Wayne Ebanks

Wayne Ebanks
Personal information
Full name	Michael Wayne Anthony Ebanks
Date of birth	2 October 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
	West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1985	West Bromwich Albion
1984	→ Stoke City (loan)
1985	→ Port Vale (loan)
1985–1987	Port Vale
1987–1988	Cambridge United
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Wayne Anthony Ebanks (born 2 October 1964) is an English former footballer who played at right-back for West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City, Port Vale and Cambridge United between 1981 and 1987. He helped Port Vale to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1985–86. He later became a police officer.

Career

Ebanks began his career at West Bromwich Albion, and played seven First Division games for the "Baggies" in the 1983–84 season under the stewardship of Ron Wylie and Johnny Giles.^[3] He then fell out of the first-team picture at The Hawthorns and was loaned out to Bill Asprey's Stoke City, playing ten First Division and two cup games for the "Potters" in the disastrous 1984–85 season. After leaving the Victoria Ground, he returned to Stoke-on-Trent in March 1985, this time on loan to rivals Port Vale.^[1] He featured eleven times in the Fourth Division for the "Valiants", and impressed manager John Rudge enough to win permanent transfer in June 1985.^[1] He featured 15 times as Vale won promotion to the Third Division in the 1985–86 season, and then played 22 games in the 1986–87 campaign.^[1] He was given a free transfer in May 1987, and joined Cambridge United on a non-contract basis. He cut his time at the Abbey Stadium short to join the police force.^[4]

After leaving the game, Ebanks joined the police force.^[4]

Source:^[5]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
West Bromwich Albion	1983–84	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Stoke City (loan)	1984–85	First Division	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
Port Vale	1984–85	Fourth Division	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	1985–86	Fourth Division	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
	1986–87	Third Division	16	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	22	0
	Total		39	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	48	0
Cambridge United	1987–88	Fourth Division	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
Career total			60	0	3	0	8	0	2	0	73	0

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.

Port Vale

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 92. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^ "Stoke City FC". sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b Sherwin, Phil (14 August 2010). "Memory Match: Port Vale 4 Walsall 1 Vale Park Division Three 27th September 1986". The Sentinel. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
^ Wayne Ebanks at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ Kent, Jeff (1990). "From Rags to Riches (1979–1990)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 258–290. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.