Derry youngster Mark McKeever began his career at Norwich before
following Kit Carson to Peterborough.
He made just 3 league appearances before he transferred to Sheffield
Wednesday with David Billington for
£1million. Making his debut for Wednesday in a 0-0 draw with Chelsea,
Mark had made 3 appearances for Wednesday before the end of the
98/99 season but had also spent time on loan with Bristol Rovers
(7 appearances) and Reading (7 appearances, 2 goals). Mark is
a midfielder. He made his 6th appearance for Wednesday in the
FA Cup tie against Bristol City in December 1999.
In December 2000, Mark was linked with a return to Bristol Rovers
who supposedly had tabled a £100,000 bid for Mark. A permanent
move didn't materialise but Mark joined Rovers on loan for two
months at the start of February 2001. This was later made permanent
as a free transfer the following month. Mark spent two seasons
with Rovers before they released him in May 2003. He joined Weston-Super-Mare
in August 2003. He worked for a while at Bristol International
Airport before joining Weston Super-Mare's Football Academy as
a coach. Towards the end of the 2005/6 seadson, he joind Gloucester
City on loan but then transferred to Bath City on 22nd May 2006.
Mark has been capped by Ireland at Under-18 level (12 caps) and
by their Under-21s (4 caps)
(Source for some of
this information: West Bristol and Somerset Sunday Independent,
April 30th 2006)
Mark was loaned to Mangotsfield United in January 2008. He moved
to Weston-Super-Mare in March 2008