Full-back
Marc Tierney joined Norwich City from Colchester on 13th
January 2010 for an undisclosed fee, signing a two and a half
year contract. He will provide competition to Adam
Drury and Steven Smith for
the left-back position.
Tierney rose through the youth ranks at Oldham Athletic, making
his professional debut for Oldham in a Carling Cup match in August
of the 200304 season, against Scunthorpe United. In December
2004 he went to Carlisle United on loan for a three month spell
under Paul Simpson.
In January 2007, Tierney was signed by Shrewsbury Town in a two
and a half year deal. He was a regular in the Shrewsbury side
during the closing months of the 200607 season, as Town
reached the League Two playoff final at Wembley. Notably, Tierney
was sent off in the dying minutes of that game, making him only
the second player to suffer this fate at the new stadium
In spite of Shrewsbury's disappointing 200708 season, Tierney
enjoyed excellent personal form. His consistently dependable performances
earned him both the fans' and players' player of the year awards
On November 27, 2008 Tierney joined Colchester United on an initial
five-week loan. The move was made permanent by manager Paul
Lambert in the January 2009 transfer window. He made 74 appearances
for the U's before joining Norwich, scoring once.
At the end of his first season, Norwich won promotion to the
Premiership, on 2nd May 2011 with a 1-0 win at Portsmouth with
Marc playing a key role (16 appearances) in the Canaries' promotion
challenge. He was also linked with a call up to the Irish squad
Impressive form in Norwich's opening start to the 2011/12 premier
League season saw Tierney linked again withthe Irish squad, with
Irish coach Marco Tardelli revealing that that Norwich City trio
Wes Hoolahan, Anthony Pilkington and Marc Tierney are firmly on
his international radar ahead of the Euro 2012 finals. The former
World Cup winner, who was at Carrow Road to see the Canaries take
on Arsenal, admitted he and Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni
were weighing up all their options with regards to their final
23-man Euro2012 squad.
Tierney made 17 appearances during the 2011/12 Premier League
season but missed the second half through injury.
After playing in the 5-0 defeat at Fulham on the opening day
of the 2012/13 season, Tierney lost his place in the City first-team
with further appearances limited to cup games. On 20th May 2013,
City announced that they would not be renewing his contract when
it expired at the end of June 2013. He had played 39 times for
City. he was quikcly linked with a move to Bolton Wanderers. This
was confirmed on 30th May 2013
Tierney was forced to retire from the professional game because
of an anke injury on 24th April 2015. He had suffered a broken
bone and ligament damage in a game against Yeovil in 2013 and
undergone four operations