Mark Kendall (footballer, born 1958)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Kendall | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackwood, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 1 May 2008 (aged 49) | ||
| Place of death | Blackwood, Wales | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1980 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | (0) |
| 1979 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1980–1986 | Newport County | 272 | (0) |
| 1986–1990 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 147 | (0) |
| 1990–1992 | Swansea City | 12 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | → Burnley (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Ebbw Vale | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Cwmbran Town | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 473 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| Wales U21 | 1 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Kendall (20 September 1958 – 1 May 2008) was a Welsh footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented his country at schoolboy, youth and Under-21 level.
Kendall, a goalkeeper, joined Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice in March 1975, aged 16. He signed professional forms in July 1976, and went on to make his league debut on 4 November 1978 in a 2–2 draw at Norwich.
However, although he spent four seasons with Spurs, he never managed to make the goalkeeper's position his own. His final full season on the club's books saw him spend a nine-game loan period, during which he saved penalties from Steve Neville of Exeter City and Mark Smith of Sheffield Wednesday, at Division 3 Chesterfield, returning to Tottenham after Barry Daines was injured during an FA Cup-tie against Manchester United.
He signed for Newport County then of Division 3 for a club record £45,000 in September 1980 during the most successful period in the clubs long history. Kendall was part of the team that won promotion and the Welsh Cup and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the 1981 European Cup Winners Cup.
He left Newport as they headed for relegation to Division 4, for Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 1986. Upon joining, Wolves were languishing in the fourth tier, but Kendall became an ever-present part of the side that went on to win back-to-back promotions and lift the Football League Trophy at Wembley. His tally of 28 clean sheets during a season (set in 1987/88) is a club record.
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