Marcus William Law (born 28 September 1975) is an English former professional footballer. He has since managed several non-League clubs, including Kettering Town, Tamworth, Coventry Sphinx, Racing Club Warwick, Quorn and Barwell.[4]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus William Law[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1975-09-28) 28 September 1975 (age 46)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1995 | Bristol Rovers[2] | 2 | (0) |
→ Yeovil Town (loan) | |||
Stafford Rangers | |||
Sacramento Knights | |||
Teams managed | |||
1999–2001 | Coventry Sphinx[3] | ||
2003–2006 | Racing Club Warwick[3] | ||
2006–2007 | Quorn[3] | ||
2007–2010 | Barwell[3] | ||
2010–2011 | Kettering Town | ||
2011–2013 | Tamworth | ||
2015 | Chasetown | ||
2015–2019 | Kettering Town | ||
2019 | Bradford (PA) (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Coventry, West Midlands, Law started his career as a goalkeeper at Bristol Rovers, making two appearances in the Football League during the 1994–95 season.[1] He then moved into non-league football, playing for Stafford Rangers, before a hip injury forced him into premature retirement whilst playing for the Sacramento Knights in America.[5]
He later went on to manage non-league sides Coventry Sphinx, Racing Club Warwick, Quorn and Barwell. He also spent time coaching in the youth set-ups at Aston Villa and Coventry City. While at Barwell he won the Midland Football Alliance, the highest position they had achieved as a club in their history and started an unbeaten run that eventually stretched to 66 games.[6]
His successful run attracted the attention of Conference National side Kettering Town and he was appointed manager on 1 October 2010.[7] Kettering finished 14th in his first season in charge of the club.[8]
After eight months as manager of Kettering, Law was appointed manager of fellow Conference club Tamworth on a three-year contract on 25 May 2011.[9] Law led Tamworth to the third round of the FA Cup in January 2012 where they lost against Premier League side Everton at Goodison Park.[10] After 19 months in charge at Tamworth, Law was sacked by the club on 14 January 2013.[11]
In August 2013, Law joined Forest Green Rovers as a coach on a part-time remit, working alongside Dave Hockaday.[12] He left the club in October 2013 following Hockaday's departure as manager. In March 2014 he revealed he had applied for the vacant job at Wrexham and was keen on a return to management.[13]
On 26 January 2015, Law joined Chasetown as their new manager giving him the return to management he desired after working as a scout with professional football clubs.[14]
Following Kettering Town's promotion to the Southern Premier Division and the departure of joint managers Thomas Baillie and Scott Machin, the club appointed Law as manager in May 2015.[4] Despite winning the Southern League Premier Central division in 2018–19, Law left the club in June 2019.[15]
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