Footballers who have played league football for PNE & Colchester
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902) N'DUMBU-NSUNGU Guylain (PNE signed Sept 2004 6 apps 0 gls) (Col 8 apps 1 goal)
795) SALE Mark (PNE signed July 94 13 apps 6 gls) (Col 80 apps 12 gls)
797) VAUGHAN John (PNE signed July 94 66 apps 0 gls) (Col 11 apps 0 gls)
Player Profile MARK SALE
Mark David Sale was born in Burton-on-Trent on 27 February 1972 and at 6ft 5in was one on the tallest players to play league football for Preston.
After coming through the youth scheme, Sale signed professional forms for Stoke in July 1990 and made two substitute appearances during 1990/91 before joining Cambridge United in a free transfer on 31 July 1991.
Sale remained at Cambridge for 5 months but didn't make a league appearance. Sale moved to non-league Rocester.
At the beginning of March 1993 Sale joined Birmingham and stayed for a year making 21 league appearances. Although Sale didn't score a league goal he scored in both the League Cup and FA Cup for the Blues.
In March 1994 Sale joined Torquay for £10,000 and scored 8 goals in 44 appearances before leaving to join John Beck at Preston for £20,000 on 26 July 1994.
Sale made his PNE debut in a League Cup tie against Stockport on 17 August. Sale scored in his first league match for the club in a 2-0 victory at Hereford. Sale then scored again as a substitute in his next league match at Barnet a week later. Sale scored two goals in the 3-2 victory at Gillingham to give him 5 goals in 7 appearances but later missed four months of the season due to a hernia and toe injury. Sale returned for the last match of the season scoring in the 2-1 defeat at Scunthorpe. Preston reached the play offs but were defeated by Bury with Sale being substituted in both games to be replaced by Mick Conroy.
These were his final games for Preston as after 6 goals from 13 league appearances he moved to Mansfield for a fee of £50,000 on 31 July 1995. Sale scored 7 goals from 28 appearances in 1995/96 and played the second half of the season with a broken nose.
The following season Sale scored 5 goals in 17 appearances including both goals in a 2-1 win at Cardiff in December 1996. Sale also received red cards at Northampton and in his final league game for the club at Leyton Orient on 4 January 1997.
Sale joined Colchester for a fee of £23,500 on 10 March 1997 and made his debut at home in a 2-1 victory against his previous club Mansfield. Sale scored his first goal for Colchester in his sixth game in a 3-1 victory at home to Swansea and scored in two of the three remaining matches of the 1996/97 season as Colchester narrowly missed the play offs by one point.
The 1997/98 season saw Sale score 7 goals including a brace in a 5-1 victory against Macclesfield. Sale played in the play off victory against Barnet and in the final at Wembley against one of his old clubs Torquay, which Colchester won 1-0.
After scoring the winner in his first match of the 1998/99 season against Chesterfield, Sale struggled in the third tier win only one goal in his next 33 appearances this was at Wigan in a 1-1 draw in September. Sale also played in the 4-1 FA Cup defeat against non-league Bedlington Terriers.
Sale made his final appearance for Colchester in a 1-0 home defeat against Manchester City on 22 March. Sale had scored 12 goals in 80 league appearances for the U's.
Sale joined Plymouth on loan on 25 March 1999 for the remainder of the season, making his debut in a 3-2 defeat at Chester. The following match, a 5-0 home victory against Scunthorpe saw Sale score his only goal for the Pilgrims. His ninth and final appearance was in the 3-0 defeat at Scarborough.
Sale signed for Conference Club Rushden for £30,000 on 14 July 1999 and made his debut for the club in a 0-0 draw at Morecambe but in two seasons only made 10 appearances for the club and didn't find the net this was due to bravely returning to the game in 2000 after suffering from Cancer. His final appearance was in March 2001 in a 2-0 home win against Woking.
Sale joined fellow conference club Doncaster on a free transfer on 20 May 2001 and made his debut in the 1-0 victory at Farnborough. His first goal came in his fifth game as Doncaster beat Dover 2-1. Two further goals were scored by Sale in the next 9 games before making his final appearance for Doncaster on 22 April 2002 in a 2-0 defeat at Barnet.
Sale joined Tamworth on 2 August 2002 and stayed with the club for two seasons before leaving at the end of May 2004. Sale then joined Mick Burr at Hucknall Town on loan before moving to Alferton Town . Sale signed for Burr again, who had moved to Northwich Victoria , at the start of the 2005/06 season. Sale has since made 37 appearances for the Vics, many of them as a substitute and so far he has netted on 3 occasions.