Stewart Drummond

This article is about the Morecambe F.C. player. For the former Hartlepool United F.C. mascot and Mayor of Hartlepool, see Stuart Drummond.

Stewart Drummond
Personal information
Full name Stewart James Drummond[1]
Date of birth (1975-12-11) 11 December 1975 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth Preston, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2004 Morecambe 189 (32)
2004–2006 Chester City 87 (12)
2006–2008 Shrewsbury Town 67 (7)
2008–2015 Morecambe 277 (34)
Total 620 (85)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stewart James Drummond (born 11 December 1975) is an English former footballer who last played for Morecambe.

A central midfielder, Drummond represented three clubs during a career spanning twenty-one years. He most notably spent a total of seventeen years at Morecambe, where he began playing in 1994 and retired in May 2015.[2]

Career

Signed by Chester City after a long spell with Morecambe in 2004, he went on to spend two years with the Blues and was named as the club's player of the year in 2005–06. He then opted to join Shrewsbury Town on the Bosman ruling on 12 May 2006. Drummond scored on his début for Town on the opening game of 2006–07, at home to Mansfield Town.

He scored his fifth goal of the season for Shrewsbury at Wembley in the 2007 Football League Two Play-off Final, in a 3–1 loss against Bristol Rovers. Being the first person to score in a play off final at the new Wembley Stadium.

Midway during the 2007/08 season, speculation linked Drummond with a move back to Morecambe, and in January 2008, it was announced that Morecambe had re-signed Drummond from Shrewsbury Town for a fee of £15,000 .[3] Drummond is now the Academy Manager of Morecambe Football Club 2015 to date.

Career statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Morecambe 1997–98 Conference 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Morecambe 1998–99 Conference 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morecambe 1999–2000 Conference 39 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 4
Morecambe 2000–01 Conference 40 7 3 0 0 0 3[a][b][c] 1 46 8
Morecambe 2001–02 Conference 36 4 1 0 0 0 3[d] 1 40 5
Morecambe 2002–03 Conference 42 11 3 0 0 0 3[e][f] 0 48 11
Morecambe 2003–04 Conference 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 5
Total 189 32 10 0 0 0 9 2 208 34
Chester City 2004–05 League Two 45 6 2 0 1 0 3[g] 0 51 6
Chester City 2005–06 League Two 42 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 47 7
Total 87 12 6 1 2 0 3 0 98 13
Shrewsbury Town 2006–07 League Two 44 4 2 0 0 0 4[b][h] 1 50 5
Shrewsbury Town 2007–08 League Two 23 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 3
Total 67 7 3 0 1 0 4 1 75 8
Morecambe 2007–08 League Two 18 2 0 0 0 0 2[g] 0 20 2
Morecambe 2008–09 League Two 44 10 2 0 1 0 3[g] 1 50 11
Morecambe 2009–10 League Two 43 9 1 0 1 0 2[i] 0 47 9
Morecambe 2010–11 League Two 41 6 1 0 1 0 1[g] 0 44 6
Morecambe 2011–12 League Two 38 5 1 0 2 0 1[g] 0 42 5
Morecambe 2012–13 League Two 44 2 3 0 1 0 2[g] 0 50 2
Morecambe 2013–14 League Two 35 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 38 0
Morecambe 2014–15 League Two 14 0 0 0 0 0 1[g] 0 15 0
Total 277 34 9 0 8 0 12 1 306 35
Career total 620 85 28 1 11 0 28 4 687 90
  1. ^ 1 appearance and 1 goal in FA Trophy
  2. ^ a b 1 appearance in Football League Trophy
  3. ^ 1 appearance in Conference Trophy
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  5. ^ 1 appearance in FA Trophy
  6. ^ 2 appearance(s) in Conference play-offs
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  8. ^ 3 appearances and 1 goal in League Two play-offs
  9. ^ Appearance(s) in League Two play-offs

Personal life

Drummond has three sons.

Honours

Morecambe

Chester City

Shrewsbury Town

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ "Morecambe legend Drummond announces retirement". The Visitor. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Drummond Joins Morecambe". Lancashire Evening Post. 3 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  4. ^ "Stuart Drummond | Football Stats | No Club | Age 48 | 1994-2015 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
  5. ^ "Season ends in anti-climax". www.CHESTER-CITY.co.uk. 7 May 2006. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Conference end of season awards". ConfGuide.com. 14 June 2003. Archived from the original on 2 July 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2023.


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