# Iain Ward

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{{Short description|English football player and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name          = Iain Ward
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| fullname            = Iain Campbell Ward
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1983|5|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Cleethorpes](/source/Cleethorpes), England
| height              = 
| position            = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| currentclub = [Grimsby Town](/source/Grimsby_Town_F.C.)<br>(Youth Team Coach)
| youthyears1         = 1999–2001 | youthclubs1  = [Grimsby Town](/source/Grimsby_Town_F.C.)
| years1  = 2001–2004 | clubs1  = [Grimsby Town](/source/Grimsby_Town_F.C.) | caps1  = 12 | goals1  = 0
| years2  = 2004–2008 | clubs2  = [Brigg Town](/source/Brigg_Town_F.C.)     | caps2  =    | goals2  = 
| manageryears1 = 2016–
| managerclubs1 =  [Grimsby Town](/source/Grimsby_Town_F.C.) (U12's)
}}
'''Iain Campbell Ward''' (born 13 May 1983) is an English former professional [footballer](/source/association_football) and youth team coach of [League Two](/source/EFL_League_Two) side [Grimsby Town](/source/Grimsby_Town_F.C.).

As a player, he was defender, primarily a right back. He played in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) for [Grimsby Town](/source/Grimsby_Town_F.C.)<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/grimsby/grimsby.html |title=Grimsby Town : 1946/47–2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref> before going on to play for Non- League side [Brigg Town](/source/Brigg_Town_F.C.).

==Career==
Ward was born in [Cleethorpes](/source/Cleethorpes), [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire). He joined the youth system at [Grimsby Town](/source/Grimsby_Town_F.C.) at the age of 12,<ref name=twelve>{{cite web |url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~224121,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008072744/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~224121,00.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=8 October 2011 |title=Town Secure Promising Youngsters |publisher=Grimsby Town F.C |date=5 June 2002 |accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref> and worked his way through to the first-team squad by [Lennie Lawrence](/source/Lennie_Lawrence) towards the close of the 2000–01 season. He made his debut a year later, in the last [Division One](/source/Football_League_First_Division) match of the season, a 3–1 defeat away to [Millwall](/source/Millwall_F.C.) on 21 April 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/1935819.stm |title=Lions see off Mariners |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 April 2002 |access-date=5 January 2010}}</ref>

He was given a 12-month contract in June 2002,<ref name=twelve/> and went on to feature 14 times for The Mariners in all competitions before being released at the end of the 2003–04 campaign.<ref name=NLD>{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=20116 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130015810/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=20116 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=30 January 2013 |title=Brigg Bring In Ward |work=NonLeague Daily |date=30 August 2004 |accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref> When he received no offers from League clubs, he decided to start a degree course in Grimsby, and signed for nearby [Brigg Town](/source/Brigg_Town_F.C.), newly promoted to the [Northern Premier League First Division](/source/Northern_Premier_League_First_Division), on a [semi-professional](/source/semi-professional) basis.<ref name=NLD/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefishy.co.uk/story.php?sid=909&p=2&stid=8413909 |title=Iain Ward Interview |first=Jake |last=Olley |publisher=The Fishy |date=18 June 2006 |accessdate=5 January 2009}}</ref> Ward left Brigg Town after four years with the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.{{citation needed|date=January 2010}}

==Personal life==
Ward's younger brother Andrew also played for Grimsby Town's junior teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~387069,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008072823/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~387069,00.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=8 October 2011 |title=The Future's Bright! |publisher=Grimsby Town F.C |date=29 May 2003 |accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1983 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Cleethorpes
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players
Category:Brigg Town F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Grimsby Town F.C. non-playing staff
Category:21st-century English sportsmen

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