Mark Goodlad
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Goodlad | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Scarborough (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2008 | Port Vale | 212 | (0) |
| Total | 215 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Goodlad (born 9 September 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Leaving Nottingham Forest for Port Vale in 2000 (also playing for Scarborough on loan), he became the Vale's first choice keeper for a number of seasons until he was forced to retire due to injury in 2008. During his time at Vale Park he was made Player of the Year in 2001–02, and also picked up a Football League Trophy winner's medal in 2001. In all he made 250 competitive appearances in a ten years professional career.
Goodlad turned professional at Nottingham Forest, though did not make a first team appearance during the club's relegation from the Premier League in 1998–99. He was though loaned out to Third Division Scarborough in February, and played three games in what was the club's final season of league football.
Forest now in the First Division, he still failed to make it onto the pitch, and so in March 2000 he switched to league rivals Port Vale. Though he played only one game for the "Valiants" in 1999–2000, he was behind the more experienced Paul Musselwhite and his deputy Kevin Pilkington in the pecking order.
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