Graham Fenton
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| Graham Fenton | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham Anthony Fenton | |
| Date of birth | May 22, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Blyth Spartans | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1990-1992 | Aston Villa | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1992-1995 1994 1995-1997 1997-2000 2000 2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2002 2003- |
Aston Villa West Bromwich Albion Blackburn Rovers Leicester City Walsall Stoke City St Mirren Blackpool Darlington Blyth Spartans |
30 (3) 7 (3) 27 (7) 34 (3) 9 (1) 5 (1) 26 (2) 15 (5) 6 (1) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Graham Anthony Fenton (born May 22, 1974 in Wallsend) is an English professional footballer. He is currently player-assistant manager at Conference North side Blyth Spartans. He was capped once by England at under-21 level.
Fenton began his career as a trainee with Aston Villa, turning professional in February 1992. He made his Villa debut in a 0-0 Premiership draw at home to Manchester City on on February 22, 1994, having previously made his league debut while on loan to West Bromwich Albion the previous month. In March 1994 he played in Villa's League Cup winning side, playing all of the 3-1 victory against Manchester United at Wembley.
In November 1995 Fenton made a £1,500,000 move to reigning Premiership champions Blackburn , but with Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton in rich goalscoring form his first team opportunities were limited. He scored seven times for Blackburn, including two as a late substitute against Newcastle United, the team Fenton has supported since childhood, in April 1996 which effectively ended Newcastle's title challenge.
In August 1997 he moved to Martin O'Neill's Leicester City for a fee of £1,100,000. He scored on his Leicester debut, having replaced Ian Marshall as a late substitute in the 2-1 win away to Liverpool, but again struggled to establish himself, making only 34 league appearances (21 as substitute) over three seasons.
He joined Walsall on loan in March 2000 and was released by Leicester at the end of the season. In August 2000 he joined Stoke City on a monthly contract and at the end of the following month signed for St Mirren.
In August 2001 Fenton joined Blackpool on a free transfer, but once more struggled to establish himself in the first team. He had a spell on loan with Darlington between September and December 2002 and in July 2003 returned to the North East of England, joining Blyth Spartans as player-coach. In the 2005-06 season he was part of the Spartans' side that gained promotion to the Conference North.
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