Stuart Green

Stuart Green (born 15 June 1981 in Whitehaven, Cumbria) is an England professional Association football currently playing for Blackpool F.C..

Career

An attacking midfielder who is often used on the right-hand side of midfield, Green started his career at Newcastle United F.C. but did not break into the first team. He played 16 games on loan at Carlisle United F.C. in the 2001-02 in English football. Following a dip in form, Peter Taylor informed Green that he would be left out of the Hull team to face Lincoln City F.C.. and then on 19 February he was sent on loan to Carlisle United until the end of the 2002-03 in English football with a view to a permanent move. Carlisle had to pay a non-returnable £30,000 fee.

Subsequently, he also fell out with Carlisle manager Roddy Collins, and before the club's match against Torquay United F.C. in April, Green was thrown off the Carlisle team coach by Collins who claimed that Green had been trying to negotiate a transfer back to Hull. Collins said, "How can you ask a man like that to run through a brick wall for you?" He subsequently returned to Hull and admitted that the move to Carlisle had been "a massive mistake".

Green remained a first-team squad member at Hull and turned down a move to Milton Keynes Dons F.C. in January 2006 in order to fight for a regular place in the Hull team. However, on 31 August 2006, he joined Peter Taylor at Crystal Palace F.C. in a £75,000 deal. By early October, Green's longest appearance for Crystal Palace came at an away match against Hull City when he came on as a half-time substitute. Green scored on his full debut for the club in a home match against Cardiff City F.C. on 14 October which they lost 2-1. He scored again on his next full match for the club, on 1 January 2007, against Norwich City F.C. However, he did not play many games after Peter Taylor was sacked as manager, and on 31 January 2008, transfer deadline day, he signed an 18-month contract with Blackpool F.C..