Chris Dickinson

Christopher Neil Dickinson (born 4 November 1994) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a striker for Northern League Division Two club Billingham Town.

Chris "mesut" Dickinson
Dickinson with York City in 2013
Personal information
Full name Christopher Neil Dickinson[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994[2]
Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Billingham Town
Youth career
2008–2012 Darlington
2012 York City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 York City 2 (0)
2012–2013 → Northallerton Town (loan) 2 (0)
2013 → Northallerton Town (loan) 6 (1)
2013 → Whitby Town (loan) 3 (0)
2014 Boston United 4 (1)
2015 Annan Athletic 4 (0)
2015 West Auckland Town
2015 Billingham Town
2015–2016 Billingham Synthonia 21 (5)
2016– Billingham Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:24, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Career

Dickinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[2] He started his career with Darlington's youth system in 2008 and was the youth team top scorer in the 2011–12 season.[3] Following Darlington's relegation from the Conference Premier he joined York City in July 2012, the newly promoted League Two club taking over the second year of his scholarship.[3] While still a trainee with York he went to Northern League Division Two club Northallerton Town on loan during December 2012, making his debut as a 60th-minute substitute for Carl Chillingsworth in a 2–0 defeat away to Crook Town on 29 December.[4] He made one more outing as a substitute before returning to York with two Northallerton appearances to his name.[5][6]

Dickinson signed a one-year professional contract with York in June 2013 and rejoined Northallerton one a one-month loan in September.[7][8][9] He made his second debut for the club in a 3–0 away win over Ryton & Crawcrook Albion on 14 September 2013,[10] and scored his first career goal with an early equaliser in Northallerton's 4–2 home defeat to Chester-le-Street Town on 28 September.[11] After scoring once in six appearances Northallerton wanted to extend Dickinson's loan once it expired, but York manager Nigel Worthington preferred to loan him to a club in a higher division.[9] He then joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Whitby Town on a one-month loan on 1 November 2013.[12] His debut came a day later as a 69th-minute substitute for Steven Snaith in a 2–1 away win over Stamford.[12][13] Dickinson made his only start for Whitby against Brigg Town in a Northern Premier League Challenge Cup match that ended in a 6–5 penalty shoot-out defeat following a 0–0 draw after extra time,[14] and finished the loan with four appearances.[13] He made his debut for York as a 90th-minute substitute for Ryan Bowman in a 4–0 away win over Plymouth Argyle on 15 February 2014.[15] After making two appearances for the club he was released in May 2014.[15][16]

Dickinson signed for Conference North club Boston United ahead of their opening match of 2014–15 on 9 August 2014,[17] and scored in this match as his new team beat Barrow 2–1 at home.[18] However, he left the club on 29 August 2014 to find a club closer to his home in the North East, having scored one goal in four appearances for Boston.[18][19] Dickinson signed for Scottish League Two club Annan Athletic in January 2015,[20] making his debut as a 76th-minute substitute for Kieran Brannan in a 3–2 home defeat to Elgin City on 10 January.[21] He made four appearances before being released by Annan in May 2015.[21][22]

After a spell with Northern League Division One club West Auckland Town, Dickinson signed for Billingham Town of the Northern League Division Two in October 2015.[23] A month later, he joined their divisional rivals Billingham Synthonia, debuting at home to Chester-le-Street on 28 November 2015.[24] Scoring 5 goals from 23 appearances,[24] he rejoined Billingham Town in the summer of 2016.[25]

Career statistics
Dickinson training with York City in 2013
As of end of 2015–16 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
York City 2012–13[26] League Two 0000000000
2013–14[15] League Two 20—000020
Total 2000000020
Northallerton Town (loan) 2012–13[6] Northern League Division Two 20———20
2013–14[27] Northern League Division Two 61———61
Total 81———81
Whitby Town (loan) 2013–14[13] NPL Premier Division 30——1[lower-alpha 1]040
Boston United 2014–15[18] Conference North 41———41
Annan Athletic 2014–15[21] Scottish League Two 40———40
Billingham Synthonia 2016–17[24] Northern League Division Two 215——2[lower-alpha 2]0235
Career total 427000030457
  1. Appearance in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup

References
  1. "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014.
  2. "York City". FootballSquads. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. "Another prospect joins City". Vital York. 1 July 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. Butler, Ricky (29 December 2012). "Crook Town 2 Northallerton Town 0". Northallerton Town F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  5. Butler, Ricky (5 January 2013). "Brandon United 2 Northallerton Town 1". Northallerton Town F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  6. "2012–2013 season match reports". Northallerton Town F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  7. Flett, Dave (14 February 2014). "Match preview: York City manager in call for more goal scorers". The Press. York. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  8. Flett, Dave (21 June 2013). "Level playing field for York City's first-year professionals". The Press. York. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  9. Flett, Dave (11 October 2013). "Nigel Worthington extends Elliott Whitehouse loan stay". The Press. York. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  10. Butler, Ricky (14 September 2013). "Ryton & Crawcrook 0 Northallerton Town 3". Northallerton Town F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  11. Butler, Ricky (28 September 2013). "Northallerton Town 2 Chester-le-Street 4". Northallerton Town F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  12. Snaith, Andrew (2 November 2013). "Stamford 1 2 Whitby Town". Whitby Town F.C. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016.
  13. "Fixtures 2013/14". Whitby Town F.C. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
  14. "Whitby Town 0 0 Brigg Town". Whitby Town F.C. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
  15. "Games played by Chris Dickinson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  16. Flett, Dave (20 May 2014). "Coulson and Oyebanjo offered deals but Puri, Reed, Andrew and Allan released". The Press. York. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  17. Whiley, Mark (9 August 2014). "Boston United v Barrow AFC: New signing Chris Dickinson to start for Pilgrims". Lincolnshire Echo. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  18. "C. Dickinson". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  19. "Marrs rejoins Boston United as Reynolds and Dickinson depart". Boston Standard. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  20. "Annan Athletic F.C. on Twitter". Twitter. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  21. "Games played by Chris Dickinson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  22. "News hub". Annan Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015.
  23. Neal, Martin (26 October 2015). "Marske United seek a response after being humbled by West Auckland". Teesside Gazette. Middlesbrough. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  24. "Player stats 2015/16". Billingham Synthonia F.C. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  25. "The squad". Billingham Town F.C. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  26. "Games played by Chris Dickinson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  27. "2013–2014 season match reports". Northallerton Town F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
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