Mark Rutherford (footballer)
English footballer (born 1972)
Mark Rutherford (born 25 March 1972) is an English former footballer.
Career
Rutherford was once on the England under-18 squad alongside Chris Sutton, Steve McManaman and Andy Cole.
Rutherford scored the winning goal on his League of Ireland debut for Shels on 4 October 1991 at Tolka Park.
He is one of the select group of players to have played for all of Dublin's Big 4 clubs – Shelbourne, Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, St. Patrick's Athletic. His previous clubs include Shrewsbury Town, Birmingham City F.C., Newry Town and Longford Town.
Rutherford's successful career includes 3 League of Ireland championships, 4 FAI Cups and 1 English Third Division championship. He was also an FAI Cup runner up on 5 occasions.
Rutherford scored three goals for Shelbourne in European competition. He netted against SK Brann in a 1996-97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup tie, before scoring against Kilmarnock in the following season's competition and then against Glasgow Rangers in the 1998-99 UEFA Cup.
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