1. Martyn Walter Margetson was born on 8 September 1971 and is a Welsh football coach and former professional footballer who is a goalkeeping coach for the Wales national team and Swansea City.
18 Facts About Martyn Margetson
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Martyn Margetson has since had similar roles at West Ham United, Wales, Crystal Palace and Swansea City.
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Martyn Margetson's next first team appearance was an unusual one.
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Martyn Margetson proceeded to hand the ball to the opposing forward Mike Sheron who then quickly took the free kick, passing to a team-mate who stroked the ball into an unguarded net.
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Martyn Margetson came close to signing for Division Two side Blackpool, before eventually joining Huddersfield Town in August 1999.
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Martyn Margetson joined Cardiff City on trial during a pre-season tour in Scotland, before eventually signing a permanent deal at Ninian Park.
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Out of contract at the end of the season, Martyn Margetson was initially not offered a new deal but, following the departure of the club's goalkeeping coach George Wood, he signed a new one-year deal to take over as a player-coach, rejecting a second offer from Swansea City.
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Martyn Margetson remained as back-up to Neil Alexander throughout the season and announced his retirement at the end of year, becoming the club's full-time goalkeeper coach.
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Two months later, Martyn Margetson received his second call-up for friendly matches with Norway and Canada.
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Martyn Margetson later received two further call-ups in 2005 under new manager John Toshack for matches against Slovenia and Azerbaijan but was an unused substitute in both games.
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On 4 July 2011, Martyn Margetson quit his coaching job at Cardiff in order to join up with Sam Allardyce at West Ham United as their new goalkeeping coach.
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In October 2014, following the appointment of new Cardiff manager, Russell Slade, Martyn Margetson returned as goalkeeping coach to Cardiff City.
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On 12 January 2017 it was announced that Martyn Margetson had joined Crystal Palace as goalkeeping coach.
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Martyn Margetson joined Everton in December 2017, and left on 16 May 2018 after the departure of Sam Allardyce.
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Martyn Margetson joined Swansea City in June 2019 as the club's new goalkeeping coach, which he performed alongside his role with the England national team.
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Martyn Margetson then departed the club, following the end of Steve Cooper's tenure at the Swans in 2021.
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On 23 August 2024, it was confirmed Martyn Margetson had left his position with England.
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Martyn Margetson owns a property business with former Cardiff teammate John Robinson.