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MARVIN MORGAN
Full Name: Marvin Newlon Morgan
Born: 18 April 1983
Came from: Shrewsbury Town Went to: Released
First game: 03 August 2013 Last game: 03 January 2015
Appearances: 42 (18/24) Goals: 3
Born in Manchester, the tall striker came late to the professional game. Starting as a youth with Wealdstone, he became a regular over the next four years, making a total of 51 appearances and scoring 29 goals. Whilst with The Stones he also had two loan spells with Berkhamsted Town. In November 2004 he moved to Yeading for £3,000 and netted seven goals that season to help win the Isthmian League Premier Division. The following season, 2005-06, he scored 25 times to finish as the club's leading scorer. In total he scored 59 goals in 121 games in all competitions, before moving to Conference National side Woking in May 2007, for whom he scored 20 goals in 42 games in the 2007-08 season.
Morgan finally got his chance in the professional game at the age of 25 when he signed for newly-promoted Aldershot Town in the summer of 2008, following their phoenix-like revival. Whilst the transfer fee was recorded as 'undisclosed', it was believed to have been a record outlay for The Shots. In a three-year stay with the Hampshire side, where future Argyle assistant Gary Owers was assistant manager, Morgan scored 25 times in 93 games and finished the 2009-10 season as top scorer with 16 goals. After a social media spat with Shots' fans, he was loaned to Dagenham & Redbridge for the remainder of the 2010-11 campaign, playing 12 games but failing to score and at the end of the season was released by Aldershot.
Morgan signed for Shrewsbury Town in the summer of 2011 and made his debut in the first match of the season, a 1-1 draw against Argyle at the New Meadow - a game remembered by the Green Army for Carl Fletcher's late thunderbolt equaliser. By the end of that season he had scored 11 goals to help the Shrews win promotion to League One. The following year he scored just 7 goals to take his tally to 18 in 92 appearances and was released at the end of the season.
Morgan moved to Home Park in July 2013 as a free agent, having scored 40 goals in 187 Football League appearances since his rise up the ladder, and signed a two-year contract under John Sheridan to also reunite with Gary Owers. Early in August 2013, he scored his first goal for Argyle, heading home the first in a 3-1 win away at Cheltenham Town. However, this was to be his only goal of the 2013-14 season as shoulder surgery forced him to sit out four months of the campaign and then a 'mini-seizure' brought his season to a premature end. He was treated on the pitch following his seizure by first-team physio Paul Atkinson and Academy physio Tom Hunter who were credited with saving his life. He was diagnosed with a cavernoma, an abnormality of blood vessels in the brain, which would require medication for the rest of his life.
Having been deemed able to continue his career, he continued to be used sparingly (and perhaps cautiously) by Sheridan in his time at the club, with over half of his appearances coming from the bench. He had made only five first team starts in the 2014-15 season and none since October, with his only goal coming against Hartlepool, to whom he was loaned in the January 2015 transfer window until the end of the season. He made just five appearances and played no part in their run-in, and on his return in May 2015, Sheridan decided not to offer the 32-year-old a new contract. In July 2015 Morgan signed for National League South side Havant & Waterlooville on a two-year deal. He spent the latter part of 2015-16 on loan to Wealdstone and then joined Bath City in July 2016 on a season-long loan.
Following his spell in Bath, he played for Hampton & Richmond Borough, Bath City (again), Hendon, Beaconsfield Town, Potters Bar Town, Wingate & Finchley, Hornchurch and Potters Bar Town (again) up to the 2020-21 season.
Tragically, Morgan died on 6th December 2021, aged just 38, due to complications from his cavernoma, whilst on a trip abroad with his much-fêted fashion label, Fresh Ego Kid. He left behind a partner of 14 years and a seven-year old son. Tributes were paid by many of Morgan's former clubs and fellow footballers alike.
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