title: Ben Marsden (footballer)
text: # Ben Marsden (footballer)
  
  Benjamin Marsden (5 May 1898 – 1971) was an English footballer who played as a right-back for Port Vale, Queens Park Rangers, and Reading.
  
  ## Career
  
  Marsden made his first team debut for Port Vale at right-back in a 1–1 draw with Bury at Gigg Lane in a wartime league match on 7 September 1918. He was released at the end of the 1919–20 season after playing a total of six wartime league games for the club. He later played for Queens Park Rangers and Reading.
  
  ## Career statistics
  
  Source:
  
  | Club | Season | Division | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Port Vale | 1919–20 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Queens Park Rangers | 1920–21 | Third Division South | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
  | Queens Park Rangers | 1921–22 | Third Division South | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
  | Queens Park Rangers | 1922–23 | Third Division South | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
  | Queens Park Rangers | 1923–24 | Third Division South | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
  | Queens Park Rangers | 1924–25 | Third Division South | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
  | Queens Park Rangers | Total | Total | 126 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 132 | 6 |
  | Reading | 1925–26 | Third Division South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | Career total | Career total | Career total | 128 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 134 | 6 |
  