Hull City Born 5 February 1960 in
Seaham, County Durham, Marwood started his career at
Hull City, joining in 1976 as an apprentice and making his way up through the youth and reserve ranks. A pacy and tricky
winger, he made his debut aged 19 in a
Third Division match against
Mansfield Town on 12 January 1980. He spent five seasons with the Tigers, during which time they were relegated to the
Fourth Division and then promoted back to the third. After
1983–84, in which Hull City reached the
Associate Members' Cup Final and narrowly missed out on promotion to the
Second Division, Marwood attracted the interest of
Sheffield Wednesday. In all he played 191 times for Hull and scored 53 goals.
Sheffield Wednesday In June 1984 Marwood was signed by
Sheffield Wednesday for £115,000. The newly promoted Owls had a strong return to the top-flight under the guiding hand of manager
Howard Wilkinson. In four seasons Marwood was a first team fixture. In
1985–86 the Owls finished 5th in the First Division and reached the
FA Cup semi-finals. Marwood was joint top goalscorer in the League with centre forward
Lee Chapman. Despite Wednesday's form tailing off after that, Marwood still shone in the side and after 128 appearances and 27 goals, he moved on.
Arsenal Marwood was signed by
Arsenal for £600,000 in March 1988, as manager
George Graham was searching for a more dependable alternative to the erratic and injury prone
Martin Hayes. He made his Arsenal debut against
Oxford United on 30 March 1988. His first goal for the Gunners was a penalty in a 1–1 draw against
Coventry City at
Highbury 2 May 1988. Marwood's impact at Arsenal was nearly immediate; his crosses supplied
striker Alan Smith with goals throughout the
1988–89 season, in which Arsenal won the First Division title for the first time since 1971. Smith himself credits Marwood as being the most prolific supplier of assists while he was at Arsenal. He scored in each of Arsenals first four games in the winning season. He was also a reliable penalty taker and very accurate from corners and other dead ball situations. During this time, Marwood firmly established himself as the club's first choice left winger. Injury forced Marwood to miss the last five matches of the season, which included Arsenal's title-winning match against
Liverpool at
Anfield. Nevertheless, he still took away a league winners medal with 31 appearances that season. However, with the ban on English clubs in Europe still in place, Marwood was unable to play in the
European Cup. Injury restricted Marwood's chances in the
1989–90 season, and he only managed nineteen matches his final season at Arsenal. After Arsenal signed Swedish international winger
Anders Limpar in the summer of 1990, Marwood was no longer an automatic first choice, in all he played 60 matches for Arsenal, scoring 17 goals. His last goal for the Gunners came at
Maine Road against
Manchester City 10 March 1990.
Sheffield United He was sold to
Sheffield United for £350,000 in September 1990. In three seasons at United, Marwood only managed 22 appearances, and was loaned to
Middlesbrough before making a permanent move to
Swindon Town midway through
1992–93; Marwood played eleven times as Swindon won promotion to the
Premier League, but was released by the club that summer.
Barnet He finished his career at
Barnet where he spent one season, playing 23 games as Barnet were relegated from Division Two. ==International career==