Jack Martin

**Last statistical update: 02:53, 19 August 2023 (UTC)**

**Jack Martin** is a footballer who played for **Hashtag United** (men).

Martin spent 7 years in the youth set-up at Colchester United, having officially joined on 19 April 2010.

Braintree Town Reserves
Martin started his senior career with Braintree Town Reserves, who were plying their trade in the Thurlow Nunn League - Division One for 2017–18. After going unused on the substitute's bench across September and October 2017 for fixtures with Little Oakley and Woodbridge Town, Martin appeared for his bow on 7 October as he was subbed on during a 2–1 home victory over Holland. On the final day of the season, on 7 May 2018, Martin scored his one and only goal for the club against Cornard United. He finished the campaign with 24 appearances, half of which were as a substitute.

Haverhill Borough
In 2018–19, Martin played in the Thurlow Nunn League - Division One North for Haverhill Borough. His debut arrived on 7 August 2018 as they lost 3–2 at Cornard United, with preceded the defender receiving a red card on 8 December during a 4–1 loss on the road to Mulbarton Wanderers. Martin scored his first goal for the club on 23 February 2019 against Norwich CBS, prior to netting again on 23 March versus Downham Town. He ended the season with 42 appearances as they placed 16th. During the season, Martin was managed by father Lee, who was the club's interim manager around November 2018.

### HTU

2019–20
Ahead of 2019–20, Martin was signed by Jay Devereux's HTU. The defender was selected in all 7 of the club's pre-season friendlies, all bar one were as a starter. He made his competitive debut for *The Tags* on 7 August 2019 as they lost their Essex Senior League opener at home to Southend Manor. In his next appearance, as a substitute on 14 August, Martin scored his sole HTU goal in a 6–0 thrashing of Tower Hamlets. He notched his first assist (for Neil Richmond) on 3 September as Halstead Town were defeated in the Essex Senior Cup first round. A second HTU assist (for George Smith) arrived on 24 January 2020 against Woodford Town, in a season that saw him feature 45 times before the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced curtailment.

2020–21
Despite participating in all of HTU's opening five pre-season encounters, Martin announced his departure from *The Tags* on 18 August 2020. Fellow full-back Reece Hewitt had been signed as competition for Martin at left-back, with manager Jay Devereux noting - following pre-season - that Hewitt was ahead of Martin in the pecking order. Devereux wished to ease him into his first-team as he still had "elements within his game that I [Devereux] felt needed improvement", though Martin was unwilling to miss game time and chose to depart after the manager failed to give him an assurance of starts. Both Devereux and owner Spencer Carmichael-Brown noted his decision as "disappointing".

### Post-HTU

Saffron Walden Town
On 26 August 2020, Martin signed with fellow Essex Senior League side Saffron Walden Town. His new manager, Jason Maher, noted that he was a target of the club's during the preceding two summers. He was immediately out of action after breaking his foot two weeks prior to the season's start. Martin belatedly made his debut off the bench on 28 October against Enfield, having previously been an unused sub in three previous fixtures. He had made his comeback a day before for their reserves, who he also played for again for three days later. In December, the defender made starts against Redbridge and Ilford before the curtailment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Basildon United
On 11 May 2021, Martin switched to Basildon United of the Isthmian League - North Division. After not appearing competitively, the defender was loaned out to Haverhill Rovers in August.

Haverhill Rovers (dual)
On 17 August 2021, Thurlow Nunn League - Premier Division side Haverhill Rovers announced the arrival of Martin via dual registration from Basildon United. He made his first competitive appearance for them a day later as *Rovers* lost on home turf to Newmarket Town. A 5–1 home defeat to Mildenhall Town on 13 November saw Martin scored his first goal for the club, in a season that he would conclude with 33 appearances; 31 of which were as a starter.

Coggeshall Town
During pre-season ahead of 2022–23, Martin was attached to Coggeshall Town - a team his father, Lee, used to play for. However, the defender wouldn't feature at competitive first-team level for the *Seed Growers*.

Coggeshall United
On 3 August 2022, Martin came on as a substitute during Coggeshall United's 4–3 home defeat to Stanway Pegasus in the Thurlow Nunn League - Division One South.

Saffron Walden Town (return)
On 20 August 2022, Martin made a return to Saffron Walden Town by starting for their reserves in a 10–2 league loss on home soil against Waltham Abbey.

Takeley
On 7 September 2022, Takeley of the Essex Senior League publicised that Martin had joined the club. He had already made his competitive debut on 2 September in a league victory at Woodford Town. On 6 December, Martin scored a brace during a Peter Butcher Memorial Trophy second round win at home to Little Oakley, which preceded further goals in 2023 versus ex-club Saffron Walden Town (on 28 January) and West Essex (on 28 February). He doubled that tally across the rest of the season, as he also amassed 38 games. Martin would depart after 2 early appearances in 2023–24.

Harlow Town
On 18 August 2023, Martin went to Thurlow Nunn League - Division One South team Harlow Town.

## Style Of Play

Martin is predominantly a left-back, though has experience of playing in a variety of positions - including right-back, left wing and in midfield.

## Personal Life

Martin's father, Lee, played for and managed (for three years) Coggeshall Town, before later going on to play in the Essex Veterans League for White Notley; making over 50 appearances between 2011 and 2017.

## HTU Statistics

Breakdown

'*Other Cups' includes competitions like the FA Trophy, the FA Vase and friendly tournaments. See also: HTUwiki:DataIssues.*

Appearances (50)
* List of appearances of Jack Martin

Goal (1)
Hashtag United  v  Tower Hamlets

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jack Martin" .
2. ↑ "How time flies. 10 yrs today that jack signed for Colchester Utd" , 19 April 2020.
3. ↑ "Thanks Luke for trusting in jack last season and giving him his 1st step in senior football" , 20 June 2018.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "JACK MARTIN player stats" .
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "Jack Martin player stats" .
6. ↑ "Haverhill Borough aiming to have new manager in place next week" , 6 November 2018.
7. ↑ "I have decided to leave @hashtagutd !" , 18 August 2020.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "WHO LEFT...AND WHY? - HASHTAG UNITED 2020/21 SQUAD UPDATE" , 7 September 2020.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Jack Martin" , 26 August 2020.
10. ↑ "Good luck to @SWTFootballClub today bring home the 3 points! Business as usual💪🏽💉 gutted I can’t be playing but breaking my foot 2 weeks before the season starting wasn’t my best preparation!" , 5 September 2020.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 "Jack Martin player stats" .
12. ↑ "Players News" , 11 May 2021.
13. ↑ "Former Hashtag United defender Jack Martin joins Haverhill Rovers on dual registration terms from Basildon United" , 17 August 2021.
14. ↑ "𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜" , 17 August 2021.
15. ↑ "I’m not there, sunning myself In miama, sounds like a trailist game as only a small handful of the current squad went and Jack wasn’t one of them" , 20 July 2022.
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Another Coggeshall town medal found, I’d forgot how good I was, one day Jack might be as good as I was" , 14 July 2022.
17. ↑ "New Signing" , 7 September 2022.
18. ↑ "We are pleased announce the signing of Jack Martin!" , 18 August 2023.
19. ↑ "One year ago today jack made his debut in thurlow nunn football. Since then right back, left back, left wing, centre half and midfield" , 1 October 2018.
20. ↑ "With the boy playing for Coggeshall this year and with them having no history for when I was player/manager I just found a few items of our success, there’s plenty more buried in the loft" , 13 July 2022.
21. ↑ "I’ll see you later , Rob. I’m looking forward to going back to coggeshall where I was manager for 3yrs" , 1 November 2020.
22. ↑ "Lee Martin player stats" .