Mark Draycott
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| Mark Draycott | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Draycott | |
| Date of birth | January 12, 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Swindon, England, United Kingdom | |
| Playing position | striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Swindon Supermarine | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Swindon Town | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-03 2003 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 |
Swindon Town Portland Timbers Wilmington Hammerheads Swindon Supermarine Newport County Sunshine George Cross Swindon Supermarine Ventura County Fusion Cirencester Town Swindon Supermarine |
6 (6) 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Mark Draycott (born January 12, 1985 in Swindon, England) is an English soccer player currently playing for Swindon Supermarine in the Southern Football League Premier Division.
Mark began his career as a trainee with Swindon Town, where he scored goals at all levels up to and including the reserves before he was released in 2003. He still holds the record for the most goals scored in the FA Youth Cup in one season, breaking the record set by Wayne Rooney, after scoring 11 in the 2002-03 campaign, including seven in a second round 9-2 win over Chelmsford City.
After being released by Swindon at the end of the 2003 campaign, Mark travelled to the United States, where he played for both Portland Timbers and Wilmington Hammerheads, before returning to England with non-league clubs Newport County and Swindon Supermarine.
While with Supermarine he scored six times — a hat trick in each half — for them in a 6-3 Southern Premier League win at Hanwell Town. The English Football Association's official Web site reported the achievement, noting no player had scored more than five goals in a full England international or Premiership match. It could only find a nine-goal game in an FA Cup first-round game in 1971 and a 10-goal spree in a Third Division match from 1936.
A month later Draycott flew west to join the Ventura County Fusion of the USL Premier Development League where he was one of the stars of the division, scoring six goals in six games for the Fusion and attracting the attention of scouts from Los Angeles Galaxy. After the Fusion failed to make the PDL Playoffs, Draycott returned to England and, after a short spell with Cirencester Town, joined for his third stint with Swindon Supermarine.
