Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-02-08) 8 February 1987
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Partick Thistle
Number 10
Youth career
Clyde
Calderwood Blue Star
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Kilbirnie Ladeside
2009–2013 Partick Thistle 137 (26)
2013–2016 Dundee United 57 (7)
2014 → Partick Thistle (loan) 15 (2)
2016– Partick Thistle 45 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:09, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Chris Erskine (born 8 February 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Partick Thistle in the Scottish Premiership as a midfielder. He has previously played for junior side Kilbirnie Ladeside where he began his career, and Dundee United.

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. He spent four years at Kilbirnie while also working as a pipe fitter at Glasgow shipyards,[1][2][3] before signing a one-year contract with Partick Thistle at the start of season 2009–10.[4] He made his professional debut against Airdrie United, [5] and in his home debut against Berwick Rangers scored twice in a 5–1 victory.[6][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.[7] 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 a loan deal until the end of the season, after failing to secure a regular place in the Dundee United squad.[8] Having returned to Dundee United for the 2014–15 season, Erskine scored in United's first game of the season, a 3–0 win against Aberdeen at Pittodrie.[9]

It was announced on 16 January 2016 that Erskine had signed a pre-contract agreement to rejoin Partick Thistle for a third time. He rejoined the club officially in June 2016. Erskine's first goal of his third spell at Partick Thistle 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 he made his 200th appearance for the Jags.[2] Erskine's first season back at Thistle ended with the club achieving a top six finish with Erskine making 42 appearances scoring 9 goals in all competitions.

He was confirmed as Partick'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;[10] ultimately they were relegated to the Championship after losing the play-off against Livingston.[11]

Personal life

His younger brother Liam McLaughlin is also a footballer who has played in the Junior leagues for East Kilbride Thistle.[12]

Honours

Club

Partick Thistle

Individual

Career statistics

As of match played 4 November 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish
Cup		 League
Cup		 Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partick Thistle 2009–10[13] First Division 34110222[lower-alpha 1]0393
2010–11[14] 347311000388
2011–12[15] 35710101[lower-alpha 1]0387
2012–13[16] 341110213[lower-alpha 1]24014
Partick total I 1372661636215532
Dundee United 2013–14[17] Premiership 810010—91
2014–15[18] 3464131—418
2015–16[19] 1513000—181
Dundee Utd total 5787141006810
Partick Thistle (loan) 2013–14[17] Premiership 15200——152
Partick Thistle 2016–17[20] Premiership 3652242—429
2017–18[21] 930052—145
Partick total II 4582294005614
Career total 254441541986229458
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

  1. 1 2 "Erskine Bridges the gap to full-time football". Scottish Football League. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "From the shipyards to the Premiership - Chris Erskine on his 200th appearance for Partick Thistle". Evening Times. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Partick Thistle's Chris Erskine plans to go back to shipyards when he hangs up boots". Scottish Sun. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Jags sign up Kilbirnie midfielder". BBC Sport. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Debut Match Report". ptfc.co.uk. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Home Debut Report". PTFC. 1 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "Partick Thistle's Chris Erskine and Paul Paton to join Dundee United". BBC Sport. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Partick Thistle: Chris Erskine returns to Firhill on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  9. ↑ McLeod, Liam (10 August 2014). "Aberdeen 0–3 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Partick Thistle's Chris Erskine crowned POTY - after saying he'd be embarrassed to win gong". Daily Record. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Partick Thistle 0 - 1 Livingston (agg 1-3): Hopkin's men seal promotion". The Scotsman. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "Dundee United ace Chris Erskine tips brother Liam to follow in his footsteps after shining for East Kilbride Thistle". Daily Record / East Kilbride News. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

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