Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine (born 8 February 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for East Kilbride in the Lowland League as a midfielder.

Chris Erskine
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-02-08) 8 February 1987
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 East Kilbride
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– East Kilbride 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:39, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

He is most associated for his 3 spells with Partick Thistle. He has also previously played for junior side Kilbirnie Ladeside where he began his career, Dundee United and Livingston.

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] before signing 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 a loan deal until the end of the season, after failing to secure a regular place in the Dundee United squad.[7] 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.[8]

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 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]

Erskine joined Premiership club Livingston in January 2019 for a nominal transfer fee, signing an eighteen-month contract.[11]

Erskine agreed a one year deal with hometown club East Kilbride in July 2020.[12]

Personal life

His younger brother Liam McLaughlin is also a footballer who has played in the Junior leagues for East Kilbride Thistle.[13]

Career statistics
As of 21:24, 16 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partick Thistle 2009–10[14][15] Scottish First Division 34110223[lower-alpha 1]0403
2010–11[16][15] 347411000388
2011–12[17][15] 35731202[lower-alpha 1]0428
2012–13[18][15] 341120215[lower-alpha 1]44316
Total 137261027310416435
Dundee United 2013–14[19] Scottish Premiership 810010—91
2014–15[20] 3464131—418
2015–16[21] 1513000—181
Total 5787141006810
Partick Thistle (loan) 2013–14[19] Scottish Premiership 15200——152
Partick Thistle 2016–17[22] Scottish Premiership 3652242—429
2017–18[23] 28520521[lower-alpha 2]0367
2018–19[24] Scottish Championship 18300402[lower-alpha 1]0243
Total 8213421343010219
Livingston 2018–19[24] Scottish Premiership 1011000—111
2019–20[25] 901030—130
Total 191203000241
Career total 3105023527813437367
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

Honours

Club
Partick Thistle

Individual

References
  1. "Erskine Bridges the gap to full-time football". Scottish Football League. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. "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. BBC. 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. "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.
  12. McFarlane, Jonathan; Bryce, Liam (14 July 2020). "Transfer news LIVE: All the latest rumours and done deals". dailyrecord. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  13. "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.
  14. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  15. Chris Erskine at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2019-.
  16. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  17. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  18. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  19. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  20. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  21. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  22. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  23. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  24. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  25. "Games played by Chris Erskine in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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