Marwood Marchant
{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marwood Marchant
| image =
| fullname = Marwood Godfrey Marchant
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|6|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Milford Haven, Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|6|28|1922|6|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Pembroke Dock, Wales
| height =
| position = Inside forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = | clubs1 = Milford United
| years2 = 1950–1951 | clubs2 = Cardiff City | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 3
| years3 = 1951–1953 | clubs3 = Torquay United | caps3 = 40 | goals3 = 19
| years4 = – | clubs4 = Pembroke Borough
}}
Marwood Godfrey Marchant (18 June 1922 – 28 June 1972) was a Welsh professional footballer who scored 22 goals from 52 appearances in the Football League, playing as an inside forward for Cardiff City and Torquay United.{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}}{{Hugman|13114|accessdate=14 May 2016}}
Career
Marchant was playing non-league football for Milford United before signing for Cardiff City in 1950.{{Cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/marwoodmarchant.html |title=Marwood Marchant |website=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=14 May 2016}} He scored six goals during the 1950–51 season, including a brace and a single goal in 8–0 and 7–1 thrashings of Welsh league sides Barry Town and Bangor City in the opening rounds of the Welsh Cup and the only goal of the South Wales derby match against Swansea Town on 24 March 1951.{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/10+great+Cardiff+derby+wins.-a0241370126 |title=10 great Cardiff derby wins |newspaper=South Wales Echo |date=5 November 2010 |access-date=14 May 2016 |via=The Free Library (Farlex)}} However, he struggled to oust more established forwards such as Wilf Grant from the starting line-up.
Prior to the introduction of loan deals, Cardiff had a working relationship with Torquay United to transfer players needing Football League experience to the Devon-based club in exchange for first rights on any players Cardiff wished to sign from Torquay and, the following year, Marchant was sent to the Gulls.{{Cite book | title = The Cardiff City Miscellany | first = Richard | last = Shepherd | publisher = Pitch books | year = 2007 | isbn= 978-1-905411-04-7}} He spent two years at Plainmoor, averaging nearly a goal every other game but left the club in 1953 and returned to non-league football with Pembroke Borough.
References
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Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Torquay United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Sportspeople from Milford Haven
Category:Pembroke Borough A.F.C. players
Category:Milford United F.C. players
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