Mark Lever
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 March 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Beverley, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Grimsby Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–2000 | Grimsby Town | 359 | (8) |
| 2000–2002 | Bristol City | 31 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Mansfield Town | 15 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Ilkeston Town | 29 | (1) |
| 2004 | → Ossett Albion (loan) | ||
| Total | 434 | (10) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009 | Bridlington Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Lever (born 29 March 1970 in Beverley) is an English former professional footballer and coach who played as a defender from 1988 until 2005.
Lever came through the youth ranks at Grimsby Town in 1988. He became a first team regular in the early nineties and was part of the team that won promotion via the Football League Division Two play-off final and the Football League Trophy during the 1997–98 season. Lever spent the first twelve years of his career with Grimsby and departed the club in 2000 when he joined Bristol City. Injuries prevented him from making a real impact at Ashton Gate and after two years he moved on again to Mansfield Town. In 2003, he dropped out of professional football and joined Non-league Ilkeston Town before finishing his career in 2004 whilst on loan with Ossett Albion.
In 2008, he was appointed to the coaching staff of Bridlington Town, briefly making the step up to manager in 2009. He now works as an Operations Manager for a Contract Cleaning company
Lever came through the youth ranks at Grimsby Town and was promoted to the club's first team squad by Alan Buckley at the beginning of the 1987–1988 season. He naturally soon became one of the club's regular centre backs, and found himself slotting in at the side of veteran centre half Paul Futcher. Lever received the club's "Supporters Young Player of The Season" awards in both 1989 and 1991. He went on to be an integral part of the Town side that earned two back to back promotions in 1990 and 1991. When Futcher moved on, Grimsby nurtured in Peter Handyside as his long term replacement, and both players were part of an iconic Mariners defensive line up in the nineties that included the likes of Gary Croft, Graham Rodger, John McDermott and Tony Gallimore.
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