Nathan Munson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nathan Wayne Munson[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 10 November 1974||
Place of birth | Colchester, England[1] | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Colchester United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1994 | Colchester United | 4 | (0) |
Wivenhoe Town | |||
Billericay Town | |||
Woodbridge Town | |||
2000–2002 | Stanway Rovers | ||
2002–2005 | Harwich & Parkeston | ||
2005–2006 | Needham Market | ||
2006–2008 | AFC Sudbury | 92 | (0) |
2008 | Brantham Athletic | ||
2008–2009 | Harwich & Parkeston | ||
2009–2011 | Brantham Athletic | ||
2011–2013 | Leiston | 3 | (0) |
2013– | Needham Market | 0 | (0) |
Total | 99 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nathan Wayne Munson (born 10 November 1974) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a goalkeeper for Colchester United.
Career
Born in Colchester, Munson was brought through the Colchester United youth system and was handed his first-team debut by Roy McDonough at the end of the 1992–93 season.[2] The game against Wrexham finished 4–3 to the Welsh club, conceding an 89th minute winner from Steve Watkin on 8 May 1993.[3] His next appearance for the club came in bizarre circumstances as Colchester became the first club to have two goalkeepers sent off in the same fixture. The game against Hereford United on 16 October 1993 saw John Keeley sent off in the 43rd minute, the U's already 1–0 down from a Chris Pike goal. Roy McDonough covered in goal until half time, where he conceded another goal to Pike. Munson was brough on at half time but was sent off in the 68th minute after conceding to Chris Fry and Pike once again, giving him a hat-trick, scoring against three different goalkeepers in the same game. McDonough returned to goal following Munson's dismissal and conceded again, this time to Derek Hall in the 88th minute to result in a disastrous 5–0 loss.[2][4]
Munson was to make only two further league appearances for the club,[5] playing his final U's game on 11 December 1993, a 4–2 defeat to Crewe Alexandra at Layer Road.[6]
Following his release from Colchester, Munson joined a number of non-league clubs in the Colchester, Essex and Suffolk area, including Wivenhoe Town, Billericay Town, Woodbridge Town and Harwich & Parkeston. He then joined police force, later signing with Stanway Rovers, Needham Market and AFC Sudbury.[1][2] He announced his retirement from playing on 15 November 2007, but took over as Sudbury's goalkeeping coach. He was called into action on a number of occasions due to other players being cup-tied, making a total of 92 appearances for the club.[7] He left Sudbury in July 2008 to join Brantham Athletic, but returned to Harwich in October of the same year. For the 2009–10 season, he returned to Brantham in a player-coach capacity. He joined Leiston in May 2011, again acting mostly as goalkeeping coach but also made some appearances for the club when required.[8] He returned to another former club, Needham Market in March 2013 as part of the coaching team alongside former Leiston manager Mark Morsley.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Colchester United – Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
- ^ "Colchester United – Match details – Wrexham 4–3 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Colchester United – Match details – Hereford United 5–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51–1989/90 & 1992/93–2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Colchester United – Match details – Colchester Utd 2–4 Crewe Alexandra". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ a b "AFC Sudbury – The Men of AFC Sudbury Since The Club Began – Part Two M To Z". AFC Sudbury. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Blues denied on their travels". Leiston FC. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Colchester
- English footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Wivenhoe Town F.C. players
- Billericay Town F.C. players
- Woodbridge Town F.C. players
- Harwich & Parkeston F.C. players
- Stanway Rovers F.C. players
- Needham Market F.C. players
- A.F.C. Sudbury players
- Brantham Athletic F.C. players
- Leiston F.C. players
- The Football League players