Mark Yates (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Jason Yates | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1988 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | Birmingham City | 54 | (6) |
| 1990–1991 | → Colchester United (loan) | 25 | (6) |
| 1991–1993 | Burnley | 18 | (1) |
| 1993 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | (4) |
| 1994–1999 | Kidderminster Harriers | 237 | (40) |
| 1999–2004 | Cheltenham Town | 227 | (21) |
| 2004 | Kidderminster Harriers | 12 | (2) |
| Total | 593 | (74) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | England semi-professional | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2009 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
| 2009–2014 | Cheltenham Town | ||
| 2015–2016 | Crawley Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Jason Yates (born 24 January 1970) is an English professional football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of League Two club Crawley Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.
Born in Birmingham, Yates began his footballing career as a trainee at hometown club Birmingham City, before going on to sign professional terms with the club in 1988. He spent a total of three seasons at St Andrew's, making 66 first team appearances, including one in the side that won the 1991 Football League Trophy.
In 1991 Yates was sold to Burnley for £40,000 but struggled to hold down a regular position. Spells at Lincoln City and Doncaster Rovers followed, before Yates dropped out of the Football League to sign for Conference side Kidderminster Harriers in 1994, going on to become club captain. In his first season at the club Kidderminster reached the final of the FA Trophy, losing 2–1 to Woking. In 1997 Yates seemed set for a return to League football as Kidderminster led the Conference by a significant margin going into the final months of the season. However, the Harriers let the lead slip, allowing Macclesfield Town to overtake them and claim the championship.
In January 1999 Yates left Kidderminster to join local rivals Cheltenham Town for a fee of £25,000, helping the Robins to secure the league title and a place in the Football League. Yates remained with the Gloucestershire outfit until February 2004, enjoying reasonable success, the highlight being a victory in the 2002 Third Division play-off final. After falling out of favour at Whaddon Road, in 2004 Yates returned to Kidderminster, by this time a Football League club themselves, playing his part in the club's successful fight against relegation.
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