page_title: Martyn Lancaster
section_title: Return to Atlanta Silverbacks
hierarchical_section_title: Martyn Lancaster / Club career / Return to Atlanta Silverbacks
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Atlanta Silverbacks Park from the upper level practice field.
context_page_description: Martyn Neil Lancaster is an English retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He signed for Chester City in 1997 after a successful trial with the club, and played in the Football League and later the Football Conference. After making over 100 appearances for City, and winning the Conference League Cup in 2001, he was allowed to leave in early 2003. After 18 months with Leigh RMI, he played for a host of non-league clubs including Northwich Victoria, Stalybridge Celtic, and Southport.
  Lancaster moved to the United States in 2005, initially to coach at a high school, but soon got the chance to play competitively again. After an unsuccessful trial with the Atlanta Silverbacks, he signed for USL Second Division club Wilmington Hammerheads in 2006. He impressed in his season with Wilmington and moved up a division to sign for the Atlanta Silverbacks in 2007. He had two successful seasons with Atlanta, including being runner-up in the USL First Division in his debut season, but the club went on hiatus in late 2008 so he was forced to move on. He moved back to the United Kingdom in early 2009 to join Scottish First Division club Queen of the South.
context_section_description: Lancaster re-signed with former club Atlanta Silverbacks in December 2011. He made the decision to sign after Alex Pineda Chacón was announced as the Atlanta's new head coach, and Pineda Chacón was someone who impressed Lancaster during his first stint with the club when he was assistant coach. He made his second debut for the club on 7 April when he started in the draw with the San Antonio Scorpions, he had a close range header cleared off the line in the game at Atlanta Silverbacks Park. On 16 May, Lancaster was sent off in the defeat against the Puerto Rico Islanders, and at the beginning of June he was sent off again in the win against FC Edmonton. Despite Lancaster playing 25 league games and leading the club in minutes played, Atlanta missed out on the playoffs, finishing seventh place in the league.
  Lancaster started the opening game of the 2013 season; he played the whole game in the win against his former club the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. On 18 May 2013, he scored his first goal for the club when he headed the second goal in the victory against the Carolina RailHawks. Lancaster featured in 11 games as Atlanta won the Spring season, they sealed the championship with the 3–0 win against Minnesota United at the National Sports Center in July, securing their place in Soccer Bowl 2013 in the process. He played 12 times during the Fall season but he was injured in the final league game of the season against the New York Cosmos, meaning he would start Soccer Bowl as substitute, and subsequently wouldn't feature in the defeat against the Cosmos. Lancaster's efforts throughout the season earned him a place in the NASL 2013 Best XI.
caption: Atlanta Silverbacks Park, where Lancaster played for four years of his career
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