Career
At Burnley he played under Jimmy Mullen, Adrian Heath, Chris Waddle and Glen Roeder over a 6-year period from being a youth team player and represented England under 18"s in two friendly internationals. This stint was also followed very closely by the British Broadcasting Corporation reporter Peter Stevenson who did a monthly documentary on the lifestyle of a Y.T.S football player following Ian 24 hours a day for two years. After making one appearance for Burnley in the Championship, plus loan spells at Glentoran, Bamber Bridge, Southport and Telford, Ian moved to Halifax Town at the beginning of the 1998 season.
After only a couple of appearances he fell out of favour and was snapped up by Doncaster Rovers where he progressed his career under the influence of Ian Snodin, attracting interest from several English Premier league and Scottish premier league clubs with Snodin turning down six figure offers from Aberdeen, Bolton Wanderers and Queens Park Rangers.
Rovers next manager, Steve Wignall, seemed to alienate the striker infuriating the fans with whom he had become a favourite. Even ten years on from his time at Rovers, the phrase "Get Duerden on!" is used by some fans as a way of expressing a frustration with the managers game plan and a desire for that something extra needed on the pitch.
Unhappy with a lack of first team appearances for Rovers, in January 2001 Duerden was sold to Kingstonian. He then moved to Barrow and later to Hucknall Town where he scored on his debut.
Here his professional career ended prematurely due to a series of injuries throughout the years.
Despite rumours that he had signed for Altricham, Duerden went on to work in the fire service who he also played football for, representing them at the England level
