Mark Gillespie (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Gillespie | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Carlisle United | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Newcastle United | ||
| 2008–2010 | Carlisle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010– | Carlisle United | 36 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Blyth Spartans (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:24, 4 May 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Mark Gillespie (born 27 March 1992 in Newcastle) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Football League One side Carlisle United.
Club career
Early career
Gillespie was a part of the academy set up at Newcastle United F.C but went to Carlisle United aged 16. Gillespie was a youth team player at Carlisle and now has a regular place in the reserve team.
Carlisle United
On 20 February 2010, Gillespie was named as a substitute for Carlisle's League 1 match against Swindon Town due to the injury suffered by Lenny Pidgeley. He was on the bench for a further 7 games before Pidgeley returned for the 2010 Football League Trophy Final on 28 March 2010.
On 8 May 2010, Gillespie made his professional debut against Norwich City at Carrow Road after coming on as a late substitute. Gillespie therefore became the youngest keeper ever to represent Carlisle, at 18 years and 42 days, beating the previous record set by Tony Caig.
Mark joined Blyth on a month long loan and made is first start against Eastwood Town on 16 October 2010, keeping a clean sheet. He returned to Carlisle United after spending three months on Croft Park.
Gillespie made his first start for Carlisle in Carlisle's Football League Trophy tie against Preston North End on 4 September 2012.[2] This started ended a run of 146 consecutive starts for Adam Collin and Carlisle manager Greg Abbott said Gillespie could make his first league start for the club on 8 September 2012 at Hartlepool United,[2] which he did.[3] Gillespie was praised by Tottenham Hotspur boss André Villas-Boas and veteran keeper Carlo Cudicini after Carlisle slipped to a 3–0 defeat in a League Cup tie on 26 September, the praise was earned after the young keeper pulled off a string of fine saves to keep United in the match early on.[4] However, he lost his place in the first team after playing 13 consecutive games in two months at the start of November 2012, during this spell Gillespie conceded 23 goals and kept only one clean sheet in a game against Crewe Alexandra on 18 September 2012. Gillespie regained his place in the team one and a half months later in a 2–1 loss at Shrewsbury Town.
References
- ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Carlisle United goalkeepers battle it out to be No1". News & Star. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ↑ "Abbott dives into his Pool of young talent". News & Star. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ↑ "Spurs pair praise Carlisle Utd rookie keeper after game". News & Star. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
External links
- Mark Gillespie career stats at Soccerbase
- Mark Gillespie player profile at carlisleunited.co.uk
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