Marc Bridge-Wilkinson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marc Bridge-Wilkinson | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Derby County | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | Derby County | 1 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Port Vale | 124 | (31) |
| 2004–2005 | 22 | (2) | |
| 2005 | → Bradford City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Bradford City | 83 | (12) |
| 2007–2011 | Carlisle United | 90 | (11) |
| 2010–2011 | → Darlington (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Darlington | 46 | (12) |
| Total | 386 | (71) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marc Bridge-Wilkinson (born 16 March 1979) is an English former footballer. A left-sided midfielder and also a winger, and was known for his goal-scoring ability.
Starting his career at Derby County in 1998, he instead made his name at Port Vale following his transfer in 2000. He made over 100 appearances in four years, scoring 31 league goals, and lifting the Football League Trophy in 2001. He spent 2004–05 with , before signing with Bradford City in 2005. He spent two years at Bradford, making close to 100 appearances. He signed with Carlisle United in 2007, and went on to pick up a League Trophy runners-up medal with the club in 2010. After four years with Carlisle, he joined Darlington in 2011, breaking his run of ten consecutive seasons in the third tier of English football. With Darlington he lifted the FA Trophy in 2011, before his contract was terminated in January 2012 but was re-signed on a non-contract basis until the club folded in the summer of 2012.
Born in Coventry, Bridge-Wilkinson was a product of the Derby County youth academy and made his debut for Derby in a 2–1 victory against Liverpool at Anfield on 7 November 1998. This Premier League clash would be his only appearance for the club. He joined Carlisle United of the Third Division, where he played seven games in a six-week loan spell at the end of the 1998–99 season. He returned to Derby and was released by the club at the end of the following season, after which he was given a trial at Port Vale.
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