Chris Erskine

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Chris Erskine
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-02-08) 8 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 St Cadoc's
Youth career
Clyde
Calderwood Blue Star
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2009 Kilbirnie Ladeside
2009–2013 Partick Thistle 137 (26)
2013–2016 Dundee United 57 (8)
2014 → Partick Thistle (loan) 15 (2)
2016–2019 Partick Thistle 82 (13)
2019–2020 Livingston 19 (1)
2020–2022 East Kilbride 11 (3)
2021 → Partick Thistle (loan) 2 (0)
2022– St Cadoc's 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Chris Erskine (born 8 February 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for West of Scotland League club St Cadoc's.

Contents

He is most associated for his various spells with Partick Thistle. He has also previously played for junior side Kilbirnie Ladeside where he began his career, Dundee United, Livingston and East Kilbride.

Early life

Erskine was born in Rutherglen. He was briefly a youth player with Clyde aged around 12 or 13 before joining Calderwood Blue Star, a boys' team in East Kilbride. [1]

Playing career

Erskine joined junior football team Kilbirnie Ladeside at the age of 18. Having spent four years at Kilbirnie while also working as a pipe fitter at Glasgow shipyards, [1] [2] he signed a one-year contract with Partick Thistle at the start of season 2009–10. [3] He made his professional debut against Airdrie United, [4] and in his home debut against Berwick Rangers scored twice in a 5–1 victory. [5] [2] On 9 April 2011, Erskine scored two goals in ten minutes against Falkirk. On 17 March 2012, he made his 100th appearance for Thistle and scored two goals in the 5–0 win at Palmerston Park over Queen of the South.

On 16 April 2013 it was announced that Erskine, along with Thistle teammate Paul Paton, had signed a pre-contract agreement with Dundee United and would join at the start of the 2013–14 season. [6] He scored his first goal for Dundee United in a 4–0 win against St Mirren. On 20 January 2014, Erskine returned to Partick Thistle on loan until the end of the season, after failing to secure a regular place in the Dundee United team. [7] Returning to Dundee United for the 2014–15 season, Erskine scored in their first game of the season, a 3–0 win against Aberdeen at Pittodrie. [8]

After signing a pre-contract agreement in January 2016, Erskine rejoined Partick Thistle permanently in June 2016. The first goal of his third spell at the club came on the first day of the 2016–17 Scottish Premiership season, in a 2–0 victory at home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. In December 2016 he made his 200th appearance for Thistle. [2] The season ended with the club achieving a top six finish, Erskine making 42 appearances and scoring 9 goals in all competitions.

Erskine was confirmed as Thistle's player of the year for the 2017–18 season, despite having stated he was 'embarrassed' to be nominated after the club's poor performances over the campaign; [9] ultimately they were relegated to the Championship after losing the play-off against Livingston. [10] He left Partick Thistle in January 2019 after falling out of favour with new manager Gary Caldwell, [11] joining Premiership club Livingston in January 2019 for a nominal transfer fee and signing an eighteen-month contract. [12]

Erskine joined his hometown club, East Kilbride of the Lowland League, in July 2020. [13] In March 2021, he began his fourth spell with Partick Thistle, now managed by Ian McCall, joining on loan from East Kilbride until the end of the season. [14] He only made two substitute appearances, suffering a hamstring injury in a game against Forfar Athletic which ruled him out for the remainder of the season. After Thistle won the League One title, Erskine returned to East Kilbride. [15] He left East Kilbride in June 2022 after being unable to agree terms on a new contract, [16] subsequently signing for West of Scotland League club St Cadoc's. [17]

Personal life

His younger brother Liam McLaughlin is also a footballer who has played in the Junior leagues for East Kilbride Thistle. [18]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partick Thistle 2009–10 [19] [20] Scottish First Division 34110223 [lower-alpha 1] 0403
2010–11 [21] [20] 347411000388
2011–12 [22] [20] 35731202 [lower-alpha 1] 0428
2012–13 [23] [20] 341120215 [lower-alpha 1] 44316
Total137261027310416435
Dundee United 2013–14 [24] Scottish Premiership 810010—91
2014–15 [25] 3464131—418
2015–16 [26] 1513000—181
Total5787141006810
Partick Thistle (loan) 2013–14 [24] Scottish Premiership15200——152
Partick Thistle 2016–17 [27] Scottish Premiership3652242—429
2017–18 [28] 28520521 [lower-alpha 2] 0367
2018–19 [29] Scottish Championship 18300402 [lower-alpha 1] 0243
Total8213421343010219
Livingston 2018–19 [29] Scottish Premiership1011000—111
2019–20 [30] 901030—130
Total191203000241
Career total3105023527813437367

Honours

Club

Partick Thistle

Individual

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