Craig Hinchcliffe

Craig Hinchcliffe

Hinchcliffe with York City in 2016
Personal information
Full name Craig Peter Hinchcliffe
Date of birth (1972-05-05) 5 May 1972
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 York City (goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1992 Albion Rovers 1 (0)
1992–1995 Elgin City 104 (0)
1995–2003 Arbroath 164 (0)
2003–2007 St Mirren 65 (0)
2007 → Queen of the South (loan) 5 (0)
2007–2013 Partick Thistle 13 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Craig Hinchcliffe (born 5 May 1972) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at York City.

Playing career

Hinchcliffe made one Scottish Football League (SFL) appearance for Albion Rovers in the 1991/92 season, before moving to Highland League club Elgin City. In 1995 he moved back into the SFL with Arbroath, where he made nearly 200 appearances for the club. In the summer of 2003 he transferred to St Mirren and made 70 appearances, including several in their promotion season in 2005–06. In the 2006–07 season, he played a handful of games for Queen of the South during a loan spell at the Dumfries club.

In the summer of 2007, he signed for Partick Thistle as goalkeeper and goalkeeper coach. Thistle's manager, Ian McCall, had also signed Hinchcliffe (on loan) for Queen of the South. He was released at the end of the 2009/10 season but rejoined in a player-coach role in time for the 2010/11 season.[1]

Coaching career

In April 2011 Hinchcliffe continued his role under the new management team of Jackie McNamara and Simon Donnelly. McNamara and Donnelly left Partick Thistle in January 2013, with the club sitting in 2nd place, to join Dundee United. Hinchcliffe worked closely with new caretaker manager Alan Archibald. Archibald later guided Thistle to the Championship gaining the Jags promotion to the Scottish Premiership with a 16-game unbeaten run. Despite Thistle's attempts to secure Hinchliffe's services he opted to rejoin Jackie McNamara and Simon Donnelly at Dundee United, signing a three-year deal in time for season 2013-2014.[2][3][4] Hinchcliffe left Dundee United in September 2015, following McNamara's departure.[5] In November 2015 he was appointed as goalkeeping coach at Airdrieonians,[6] but a month later reunited with McNamara at League Two club York City.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Quartet sign on again at Firhill". BBC Sport. 2 July 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/sport/dundee-united/united-goalie-coach-has-big-say-in-selection-1.93527
  3. ↑ http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=2&nid=4525&cd=2013#
  4. ↑ "Dundee United: Goalkeeper Luis Zwick earns professional deal". BBC Sport. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Dundee United confirm Jackie McNamara exit as manager". BBC Sport. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Paterson, Colin (4 November 2015). "Airdrieonians gaffer Gary Bollan questions why team paid derby-day penalty". Daily Record (Glasgow). Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Flett, Dave (10 December 2015). "Craig Hinchliffe joins York City as goalkeeper coach". The Press (York). Retrieved 10 December 2015.

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