{{short description|Montserratian association football player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marshall Willock | image = Willock, Marshall.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = Willock in July 2019 | fullname = Marshall Jake Willock | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|4|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Birmingham, England | death_date = | height = | position = Defender | currentclub = Stamford | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = –2017 | youthclubs1 = Solihull Moors | youthyears2 = 2017–2018 | youthclubs2 = Chesterfield | years1 = 2017 | clubs1 = Solihull Moors | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2017 | clubs2 = → Bromsgrove Sporting (loan) | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = Chesterfield | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2017 | clubs4 = → Kettering Town (loan) | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2018–2019 | clubs5 = Solihull Moors | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = → Redditch United (loan) | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2019 | clubs7 = Redditch United | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2019–2020 | clubs8 = Peterborough Sports | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2020 | clubs9 = Grantham Town | caps9 = 5 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2020–2021 | clubs10 = Kemi City | caps10 = 7 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2021 |clubs11 = Racing Club Warwick |caps11 = 0 |goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2021–2022 |clubs12 =Stourbridge |caps12 = 5 |goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2022 |clubs13=Stamford |caps13= 9 |goals13= 0 | years14 = 2022 |clubs14=Ilkeston Town | caps14 = ? |goals14 = ? | nationalyears1 = 2019– |years15=2022– |clubs15= Stamford |caps15= 5 |goals15= 2 |nationalteam1 = Montserrat | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 12:14, 5 February 2023 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 15:11, 3 July 2021 (UTC) }} '''Marshall Jake Willock''' (born 7 April 2000) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Stamford and the Montserrat national team.
==Playing career== Marshall began the 2019–20 season on trial with Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth.<ref name="Tamworth">{{cite news | title = Tamworth gearing up for exciting season in Southern Premier | url = http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/tamworth-gearing-up-for-exciting-season-in-southern-premier-6121.htm | publisher = Tamworth FC | accessdate = 17 July 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Willock appeared in pre-season friendly games against West Bromwich Albion,<ref name="Tamworth2-4WestBromwichAlbion">{{cite news | title = Tamworth 2-4 West Bromwich Albion | url = http://www.thelambs.co.uk/info/reports.asp?repID=1131 | publisher = Tamworth FC | accessdate = 9 July 2019 | archive-date = 13 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190913202331/http://www.thelambs.co.uk/info/reports.asp?repID=1131 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Leicester Nirvana<ref name="LeicesterNirvana0-2Tamworth">{{cite news | title = Leicester Nirvana 0-2 Tamworth | url = http://www.thelambs.co.uk/info/reports.asp?repID=1133 | publisher = Tamworth FC | accessdate = 13 July 2019 | archive-date = 13 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190913112803/http://www.thelambs.co.uk/info/reports.asp?repID=1133 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and Bilston Town,<ref name="BilstonTown1-6Tamworth">{{cite news | title = Bilston Town 1-6 Tamworth | url = http://www.thelambs.co.uk/info/reports.asp?repID=1185 | publisher = Tamworth FC | accessdate = 20 July 2019 | archive-date = 13 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190913205159/http://www.thelambs.co.uk/info/reports.asp?repID=1185 | url-status = dead }}</ref> however a permanent move never materialised. Willock did manage to earn a move to Redditch United, a team he had spent time on loan with the previous season.<ref name="RedditchUnited">{{cite news | title = The former Solihull Moors man lining up with the Championship's best | url = https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-solihull-moors-man-lining-16865228 | publisher = Birmingham Mail | accessdate = 4 September 2019}}</ref>
Willock signed for Peterborough Sports on 17 September 2019, and made his debut on the same day. Marshall helped his new club to an emphatic 9–0 victory away to local rivals Peterborough Northern Star in the Northants FA Hillier Senior Cup.<ref name="Peterborough Northern Star">{{cite news | title = Peterborough Northern Star FC 0-9 Peterborough Sports FC | url = https://www.pslfc.com/Matchreport.aspx?id=265317 | publisher = Peterborough Sports FC | accessdate = 17 September 2019}}</ref> Willock made his Southern League Premier Division Central debut on 28 September 2019 in a home fixture against Leiston, Marshall came on as a substitute and scored on his debut, helping his new club to an 8–1 victory.<ref name="Leiston">{{cite news | title = Peterborough Sports FC 8-1 Leiston FC | url = https://www.pslfc.com/Matchreport.aspx?id=261872 | publisher = Peterborough Sports FC | accessdate = 28 September 2019}}</ref>
Following a lack of first team opportunities at Peterborough Sports, Willock signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Grantham Town on 17 January 2020.<ref name="Grantham Town Move">{{cite news | title = Saturday's transfer list - January 18th | url = https://www.betvictornorthernpremier.co.uk/saturdays-transfer-list-january-18th-60692 | publisher = Bet Victor Northern Premier | accessdate = 18 January 2020 | archive-date = 3 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200203114454/https://www.betvictornorthernpremier.co.uk/saturdays-transfer-list-january-18th-60692 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
On 31 July 2020, Willock joined Finnish Kakkonen side Kemi City on a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kemicityfc.org/news/marshall-willock-kemi-cityyn--marshall-willock-joins-kemi-city-2554457.html|title=MARSHALL WILLOCK KEMI CITYYN|publisher=Palloseura Kemi Kings|date=31 July 2020|accessdate=31 July 2020|language=Finnish}}</ref>
==International career== ===Montserrat=== Marshall was called up to the Montserrat national team for the Nations League B in September 2019, for the first two matches of the competition, at 2–1 victory at home to the Dominican Republic on 7 September 2019<ref name="Montserrat2-1DominicanRepublic">{{cite news | title = Montserrat 2-1 Dominican Republic | url = https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/nations-league/game-detail/476614 | publisher = concacafnationsleague.com | accessdate = 7 September 2019}}</ref> and a 1–1 draw at home to Saint Lucia on 10 September 2019,<ref name="Montserrat1-1Saint Lucia">{{cite news | title = Montserrat 1-1 Saint Lucia | url = https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/nations-league/game-detail/476616 | publisher = concacafnationsleague.com | accessdate = 10 September 2019}}</ref> saw Willock named in both matches as an unused substitute.
Marshall did however earn his first international cap playing for Montserrat on 16 November 2019, coming on as a substitute in a Nations League B fixture away to El Salvador.<ref name="ElSalvador1-0Montserrat">{{cite news | title = El Salvador 1-0 Montserrat | url = https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/nations-league/game-detail/476622 | publisher = concacafnationsleague.com | accessdate = 16 November 2019}}</ref> Willock earned his second cap on 20 November 2019, coming on as a 90th minute substitute for Massiah McDonald in a Nations League B fixture away to Saint Lucia.<ref name="SaintLucia0-1Montserrat">{{cite news | title = Saint Lucia 0-1 Montserrat | url = https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/nations-league/game-detail/476624 | publisher = concacafnationsleague.com | accessdate = 20 November 2019}}</ref>
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