# Mark Weatherly > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Weatherly > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Weatherly.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weatherly > Source revision: 1278004065 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English footballer and manager (born 1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Mark Weatherly | fullname = Colin Mark Weatherly | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1958|1|18}} |death_date = | birth_place = [Ramsgate](/source/Ramsgate), England | height = 6 ft 0 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=174 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}} | position = [Striker](/source/Striker_(association_football)), [defender](/source/Defender_(football)) | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = 1973–1974 | youthyears3 =1974–1975 | youthclubs1 = [Coventry City](/source/Coventry_City_F.C.) | youthclubs2 = [Canterbury City](/source/Canterbury_City_F.C.) | youthclubs3 =[Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.) | years1 = 1975–1989 | years2 = 1978 | years3 = 1989–1991 | years4 =1991–? | clubs1 = [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.){{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=330}} | clubs2 = [Koparit](/source/Koparit) | clubs3 = [Hythe Town](/source/Hythe_Town_F.C.) | clubs4 =[Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) | caps1 = 457 | goals1 = 46 | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 1 | caps3 = ? | goals3 = | caps4 = ? | goals4 = | manageryears1 = 1991 | manageryears2 = 1992 | manageryears3 = 1992–1993 | manageryears4 = 1993–1994 | manageryears5 = 1995 | manageryears6 = 1996 | manageryears7 =2001–2002| managerclubs1 = [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) (caretaker) | managerclubs2 = [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) (joint manager with [Lee Smelt](/source/Lee_Smelt)) | managerclubs3 = [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) | managerclubs4 = [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) (joint manager with Andy Woolford) | managerclubs5 = [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) (joint caretaker with [Karl Elsey](/source/Karl_Elsey)) | managerclubs6 = [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) (caretaker) | managerclubs7 =[Ramsgate](/source/Ramsgate_F.C.)| nationalcaps1= | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = 11 June 2007 }} '''Colin Mark Weatherly''' (born 18 January 1958) is an English retired [footballer](/source/association_football). He spent his entire professional career with [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.), where he played in 457 [Football League](/source/Football_League) matches, a club record for an outfield player. ==Career== Although born in [Kent](/source/Kent) Weatherly was on the books of [Coventry City](/source/Coventry_City_F.C.) as a schoolboy but was not retained. He also played for [non-league](/source/Non-league_football) [Canterbury City](/source/Canterbury_City_F.C.) from the age of 15. After his release from Coventry, he was signed by Gillingham as an apprentice and soon found himself making his first-team debut. At just 16 years 218 days he was at the time the youngest player ever to play for the club. Originally a striker, he was switched to the defence in 1978 and played there or in midfield for the remainder of his career, which saw him play in over 500 matches in all competitions for the Kent club and win the club's Player of the Year award on two occasions. While at the Gills he was the subject of a children's book entitled ''Footballer (My Job)''. In summer 1978 Weatherly moved to Finnish team called [Koparit](/source/Koparit). He played there two months and became the first foreign player who had played in [Kuopio](/source/Kuopio). After him many English players move to Kuopio and played summers there. The teams they played were [KuPS](/source/KuPS), [Koparit](/source/Koparit) and [Kuopion Elo](/source/Kuopion_Elo). In 1989, he left [Priestfield Stadium](/source/Priestfield_Stadium) and dropped into non-league football. He joined [Margate](/source/Margate_F.C.) in 1991 and stayed there for ten years, including a spell as co-manager in the early 1990s during which he led the club to a [Kent Senior Cup](/source/Kent_Senior_Cup) final victory at the ground of his old club Gillingham.{{Cite web |url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/clubhistory.htm |title=The History of Margate Football Club |accessdate=2007-06-11 |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723090425/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/clubhistory.htm |archivedate=23 July 2009 }} He later had a spell managing Margate's local rivals [Ramsgate](/source/Ramsgate_F.C.). In 2007, he returned to Margate as reserve team manager.{{Cite web |url=http://www.margate-fc.com/who.php |title=Who's who |accessdate=2007-05-31 |publisher=Margate F.C. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927035550/http://www.margate-fc.com/who.php |archivedate=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }} In 2009, he became Head of Youth Development at [Ramsgate](/source/Ramsgate_F.C.). ==References== {{reflist}} {{Gillingham F.C. Player of the Year}} {{Margate F.C. managers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weatherly, Mark}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Ramsgate Category:English men's footballers Category:Canterbury City F.C. players Category:Gillingham F.C. players Category:Koparit players Category:Hythe Town F.C. players Category:Margate F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:English football managers Category:Margate F.C. managers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Men's association football forwards --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mark Weatherly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weatherly) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weatherly?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.