Marlon Patterson

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marlon Patterson

| image =

| fullname = Marlon Anthony Patterson{{cite book

| editor-last = Hugman

| editor-first = Barry J.

| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09

| publisher = Mainstream

| year = 2008

| isbn = 978-1-84596-324-8}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|6|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Southwark, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{cite web

| title = Histon

| url = http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2008-2009/confprem/histon.htm

| publisher = FootballSquads

| accessdate = 30 July 2009}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Beckenham Town

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs1 = Millwall

| youthclubs2 = Chelsea

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Fisher Athletic

| caps1= ?

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = {{0|000}}?–2004

| clubs2 = Carshalton Athletic

| caps2= ?

| goals2 = ?

| years3 = 2004–?

| clubs3 = Dulwich Hamlet

| caps3= ?

| goals3 = ?

| years4 = {{0|000}}?–2007

| clubs4 = Yeading

| caps4= ?

| goals4 = ?

| years5 = 2007–2009

| clubs5 = Dagenham & Redbridge

| caps5= 6

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2007

| clubs6 = → Welling United (loan)

| caps6= ?

| goals6 = ?

| years7 = 2008

| clubs7 = → Grays Athletic (loan)

| caps7= 9

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2009

| clubs8 = Histon

| caps8= 1

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2009–2011

| clubs9 = Chelmsford City

| caps9= 28

| goals9 = 1

| years10= 2011

| clubs10= Bromley

| caps10 = 85

| goals10= 0

| years11= 2011

| clubs11= Thurrock

| caps11 = ?

| goals11= 0

| years12= 2011–2013

| clubs12=Bromley

| caps12 = 100

| goals12= 0

| years13= 2013

| clubs13=Hayes & Yeading United

| caps13 = 1

| goals13= 0

| years14= 2014

| clubs14= Chelmsford City

| caps14 = 2

| goals14= 0

| years15= 2014

| clubs15 = Dulwich Hamlet

| caps15 = 8

| goals15= 0

| years16= 2014

| clubs16 = Cray Wanderers

| caps16 = 9

| goals16= 0

| years17= 2015

| clubs17 = Hastings United

| caps17 = 6

| goals17= 0

| years18= 2015–

| clubs18 = Beckenham Town

| club-update = 14:32, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

}}

Marlon Anthony Patterson (born 24 June 1983) is an English footballer who plays for Southern Counties East side Beckenham Town. He plays primarily as a left-back

Career

Born in London, Patterson played for the Millwall and Chelsea youth systems.{{cite news

| title = Hamlet pick up Patterson

| url = http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=22758

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120920081239/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=22758

| url-status = usurped

| archive-date = 20 September 2012

| publisher = Non-League Daily

| date = 10 December 2004

| accessdate = 30 July 2009}} Patterson signed for Dulwich Hamlet in December 2004 following periods with Fisher Athletic and Carshalton Athletic. He signed for Dagenham & Redbridge on 7 August 2007 from Yeading.{{cite news

| title = Dagenham complete double signing

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/6935614.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 7 August 2007

| accessdate = 30 July 2009}} Earlier in the 2007–08 season, he had a short loan period with Welling United before joining Grays Athletic on 25 February 2008.{{cite news

| title = Grays secure Patterson loan deal

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grays_athletic/7264557.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 26 February 2008

| accessdate = 30 July 2009}}

Patterson signed for Histon in January 2009.{{cite news

| title = Histon seal double defender deal

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/histon/7811255.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 5 January 2009

| accessdate = 30 July 2009}} He made his debut in the same month, in the FA Cup third round against Swansea City on 13 January.{{cite web |url=http://www.histonfc.co.uk/matchreport.php?id=289 |title=Valiant Histon Eventually Succumb to Swansea |accessdate=16 January 2008 |publisher=Histon F.C. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505191257/http://www.histonfc.co.uk/matchreport.php?id=289 |archivedate=5 May 2009 |df=dmy-all }} He left Histon in May 2009.{{cite news

| title = Murray and Patterson leave Histon

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/histon/8073383.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 29 May 2009

| accessdate = 30 July 2009}} He joined Conference South club, Chelmsford City in December 2009 and then moved to Bromley before he moved to Thurrock in February 2011. He then re-signed for Bromley at the start of the 2011–12 season, before being released at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Patterson played for Hayes & Yeading United and Chelmsford City during the 2013–14 season, before returning to Dulwich Hamlet for the start of the 2014–15 season, with the signing being funded by the Dulwich Hamlet 12th Man scheme.{{cite news | title = Our squad for the new season is the talk of the local press | date =1 August 2014 | url =http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichhamlet/news/our-squad-for-the-new-season-is-the-talk-of-the-local-press-1262226.html | accessdate =10 August 2014}}

After a short spell at Cray Wanderers, in March 2015, Patterson joined Hastings United of the Isthmian League Division One South.{{cite news | title = Saturday's Transfer List | date =20 September 2014 | url =http://www.isthmian.co.uk/saturdays-transfer-list-20977/ | accessdate =20 September 2014}}