Bradley Marriott

?–2015

**Bradley Marriott** is a footballer who played for **Hashtag United** (men).

Marriott played at youth level for Wingate & Finchley, prior to progressing into the first-team squad during the 2015–16 campaign. His debut arrived on 7 November 2015 during an Isthmian League - Premier Division victory over Farnborough, as he came off the bench to replace Marcus Rose with two minutes remaining. His first start subsequently arrived on 3 February 2016 in a Middlesex Senior Charity Cup encounter with Uxbridge, who won the match 4–3 away from home. During his time at the club, Marriott also repped Middlesex at county level.

Hadley Wood & Wingate
Ahead of 2016–17, Marriott went to Spartan South Midlands League - Division One side Hadley Wood & Wingate - who acted as a feeder team for Wingate & Finchley. He made his bow on 10 August as his new team lost at home to Chesham United Reserves. Just under three months later, on 5 November, the defender scored his sole goal for the club in a 3–1 defeat on home soil to Harefield United. Towards the conclusion of the season, Marriott had appeared 26 times in total - though spent the final months of 2016–17 at Cockfosters.

Cockfosters
Around March 2017, Marriott joined Cockfosters of the Spartan South Midlands League - Premier Division - switching a bottom half second tier team for a promotion-chasing top-flight club. His first appearance arrived during a 7 March win at Tring Athletic, as he came on after 21 minutes to take the place of Carl Resch; which was the first of 8 matches for him as they placed 3rd. He also scored 1 in 4 for their development team. Marriott would then be a regular in 2017–18, which would be his final season with *Fosters*. On 28 October 2017, the defender was sent off during a draw at Stotfold. He returned on 18 November, scoring two goals in a 4–2 triumph over Oxhey Jets. Next time out, on 28 November, Marriott netted again in a narrow victory over Colney Heath.

Marriott was red carded for a second time on 17 February 2018 against Crawley Green, and for a third time during his first match back from his previous suspension on 10 March versus St. Margaretsbury. By the end of his second, and last, campaign, the defender had scored 3 goals across 47 appearances.

Northwood
On 19 July 2018, Isthmian League - South Central Division outfit Northwood revealed the arrival of Marriott. However, the defender wouldn't feature competitively for the club, though he did feature in pre-season games and made the bench on the opening day of the league season for the visit of Tooting & Mitcham United on 11 August.

Hadley
Within the early stages of 2018–19, Marriott departed Northwood in favour of a move to Hadley. He was substituted on for his Spartan South Midlands League - Premier Division bow on 22 August 2018 against North Greenford United. His first goal arrived for *The Bricks* on 10 November against Potton United, which preceded further strikes versus London Tigers and Leverstock Green - amidst a total of 43 matches for him in his debut season with the club. Hadley were transferred to the Essex Senior League for 2019–20, with Marriott making his first appearance in that division on 3 August 2019 against Enfield. He would score twice, versus Clapton and Sporting Bengal United, across 33 games as they came 4th; in a campaign that was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020–21, which was also ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marriott scored 1 goal (during a 3–2 win at Sporting Bengal United) and featured 15 times as they placed 5th. Ahead of 2021–22, *The Bricks* were put back into the Spartan South Midlands League - Premier Division.

### HTU

2020–21
On 20 May 2021, HTU announced the signing of Marriott for the 2021–22 season. The defender had, however, already debuted for *The Tags*, after coming off the bench during a 5–3 victory in friendly action against Hashtag Academy on 15 May.

2021–22
Marriott would participate in 7 of the club's 10 pre-season encounters to start 2021–22, with manager Jay Devereux selecting him as a starter on each occasion. He made his competitive debut on 15 August 2021 during an Isthmian League - North Division home draw with Coggeshall Town. The defender featured further that month against Ware, Dereham Town and Brentwood Town, but would announce his exit back to Hadley on 5 September - citing a desire to "return to the place where I've played my best football to establish that confidence, ability and happiness in the game", though did note his time with *The Tags* as "absolutely class" and that he had been welcomed "with open arms".

### Post-HTU

Hadley (return)
In September 2021, Marriott completed a return to Hadley. He made it a goalscoring second debut for *The Bricks* after netting in a 3–1 triumph over Colney Heath in the Spartan South Midlands League - Premier Division on 14 September. He'd strike further across the course of the season against Holmer Green, Harpenden Town (cup) and Oxhey Jets on the way to the club securing promotion as champions to the Southern League - Division One Central. On 22 August 2022, following two competitive appearances to start 2022–23, Marriott announced his retirement following a health scare.

Hadley (return)
Marriott came out of retirement to play for Hadley in their final day fixture with Romania in the Southern League - Division One Central on 22 April 2023, appearing as a starter for 39 minutes (replaced by Moses Ndandani) of an eventual 1–1 draw.

## Personal Life

On 17 August 2022, Marriott collapsed at work and was subsequently "put to sleep" for 3 days on heavy medication. He noted that the incident gave him "a lot of perspective" on life and that he had decided to retire from football to "live the best life" that he could, though would put focus on "the coaching side of things".

## HTU Statistics

Breakdown

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

Appearances (11)
* List of appearances of Bradley Marriott

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Next up is Bradley Marriott" , 19 July 2018.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Wingate & Finchley - Appearances - 2015-2016" .
3. ↑ "Middlesex torpedoed by Royal Navy" , 13 November 2017.
4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 "Bradley Marriott player stats" .
5. ↑ "Bostik League South Central Division - Northwood 4 - 3 Tooting & Mitcham United - 2018-2019" .
6. ↑ "Team starting line-up v @afc\_hayes at Merchantt Taylor’s tonight" , 31 July 2018.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Bradley Marriot player stats" .
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Bradley Marriot player stats" .
9. ↑ "Bradley Marriott" , 5 September 2021.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "This week has been the worst week of my life" , 22 August 2022.
11. ↑ "9 Months on from my last competitive football match, I’m making my return to Hadley today for the last game of the season. Family and friends coming along to support - excited but nervous 😂 Come on you bricks!" , 22 April 2023.
12. ↑ "39’ We make our first substitution, Moses Ndandani comes on ↩️ Marriott ↪️ Ndandani HAD 1-0 FCR" , 22 April 2023.