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Marlon Beresford
Personal information
Full name	Marlon Beresford
Date of birth	2 September 1969 (1969-09-02) (age 40)
Place of birth	Lincoln, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987–1992 1989 1990 1991 1991 1992–1998 1998–2002 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002–2003 2003 2003–2004 2004 2004–2008 2007	Sheffield Wednesday → Bury (loan) → Northampton Town (loan) → Crewe Alexandra (loan) → Northampton Town (loan) Burnley Middlesbrough → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) → Burnley (loan) York City Burnley Bradford City Luton Town Barnsley Luton Town → Oldham Athletic (loan)	000 (0) 001 (0) 013 (0) 003 (0) 015 (0) 240 (0) 010 (0) 004 (0) 000 (0) 013 (0) 006 (0) 034 (0) 005 (0) 011 (0) 014 (0) 105 (0) 005 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Marlon Beresford (born 2 September 1969 in Lincoln, England) is an English footballer, currently a free agent after being released by Luton Town.

[edit] Career

Beresford is known as a reliable goalkeeper across the board although has often appeared vulnerable when asked to deal with crosses and long shots. He has proven to be an adept penalty saver and has displayed this in his time at Luton Town against Premiership teams Liverpool and Everton. He has a lengthy career and vast experience at every level of English football.

He started as a trainee at Sheffield Wednesday. While he was there he was send out on loan to several clubs including Bury, Northampton Town twice and Crewe Alexandra. After failing to break into the 'Owls' first team, he was finally sold for £95,000 to Burnley.

While at Burnley he made almost 250 appearances, he impressed so much that he was then tracked and bought by Middlesbrough, but was only signed to provide goalkeeping backup. He was then loaned to Sheffield Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers and a second spell at Burnley. It was here that Beresford gained the nickname 'Gorgeous George,' from fellow player Peter Swann, for his boyish good looks.

When his contract ended, he went to York City, then returned for a third period to Burnley where, despite doubts over his proficiency, he played a whole season. Marlon then used the Bosman ruling to sign for Bradford City, after which he moved to Luton Town. He impressed for Luton, becoming a fan favourite, but an FA set transfer embargo prevented The Hatters from signing him. When his loan ended he moved to Barnsley but, when Luton came out of administration and thus escaped the embargo, was re-signed for Luton in 2004 by Mike Newell.

Beresford played a key role in Luton's Championship winning side in League One in 2004–05 - the first time in his career he had picked up a championship winners medal and, due to his experience, continued making appearances throughout the 2005/06 season and contributed significantly to Luton's respectable finish of 10th place. Beresford has been part of a 2006–07 season which saw Luton finish in the bottom three of the Championship and be relegated to League One.

From October 18, 2007 to November 18, 2007 he was on loan at Oldham Athletic. He was released by Luton at the end of the 2007–08 season.^[1]

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[edit] External links

• Marlon Beresford career stats at Soccerbase