Ex Files - Martin Pemberton
Saturday, 28th Jul 2007 10:12

If you ever listed a Dale side made up of the most forgettable players to have worn the Dale shirt, then Pemberton will surely be in it.

Player Profile: Martin Pemberton

Name	Martin Pemberton
Position	Left Back
Date of Birth	1st February 1976
Born	Bradford
Height	5'11
Weight	11'8
Signed for Dale	Stockport - 09.01.04
Fee	Month Loan
Debut	Yeovil 1 Dale 0 - 10.01.04
Other Clubs	Oldham Doncaster Scunthorpe Hartlepool Bradford PA Mansfield Stockport
Left Spotland	09.02.04

Dale Stats

	League			Cup			Total
Season	App	Sub	Goals	App	Sub	Goals	App	Sub	Goals
2003-2004	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

It would not be unfair to say that Pemberton's time at Rochdale was largely forgettable. For near enough as soon as he was brought into the side, his time with the club was over through injury.

He was brought in by a returning Steve Parkin to bolster left hand side of the team following a two game suspension to Mike Simpkins, and went straight into the team for the first ever trip to Yeovil. Little was known about the former Oldham player except that he had a girlfriend who was in some celebrity reality sub Pop Idol band who happened to have a number one at some stage in the past.

He came from Stockport on a one month loan deal after a career which had seen him stack up a number of former clubs. He was a vital member of the Mansfield Town side which had won promotion a couple of years earlier, so his pedigree in this division was proven.

However, that game proved to be his last game for the club, as he sustained a back injury during the game which prevented any further first team action during his one month spell. His performance in that game was pretty unremarkable, with the odd nice pass, but mostly anonymous.

The back injury received in the Yeovil game meant that he returned to Stockport as a member of the exclusive one game club, and in all honesty, no one ever really noticed that he had gone back.

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