Mark Crossley

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Mark Crossley
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Personnel
Surname Mark Geoffrey Crossley
birthday June 16, 1969
place of birth Barnsley ,  England
position goal
Juniors
Years station
until 1987 Nottingham Forest
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1987-2000 Nottingham Forest 303 (0)
1990 →  Manchester United  (loan) 0 (0)
1998 →  Millwall FC  (loan) 14 (0)
2000-2003 Middlesbrough FC 23 (0)
2003 →  Stoke City  (loan) 11 (0)
2003-2007 Fulham FC 19 (0)
2006-2007 →  Sheffield Wednesday  (loan) 17 (1)
2007-2009 Oldham Athletic 59 (0)
2009– Chesterfield FC 4 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1990 England U-21 3 (0)
1997-2004 Wales 8 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of July 1, 2010

Mark Geoffrey Crossley (born June 16, 1969 in Barnsley , England ) is a Welsh football player who currently works as a player- coach at Chesterfield FC .

Nottingham Forest

After Mark Crossley started his professional career at Nottingham Forest in 1987, he was able to assert himself as a regular goalkeeper for the 1990/91 season. The previous goalkeeper Steve Sutton then moved to Derby County in 1992 . In his very first season Crossley reached the final of the FA Cup with his team . On May 18, 1991 Forest lost in front of 80,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium with 1: 2 against Tottenham Hotspur to Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker . After the restructuring of English professional football, Forest rose in the Premier League in 1992/93 as bottom of the table in the second division. Crossley remained loyal to his club and managed direct resurgence. In the Premier League 1994/95 the promoted team managed a very good third place in the table behind champions Blackburn Rovers . In the following season, Nottingham reached the quarter-finals of the 1995/96 UEFA Cup , but clearly failed there at Bayern Munich . Many of Crossley's teammates had since left the team and Forest could no longer build on earlier, more successful times. It followed the renewed relegation in 1996/97 and after a temporary resurgence, a further relegation in the Premier League in 1998/99 . He also went back to the second division with his team, but was sold to Middlesbrough FC for the 2000/01 season after the club missed promotion due to financial problems .

Middlesbrough FC

The time in Middlesbrough was unhappy for Mark Crossley. He rarely got a chance and was awarded to Stoke City for a few months in 2003 . Even after his return he could not fight for a regular place and then moved to Fulham after only 23 league games in 3 years .

Fulham FC

The first two seasons in London did not go well for the now 34-year-old. Number 1 in those two years was Dutch world-class goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and Crossley only made it to goal after joining Manchester United before the 2005/06 season. After the signing of the Finnish goalkeeper Antti Niemi from Southampton FC , this phase was over quickly and he found himself on the bench. In 2006/07 he was loaned to Sheffield Wednesday for some time before moving to Oldham Athletic in 2007 .

Oldham Athletic

In the 2007/08 season Crossley met in Football League One on his long-time ex-club Nottingham Forest, which had now been relegated to the third division. While Forest rose to runner-up in the Football League Championship , Oldham missed promotion as eighth. After a tenth place in the 2008/09 season, he moved in the summer of 2009 as a player-coach for Chesterfield FC .

National team

After three games for the English U-21 selection, Mark Crossley decided to play for the Welsh national team. After all, he made eight international matches, but remained a substitute goalkeeper behind Neville Southall .

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personal data
SURNAME Crossley, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crossley, Mark Geoffrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION welsh football player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Barnsley