Jon Cullen

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Jon Cullen
Personal information
Full name David Jonathan Cullen
Date of birth (1973-01-10) 10 January 1973 (age 50) [1]
Place of birth Bishop Auckland, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
19??–1991 Doncaster Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1993 Doncaster Rovers 9 (0)
1992–199? → Bishop Auckland (loan)
1993–1996 Spennymoor United
1996–1997 Morpeth Town
1997–1998 Hartlepool United 34 (12)
1998–2000 Sheffield United 4 (0)
1999 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 10 (1)
1999 → Hartlepool United (loan) 0 (0)
1999–2000 → Halifax Town (loan) 11 (5)
2000–2002 Peterborough United 44 (5)
2001 → Carlisle United (loan) 11 (0)
2002 Darlington 3 (0)
2002–2003 Spennymoor United
2003 Morpeth Town
2003 Halifax Town 7 (0)
2003–2004 Spennymoor United
2004–2005 Washington Nissan
2005–2006 Newcastle Blue Star
2006–2008 Sunderland Nissan
2008 Morpeth Town
2008–2009 Horden Colliery Welfare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Jonathan Cullen (born 10 January 1973) is an English former professional footballer who made 126 appearances in the Football League in the 1990s and 2000s. A midfielder, he played League football for Doncaster Rovers, Hartlepool United, Sheffield United, Shrewsbury Town, Halifax Town, Peterborough United, Carlisle United and Darlington, and non-League football for a number of clubs in the north of England.

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Life and career

Cullen was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, in 1973. [1] He came through the youth system at Doncaster Rovers [3] and made his senior debut on 11 May 1991, in the starting eleven for the last Fourth Division match of the 1990–91 season, away to Gillingham. Doncaster lost 2–0. Cullen turned professional in September 1991, and made a handful of first-team appearances in the first half of that season, [4] but dropped out of contention. In 1992–93, he spent time on loan at Northern Premier League Premier Division club Bishop Auckland. [5] After one more substitute appearance in August 1993, [4] Doncaster released him and he joined another Northern Premier League club, Spennymoor United, where he spent three seasons before moving on to Morpeth Town of the Northern League. [4]

In March 1997, Cullen returned to the Football League when Hartlepool United manager Mick Tait signed him from Morpeth for a fee of £1,000 and a significant sell-on clause. [6] Under Tait's management, he emerged as what the Northern Echo called a cultured playmaker, [7] and his developing goalscoring form in the 1997–98 season [8]  –12 goals from 28 Third Division (fourth-tier) matches –earned him a move to First Division club Sheffield United. The club could not risk rejecting the £250,000 fee, of which £75,000 had to go to Morpeth, because he would have been able to leave at the end of the season for free under the Bosman ruling. [6] [9] Despite leaving both club and division in January, Cullen remained Hartlepool's top scorer for the season and was named in the Third Division Team of the Year. [10]

Cullen did not reproduce his Hartlepool form at the higher level. He made just four substitute appearances in 18 months, and in the 1999–2000 season spent spells on loan to Shrewsbury Town and Halifax Town, both Third Division clubs, before joining Peterborough United for a £35,000 fee in March 2000. [11] He played regularly for what remained of the season, helped his team reach the play-offs, and played well in the final as Peterborough beat Darlington 1–0 to gain promotion to the Second Division. [12] He continued in the first team until injuries intervened, and after a cartilage operation he finished the season on loan at Carlisle United. [12] Cullen was released at the end of the 2001–02 season, during which he made 17 appearances, and he signed a one-month contract with Third Division Darlington. [13] [14] After four matches, his deal was extended, but he was let go two weeks later, [13] [15] and he returned to his former club of Spennymoor. [16]

A trial with Malaysian club Selangor in February yielded nothing, [17] and Cullen made a brief return to another former club, Morpeth Town, [18] before trying his luck equally fruitlessly in the United States with the Chicago Fire and the Long Island Rough Riders in March and April. He finished the season back at Morpeth, [19] played seven Conference matches for Halifax Town at the start of the 2003–04 season, [2] [20] before another spell with Spennymoor, during which he scored a hat-trick of penalties. [21] He then played Northern League football for Washington Nissan, [22] Newcastle Blue Star, [23] further spells with the renamed Sunderland Nissan and with Morpeth Town, [24] and Horden Colliery Welfare. [25]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Doncaster Rovers 1991–92 [4] Fourth Division 1000000010
1992–93 [4] Fourth Division8010211 [lower-alpha 1] 0121
1993–94 [4] Third Division 0000000000
1994–95 [4] Third Division0000100010
Total90103110141
Hartlepool United 1996–97 [26] Third Division60———60
1997–98 [27] Third Division281210202 [lower-alpha 1] 03312
Total34121020203912
Sheffield United 1997–98 [27] First Division 20———20
1998–99 [28] First Division200000—20
1999–2000 [11] First Division000000—00
Total400000—40
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 1999–2000 [11] Third Division101———101
Halifax Town (loan) 1999–2000 [11] Third Division115———115
Peterborough United 1999–2000 [4] Third Division133——1 [lower-alpha 2] 0143
2000–01 [29] Second Division 18110102 [lower-alpha 1] 1222
2001–02 [13] Second Division13120101 [lower-alpha 1] 0171
Total445302041536
Carlisle United (loan) 2000–01 [29] Third Division110———110
Darlington 2002–03 [30] Third Division30—10—40
Halifax Town 2003–04 [2] Conference 70———70
Total1332350817115325

Honours

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