John Sullivan (English footballer)

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John Sullivan

Personal information
Full name	Johnathan Dennis Sullivan
Date of birth	(1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Sompting, West Sussex, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
2004–2005	Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2009	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	(0)
2009–2011	Millwall	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	13	(0)
2011	→ Charlton Athletic (loan)	4	(0)
2011–2013	Charlton Athletic	3	(0)
2012–2013	→ Colchester United (loan)	4	(0)
2013	→ AFC Wimbledon (loan)	11	(0)
2013–2014	Portsmouth	6	(0)
2014	→ Cambridge United (loan)	3	(0)
2014–2015	Whitehawk	10	(0)
Total		67	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johnathan Dennis Sullivan (born 8 March 1988) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Early years

Born in Sompting, West Sussex, ^[1] John Sullivan signed professional forms with Brighton & Hove Albion during the summer of 2005, but didn't make a competitive appearance for the club until 28 October 2008, when John started in place of the injured Michel Kuipers, during the 3–2 victory over Leicester City. ^[2] At the end of the 2007–08 season, John Sullivan signed a new one-year contract with the club. ^[3]

It was announced on 12 May 2009 that John Sullivan would be leaving Brighton after the expiry of his contract at the end of June 2009. ^[4] Sullivan agreed to join League One rivals Millwall on 2 June 2009, ^[5] and made his debut on 1 September 2009 against Barnet in the Football League Trophy. On 25 March 2010, John Sullivan signed a one-year extension with the club, that will keep him until the next season. ^[6]

John Sullivan signed a one-month loan deal with Yeovil Town, having impressed manager Terry Skiverton in Darren Way's benefit match – a 3–2 victory over a Manchester United XI – when John was in trial with the club. ^[7] Upon the move, John Sullivan said I John is expected to play more regularly, rather than spending time on the bench. ^[8] John made his debut for the club, in the opening game of the season, with a 2–1 win over Leyton Orient. After the match, John Sullivan soon desired to stay at the club ^[9] and his wish came true by having his loan spell extended until 3 January 2011. ^[10] Having retained his first choice goalkeeper in the early of the season, Sullivan soon lost his first team place in goal after suffering an injury and was replaced by Stephen Henderson. ^{[11] [12]} After Henderson loan spell with the club is up and returned to his parent club in November, Sullivan retained his first-choice in goalkeeping. ^[13] After six-months at Yeovil Town, his loan-spell had come to an end. ^[14]

On 18 March 2011, Sullivan signed a one-month loan deal with Charlton Athletic. ^[15] His stay at Charlton was extended on 15 April until the end of the season. ^[16]

Charlton Athletic

Charlton acted swiftly in the following transfer window to bring Sullivan to the club on permanent basis after a string of impressive performances, securing a two-year deal on 31 May 2011. ^[17] Sullivan made his first appearance for Charlton after signing permanently in the summer when he came on as a sixth-minute substitute against Leyton Orient after Ben Hamer was sent off for handling the ball outside his area. ^[18]

The next season, Sullivan was told by manager Chris Powell he will be loaned out, to earn more playing time. ^[19] Eventually on 9 November 2012, he signed on a one-month loan to League One side Colchester United ^[20] He joined Colchester United for the replacement for Mark Cousins, who is being on the sidelines. After making his debut against Crewe, Sullivan says joined the club, citing playing time as the main reason. ^[21] His loan spell at Colchester United had come to an end, following a conclusion to his loan spell, but willing to return to the club. ^[22]

In 2013, Sullivan signed a loan deal with AFC Wimbledon, until the end of the season ^[23] and was ever present for the duration of his loan period, including their dramatic escape from relegation on the final day of the league two season.

It was confirmed on 30 April 2013 that Sullivan has been released from Charlton. ^[24]

Portsmouth

On 16 May 2013, Sullivan signed a two-year deal with Portsmouth. ^[25] He made his debut in a 4–1 home defeat to Oxford United on 3 August 2013. Sullivan went on a run of six matches as Portsmouth's first choice goalkeeper, however two high-profile errors against York City, ^[26] one of which saw Sullivan drop the ball into an empty net, resulted in the arrival of Trevor Carson from Bury, ^[27] and Sullivan was dropped from the side. ^[28]

On 7 June 2014, Sullivan left Portsmouth by mutual consent despite having one year remaining on his contract. ^[29]

Career statistics

As of 30 June 2015.

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other1		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brighton & Hove Albion	2005–06	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2006–07	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2007–08	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2008–09	13	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	17	0
	2009–10	0	0	—		—		1	0	1	0
	Subtotal	13	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	18	0
Millwall	2009–10	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2010–11	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Subtotal	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Yeovil Town (loan)	2010–11	13	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	17	0
	Subtotal	13	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	17	0
Charlton Athletic (loan)	2010–11	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Subtotal	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Charlton Athletic	2011–12	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
	2012–13	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Subtotal	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
Colchester United (loan)	2012–13	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Subtotal	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
AFC Wimbledon (loan)	2012–13	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
	Subtotal	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Portsmouth	2013–14	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
	Subtotal	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Cambridge United (loan)	2013–14	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
	Subtotal	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
Whitehawk	2014–15	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	Subtotal	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
Career Total		67	0	6	0	3	0	8	0	84	0

¹ Including the Football League Trophy.

References

1. Playing is a Dream for Sompting's Sullivan, The Worthing Herald, 7 January 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
2. Brighton vs Leicester City Archived 7 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 28 October 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2010
3. "Sullivan inks new deal". Sky Sports. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
4. New Deals for Three Archived 15 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine , Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 12 May 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009
5. Sullivan to Sign Archived 10 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine , Millwall F.C., 3 June 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2010
6. "Sullivan signs Lions deal". Sky Sports. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
7. "Glovers snap up Sullivan". Sky Sports. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
8. "Yeovil keeper John Sullivan targets first team run". BBC Sport. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
9. "Yeovil goalkeeper Sullivan is very keen to extend his stay in Somerset". This is Sommerset. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
10. "Yeovil snap up MacDonald and Tudur Jones on new loan deals". This is Sommerset. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
11. "Yeovil Town in race to sign goalkeeper after John Sullivan injury". This is Somerset. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
12. "Skiv sticks with Henderson". Sky Sports. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
13. "Glovers set to keep an eye on goalkeeper Henderson". This is Sommerset. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
14. "Now we must keep on climbing, says Yeovil Town boss Skiverton". This is Somerset. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
15. "Charlton Athletic sign up keeper John Sullivan". BBC Sport. 18 March 2011.
16. "John Sullivan agrees Charlton Athletic extension". BBC Sport. 15 April 2011.
17. "Sullivan signs". Charlton Athletic. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
18. Orient Overcome Ten-Man Charlton, East London and West Essex Guardian, 31 December 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012
19. "Sullivan set for loan". Sky Sports. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
20. "Sullivan makes U's loan move". Sky Sports. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
21. "Sullivan jumped at the chance to join U's". Daily Gazette. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
22. "Sullivan open to U's return". Daily Gazette. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
23. "Neil Sullivan's time at AFC Wimbledon comes to an end with Ardley's praise ringing in his ears". Wimbledon Guardian. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
24. "Sullivan and Mambo to depart". Charlton Athletic. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
25. "Pompey Snap Up Sullivan". Portsmouth FC. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
26. "York 4 Pompey 2". Portsmouth FC. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
27. "Carson Arrives on Loan". Portsmouth FC. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
28. Allen, Neil (1 December 2013). "Why reputation of Guy should never be tainted by manager failings". Portsmouth News. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
29. "TWO PLAYERS DEPART". Portsmouth Football Club Official Website. 7 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

External links

• John Sullivan at Soccerbase
• Late Tackle Magazine: From Saving To Selling: The Keeper Who Has Built A New Life in Vegas