 Magnay playing forHartlepool United in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carl Ronald Joseph Magnay[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-01-20)20 January 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
| Position | Full back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | South Shields (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leeds United | |||
| Birtley Town | |||
| Esh Winning | |||
| 2007–2009 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | →Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | →Northampton Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Gateshead | 67 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Grimsby Town | 42 | (1) |
| 2015–2019 | Hartlepool United | 110 | (4) |
| 2019–2021 | Spennymoor Town | 38 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Gateshead | 38 | (1) |
| Total | 297 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Northern Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024–2025 | Gateshead | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carl Ronald Joseph Magnay (born 20 January 1989) is a former professionalfootballer who played as adefender. He is the assistant manager atSouth Shields.
Born inGateshead, Magnay joinedChelsea in 2007. After loan spells with Milton Keynes Dons andNorthampton Town, he departed Chelsea and joined his home town clubGateshead. After three seasons with Gateshead, he spent one season withGrimsby Town where he won the club's Player of the Season award. In 2015, he joinedLeague Two clubHartlepool United. Magnay became club captain in his third season with Hartlepool before departing at the end of his fourth season. He subsequently joined non-LeagueSpennymoor Town in 2019. After three seasons with Spennymoor, he rejoined Gateshead. In this spell, Gateshead earned promotion from theNational League North as champions. He retired in 2023.
Magnay has also represented Northern Ireland atunder-21 level, earning one cap.
Born inGateshead,Tyne and Wear, Magnay was the winner of the second series of theSky One talent searchFootball Icon.[2][3] Prior to this Magnay was part ofLeeds United's academy and also played part-time forBirtley Town andEsh Winning.[4][5][2] Magnay's father was the secretary at Birtley Town and he received a phone call from Sky explaining that they were looking for players to take part. Magnay attended alongside his friendMark Anderson. Before appearing on Football Icon, Magnay had been on trial withMiddlesbrough.[2] On 30 July 2007, ChelseaTV Online conducted an interview with Magnay, where it was revealed he had signed professional forms with the club.
In January 2009 he was loaned toLeague One teamMilton Keynes Dons.[6] He made his debut for the Dons on 31 January againstCheltenham Town. He made only one other appearance and in total played 7 minutes for MK.[7] On 9 March 2009 Magnay was signed byNorthampton Town on a one-month loan deal.[8] He made his debut in the 1–0 defeat atMillwall.[9][10]
In pre-season ahead of the2009–10 Premier League campaign, Magnay was a part of the Chelsea Reserves team that took part in atraining ground brawl withUnited Arab Emirates sideAl-Ahli.[11]
In March 2010 Magnay suffered a serious injury in a reserve team game againstCharlton Athletic, damaging hisanterior cruciate ligament,medial collateral ligament and cracking hiskneecap.[12]
On 16 June 2011, it was announced that Magnay had been released by Chelsea having made no senior appearances in a spell plagued by injury.[13] Also, Chelsea reserve team coachSteve Holland made this comment in an article which confirmed the departure of two other players: "Carl Magnay will remain at Chelsea for the rest of this year and he is well informed of how the club see him. He is another who had an awful run of injuries and we try to look after our players. Hopefully over the next six months we can help place him at a good level of football."[14]
In January 2012, Magnay appeared on trial atGateshead, playing for Gateshead's reserve side in aDurham Challenge Cup match againstNorton & Stockton Ancients on 11 January[15] and aCentral League game againstHartlepool United Reserves on 25 January.[16] On 27 January 2012, he signed for Gateshead on a contract until the end of the season.[17] He made his debut on 6 March, as an 86th-minute substitute in a 2–0 win overHayes & Yeading United.[18] He agreed a new one-year contract with the club in May 2012 to cover the 2012–13 season.[19] Magnay scored his first career goal on 29 January 2013 againstBarrow in theFA Trophy.[20] He scored his first league goal on 13 April 2013 againstHereford United. Magnay started in the2014 Conference Premier play-off final againstCambridge United, a 2–1 defeat.[21] After making 77 appearances for the club, Magnay was released at the end of the 2013–14 season.[22]
On 15 July 2014, Magnay signed for Conference Premier sideGrimsby Town on a one-year contract.[23] On 26 April 2015, he picked up six awards including "Supporters Player of the Year" award, at the club's annual presentation.[24]
On 1 June 2015, Magnay joinedHartlepool United after a successful spell at Grimsby where he helped his team finish third in theConference Premier.[25][26] On 5 September 2015, Magnay was accused of spitting at a spectator after receiving a red card in a defeat toWycombe Wanderers. He was suspended by theFA for six matches and fined £750.[27][28]Magnay made 33 league appearances in his first season for Hartlepool.[29] He scored twice in a 3–3 draw atCrewe Alexandra.[30] In September 2016, Magnay ruptured hisanterior cruciate ligament in a match withMansfield Town.[31]
At the start of the 2017–18 season, he was named Hartlepool's captain by new bossCraig Harrison.[32] In March 2018, Magnay made headlines when scored a goal from 40-yards for Hartlepool on live TV in a relegation battle againstBarrow.[33] Magnay signed a new one-year deal with the club at the end of the 2017–18 season.[34]
Magnay was replaced byAndrew Davies as club captain at the start of the 2018–19 season by the club's new managerMatthew Bates.[35] Bates said of the appointment: "Carl (Magnay) hasn't done anything wrong but I spoke to him during the summer and made it clear it was nothing against him but told him I was looking to bring in someone with more experience."[35]
On 16 July 2019,Spennymoor Town announced the signing of Magnay.[36] Magnay stated that he switched to part-time football so that he could pursue coaching and scouting opportunities.
On 9 December 2021, Magnay departed Spennymoor by mutual consent.[37] He made 42 appearances in all competitions for the Moors.
On 7 January 2022, Magnay re-signed forNational League North sideGateshead on a short-term contract until the end of the 2021–22 season making the switch back to full-time football.[38] His first goal, in his second spell, came in a 2–2 draw againstChorley on 2 May 2022. The result meant that Gateshead had secured the National League North title.[39] At the end of the season, Magnay signed a new one–year deal with the club.[40]
Magnay played in the2023 FA Trophy final for Gateshead at Wembley, but lost 1–0 toFC Halifax Town.[41] On 11 July 2023, it was announced he had signed a new one–year contract with Gateshead.[42]
On 28 November 2023, Magnay decided to retire from professional football following a long-term injury sustained in training.[43] This decision came after he had sustained ananterior cruciate ligament injury in October 2023. Upon retiring he said: "It was difficult – it wasn't the way I wanted to finish my career, via an injury. It was difficult to process for a couple of weeks and took a while to sink in, purely because it was taken out of my hands. It was something that I was preparing for anyway, and thankfully it came at a time where I've transitioned straight into the coaching side of it."[43]
Due to having Northern Irish grandparents, English-born Magnay was eligible to represent Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland. He made his international debut for the Northern Ireland U21 team on 11 August 2009, in an away friendly against Portugal's U-21 team.[44]
In January 2015, while earning his coaching badges, Magnay started coaching at Pro Player Football Academy.[45] In September 2019, Magnay began working for his former club Chelsea as a youth talent scout in the north of England.[46]
Following his retirement from football on 28 November 2023, he remained at Gateshead as a part of the coaching staff.[47]
On 14 June 2024, Magnay joined his former managerMike Williamson as a first-team coach at League Two clubMilton Keynes Dons.[48]
On 19 September 2024, Magnay once again followed Williamson, joining the coaching staff ofCarlisle United.[49]
In October 2024, Magnay took up his first managerial role when he was appointed manager atNational League side Gateshead.[50] After winning every league game in December 2024, Magnay won the league's Manager of the Month award.[51] On 2 June 2025, Magnay resigned, after a disappointing end to the season; missing out on the play-offs by one point.[52] The following day, he was appointed assistant manager ofSouth Shields.[53]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 2007–08[54] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–09[55] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[56] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010–11[57] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011–12[58] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 2008–09[55] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Northampton Town (loan) | 2008–09[55] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gateshead | 2011–12[59] | Conference Premier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012–13[59] | Conference Premier | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2013–14[59] | Conference Premier | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
| Total | 67 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 77 | 2 | ||
| Grimsby Town | 2014–15[59] | Conference Premier | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hartlepool United | 2015–16[60] | League Two | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 2016–17[61] | League Two | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| 2017–18[59] | National League | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2018–19[59] | National League | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| Total | 110 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 5 | ||
| Spennymoor Town | 2019–20[59] | National League North | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2020–21[59] | National League North | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[59] | National League North | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Gateshead | 2021–22[59] | National League North | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 2022–23[59] | National League | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2023–24[59] | National League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 297 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 328 | 11 | ||
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