Jacob Marsden

Jacob Anthony Marsden (born 14 October 1996) is an English footballer who plays for Dartford as a goalkeeper.

Jacob Marsden

Personal information
Full name	Jacob Anthony Marsden[1]
Date of birth	(1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Great Yarmouth, England
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Dartford
Number	1
Youth career
2010–2016	Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Ipswich Town	0	(0)
2016–2017	→ Leiston (loan)	25	(0)
2017	St Ives Town	3	(0)
2017–2018	Mildenhall Town	0	(0)
2018–2019	Hamilton Academical	1	(0)
2019–2020	Needham Market	0	(0)
2020–2024	Chelmsford City	35	(0)
2020	→ Heybridge Swifts (dual-registration)	7	(0)
2024–	Dartford	23	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

Career

Born in Great Yarmouth, Marsden played youth football for Ipswich Town, joining them in 2010, and spending a loan spell with Leiston,^[3] where he made 25 league appearances.^[4]

After being released by Ipswich he played in non-league football for St Ives Town and Mildenhall Town.^[5]

Marsden signed for Scottish club Hamilton Academical in August 2018.^[6][7] He left Hamilton in May 2019.^[8][9]

On 28 December 2019, Marsden signed for Southern League Premier Division Central side Needham Market.^[10]

On 25 September 2020, Chelmsford City announced the signing of Marsden, with Marsden being dual-registered with Heybridge Swifts upon his arrival at the club.^[11] On 9 April 2021, Chelmsford announced Marsden had signed a new one-year contract extension at the club.^[12] On 25 May 2023, Marsden signed another contract extension with Chelmsford, becoming the club's goalkeeping coach in the process.^[13]

On 16 May 2024, Marsden joined Dartford.^[14]

Career statistics

As of 22 February 2025.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ipswich Town	2016–17	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Leiston (loan)	2016–17	Isthmian League Premier Division	25	0	0	0	—		0	0	25	0
St Ives Town	2017–18[15]	Southern Football League Premier Division	3	0	0	0	—		1	0	4	0
Mildenhall Town	2017–18	Isthmian League North Division	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Hamilton Academical	2018–19[16]	Scottish Premiership	1	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	2	0
Needham Market	2019–20	Southern League Premier Division Central	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Chelmsford City	2020–21	National League South	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2021–22	National League South	25	0	1	0	—		1[b]	0	27	0
	2022–23	National League South	6	0	0	0	—		1[b]	0	7	0
	2023–24	National League South	4	0	0	0	—		1[b]	0	5	0
	Total		35	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	39	0
Heybridge Swifts (dual registration)	2020–21[17]	Isthmian North Division	7	0	0	0	—		2[b]	0	9	0
Dartford	2024–25	Isthmian League Premier Division	23	0	2	0	—		3[c]	0	28	0
Career total			94	0	3	0	0	0	10	0	107	0

1. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy
3. One appearance in the FA Trophy, one appearance in the Kent Senior Cup, one appearance in the Velocity Cup

References

1. "Retained List 2015-16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
2. Jacob Marsden at Soccerway
3. "Profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
4. "Jacob Marsden - Leiston Football Club 1st Team". www.leistonfc.co.uk.
5. Tim Street (15 December 2017). "Former Ipswich Town keeper looking to revive his career with Mildenhall". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
6. "New Signing: Jacob Marsden". Hamilton Academical F.C. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
7. "Hamilton sign Congolese midfielder Delphin Tshiembe and goalkeeper Jacob Marsden". BBC Sport. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
8. "Player Departures". Hamilton Academical F.C. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
9. "Hamilton: Eight players leave after safety secured". BBC Sport. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
10. "Needham Market gain new keeper". BetVictorSouthern.co.uk. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
11. "Fennell loaned out and goalkeeper signs on dual-registration". Chelmsford City F.C. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
12. "Jacob Marsden signs contract extension". Chelmsford City F.C. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
13. "Marsden commits and takes a new role with Clarets". Chelmsford City F.C. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
14. "JACOB MARSDEN DEPARTS THE CLARETS". Chelmsford City F.C. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
15. "Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
16. "Games played by Jacob Marsden in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
17. "Heybridge Swifts | Appearances | Jacob Marsden | Football Web Pages".