Mark Ovendale

Mark Ovendale Date of Birth: Nov 22, 1973

Leicester born Mark first caught the eye at Wisbech where his shot stopping abilities led to him joining Northampton in August 1994.

After failing to win a regular place at Sixfields he accepted a free transfer to Barry where he established a League of Wales record by going 1,072 minutes without conceding a goal in 1995-96.

Starring as his side won three consecutive titles, Mark was then subject to a £30,000 move to Bournemouth in 1998 before an amazing £425,000 bid from Ricky Hill’s Luton was accepted in August 2000.

Although Mark helped the Hatters to promotion in 2002 he could never claim the number one shirt as his own and was released in 2003.

Since then Mark appeared for York, Tiverton and Newport but had to retire from the game through injury before sadly passing away in 2011 at the age of only 37.