Chris Erskine

Scottish footballer

Chris ErskinePersonal information

Date of birth|  (1987-02-08) 8 February 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth|  Rutherglen, Scotland
Position(s)|  Attacking Midfielder
Team information

Current team

|  St Cadoc's
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|  (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 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.

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

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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

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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

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

## Career statistics

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As of 21:24, 16 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | League  | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other  | Total

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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Partick Thistle | 2009–10[19][20] | Scottish First Division | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3[a] | 0 | 40 | 3
2010–11[21][20] | 34 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 8
2011–12[22][20] | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 42 | 8
2012–13[23][20] | 34 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5[a] | 4 | 43 | 16
Total  | 137 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 164 | 35
Dundee United | 2013–14[24] | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 1
2014–15[25] | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 41 | 8
2015–16[26] | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1
Total  | 57 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 10
Partick Thistle (loan)  | 2013–14[24] | Scottish Premiership  | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2
Partick Thistle | 2016–17[27] | Scottish Premiership  | 36 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 42 | 9
2017–18[28] | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1[b] | 0 | 36 | 7
2018–19[29] | Scottish Championship | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 24 | 3
Total  | 82 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 19
Livingston | 2018–19[29] | Scottish Premiership  | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1
2019–20[30] | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 0
Total  | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1
Career total  | 310 | 50 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 373 | 67

1. ^ a b c d Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. ^ Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

## Honours

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### Club

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Partick Thistle

* Scottish First Division (second tier): 2012–13

### Individual

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* PFA Scotland First Division Team of the Year: 2012–13

## References

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1. ^ a b "Erskine Bridges the gap to full-time football". Scottish Football League. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
2. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Jags sign up Kilbirnie midfielder". BBC Sport. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
4. ^ "Debut Match Report". ptfc.co.uk. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009.
5. ^ "Home Debut Report". PTFC. 1 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009.
6. ^ "Partick Thistle's Chris Erskine and Paul Paton to join Dundee United". BBC Sport. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
7. ^ "Partick Thistle: Chris Erskine returns to Firhill on loan". BBC Sport. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
8. ^ McLeod, Liam (10 August 2014). "Aberdeen 0–3 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
9. ^ "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.
10. ^ "Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Livingston (agg 1-3): Hopkin's men seal promotion". The Scotsman. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
11. ^ "Chris Erskine".
12. ^ "Livingston: Chris Erskine says Partick Thistle 'will always be my team' as he moves from Firhill". BBC Sport. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
13. ^ McFarlane, Jonathan; Bryce, Liam (14 July 2020). "Transfer news LIVE: All the latest rumours and done deals". Daily Record. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
14. ^ "Loan News: Steven Bell and Chris Erskine join on loan". ptfc.co.uk. 12 March 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
15. ^ "Loan Update".
16. ^ McGilvray, Andy (4 June 2022). "Partick Thistle hero Chris Erskine left EK as timing wasn't right, says boss". Daily Record. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
17. ^ St Cadoc's Youth Club [@The_Senior_Team] (7 June 2022). "Welcome to St Cadoc's Chris Erskine" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 August 2022 – via Twitter.
18. ^ "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.
19. ^ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
20. ^ a b c d Chris Erskine at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2019-.
21. ^ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
22. ^ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
23. ^ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
24. ^ a b "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
25. ^ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
26. ^ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
27. ^ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
28. ^ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
29. ^ a b "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
30. ^ "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

## External links

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* Chris Erskine at Soccerbase
* Profile at Arab Archive

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* MF: Bannigan
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* FW: Erskine

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