[11] After his loan spell expired, he signed permanently for Altrincham but was released at the end of the season.[12][13]

In July 2011, Beesley signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Burscough, in his home town.[14] He moved to promotion challenging Hednesford Town on 6 January 2012.[15] He ended the 2011–12 season with Hednesford but left the club at the end of the season.

In June 2012, Beesley signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division outfit Nantwich Town.[16] He left Nantwich on loan in October 2012 however and joined Warrington Town of the Northern Premier League Division One North[17] and made his club debut on 30 October in a match against Ramsbottom United.[18] In his next match, he scored his first goal for the club, as they beat Harrogate Railway Athletic 4–0 at home.[19]

In February 2013, Beesley was released by Nantwich and later that month signed for Northern Premier League Division One North side Skelmersdale United.[20][21] He left a few weeks later to join West Lancashire Football League Division One club Burscough Richmond in late February 2013.[22]

Coaching

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Beesley was managing Burscough in 2016, but left in June of that year. He later joined Warrington Town as assistant manager to Paul Carden whilst also coaching at an academy run by Robbie Fowler.[23] Beesley was appointed manager in December 2021, after Carden left to manage another club.[24] In September 2024, Beesley announced his resignation following a poor start to the season.[25]

On 21 September 2024, Beesley was appointed manager of Northern Premier League Premier Division side F.C. United of Manchester.[26]

Career statistics

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As of match played 30 April 2011
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Preston North End 1999–2000[27] Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
Chester City 2000–01[28] Football Conference 40 12 5 1 — 7[b] 3 52 16
2001–02[29] Football Conference 35 16 0 0 — 2[c] 1 37 17
2002–03[30] Football Conference 19 6 0 0 — 1[d] 0 20 6
2003–04[31] Football Conference 3 0 0 0 — 1[d] 0 4 0
Total 97 34 5 1 — 11 4 113 39
Southport (loan) 2003–04[32] NPL Premier Division 5 1 0 0 — 0 0 5 1
Hereford United 2003–04[31] Football Conference 12 2 0 0 — 3[e] 0 15 2
Forest Green Rovers 2004–05[33] Conference National 32 9 2 2 — 1[f] 0 35 9
2005–06[34] Conference National 16 0 0 0 — 1[f] 0 17 0
2006–07[35] Conference National 31 5 0 0 — 1[f] 0 32 5
2007–08[36] Conference Premier 23 11 5 2 — 2[f] 0 30 13
Total 102 25 7 4 — 5 0 114 29
Lancaster City (loan) 2006–07[37] Conference North 5 4 0 0 — 0 0 5 4
Cambridge United 2007–08[38] Conference Premier 17 7 0 0 — 1[g] 0 18 7
2008–09[39] Conference Premier 28 4 2 0 — 1[f] 0 31 4
2009–10[40] Conference Premier 17 2 0 0 — 3[f] 0 20 2
Total 62 13 2 0 — 5 0 69 13
AFC Telford United (loan) 2009–10[41] Conference North 6 1 0 0 — 0 0 6 1
Fleetwood Town 2010–11[42] Conference Premier 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
York City (loan) 2010–11[43] Conference Premier 3 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0
Altrincham (loan) 2010–11[44] Conference Premier 3 0 0 0 — 1[f] 0 4 0
Altrincham 2010–11[44] Conference Premier 15 2 0 0 — 1[f] 0 16 2
Career total 316 82 14 5 0 0 27 4 357 90
  1. ^ Appearance in Associate Members' Cup
  2. ^ Three appearances and three goals in Conference League Cup, three appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance in Football League Trophy
  3. ^ One appearance and one goal in Conference Shield, one appearance in FA Trophy
  4. ^ a b Appearance in Football League Trophy
  5. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one in Football Conference play-offs
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  7. ^ Appearance in Conference Premier play-offs

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 9 September 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
Warrington Town   23 November 2021 21 September 2024 88 40 25 23 045.45 [45]
Career Total 88 40 25 23 045.45 —

References

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