Profile: Martin Butler

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 17/10/2007

	Martin Butler Squad Number: 23 Height: 5.11 Weight: 11.07 Date of birth: 15/09/1974 Place of birth: Dudley Position: Forward Nationality: English Transfer Fee: Free Signed: 16/10/2007 Under Contract: End of 2008-2009
Previous Clubs: Walsall Rotherham Reading Cambridge Fishy Verdict: Butler started his career at Alan Buckley's former club Walsall, where he rose through the youth ranks but struggled to break into the first team and left to join Cambridge in the summer of 1997. Butler's prolific goal scoring record at Cambridge (41 goals in 101 league starts) prompted Reading to pay £750K for him 2000, where he spent three years. A serious ligament injury midway though his time with the Royals meant Butler's form suffered and he eventually fell out of favour and joined Rotherham for just a fifth of the fee Reading paid.
Martin Butler 2007-2008 Games Date Opposition Minutes Goals Card Sub 20/10/2007 Wycombe 90 0 None No 27/10/2007 Bradford 90 0 None No 06/11/2007 MK Dons 90 0 None No 10/11/2007 Carlisle 85 0 None No 17/11/2007 Morecambe 73 0 None No 15/12/2007 Mansfield 7 0 None Yes 22/12/2007 Stockport 90 1 Yellow No 26/12/2007 Accrington 90 0 Yellow No 29/12/2007 Lincoln 72 0 None No 01/01/2008 Chester 56 0 None No 01/03/2008 Morecambe 10 1 None Yes 07/03/2008 MK Dons 44 0 None Yes 11/03/2008 Barnet 87 1 None No 15/03/2008 Darlington 90 2 None No 22/03/2008 Mansfield 90 0 None No 24/03/2008 Brentford 74 0 None No 05/04/2008 Rochdale 90 1 None No 12/04/2008 Rotherham 90 0 None No 15/04/2008 Wycombe 62 0 None No 19/04/2008 Bradford 17 0 None Yes 26/04/2008 Peterborough 35 1 None Yes 03/04/2008 Hereford 44 0 None Yes Total Games: 22 1476 7 2Y 0R 6
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