Jason Gilchrist

Jason Lee Gilchrist (born 17 December 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for York City, on loan from South Shields.

Jason Gilchrist
Personal information
Full name Jason Lee Gilchrist[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994[2]
Place of birth St Helens, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 York City
(on loan from South Shields)
Youth career
2001–2011 Manchester City
2011–2013 Burnley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Burnley 0 (0)
2013 → Droylsden (loan) 10 (1)
2015 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 5 (0)
2016 → Chester (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 FC United of Manchester 49 (21)
2017–2019 Southport 37 (17)
2019 → Stockport County (loan) 1 (0)
2019– South Shields
2021– → York City (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2018 England C 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:09, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 March 2018

Career

Born in St Helens, Merseyside, Gilchrist attended the De La Salle School in the town.[3] He joined Manchester City in 2001 at the age of six, having been picked up by local scout Jimmy Pullen.[3] He spent ten years at the club and was top scorer in six of those seasons.[3] He failed to earn a scholarship with Manchester City and in the summer of 2011 he joined Burnley on a two-year scholarship.[3][4] In his first season in the youth team he scored 26 goals finishing as top goalscorer.[3] In his second year in the youth team he scored 22 goals, which included a hat-trick at Old Trafford against Manchester United in the FA Youth Cup.[5] In March 2013 he experienced his first taste of senior football joining Conference North side Droylsden on loan until the end of the season.[6] He made his debut for the club in a 3–0 home defeat to Guiseley.[7] His first professional goal came in April 2013 in a 3–1 away win at Colwyn Bay.[7] He made a total of ten appearances for the Bloods scoring once, however, he could not save the club from relegation to the Northern Premier League.[7]

In the summer of 2013 following the conclusion of his scholarship he was offered a one-year professional contract with the Championship side.[5] He spent the majority of his first year as a professional playing in the Development Squad as Burnley gained promotion to the Premier League.[8] In the summer of 2014 he signed a new one-year contract extension, remaining in the Development Squad.[8] In February 2015 he signed for League Two side Accrington Stanley on loan until the end of the season.[9] He made his professional league debut in a 3–0 away defeat to Burton Albion, replacing Josh Windass as a substitute.[10]

In January 2016, he was sent out on loan to National League side Chester on a one-month loan deal.[11] In April 2016, it was announced that he was to leave Burnley at the end of the season after his contract was not renewed and joined FC United of Manchester in time for the start of the 2016–17 season.[12][13] In November 2017, Gilchrist joined National League North rivals Southport for a club record fee.[14] He scored 26 Goals for the club and was the top scorer in the National League North for the 2017–18 season.[15] He was transfer listed by the club in March 2019.[16] On 28 March 2019, Gilchrist joined Stockport County on loan until the end of the 2018–2019 season.[17] He signed for South Shields ahead of the 2019/2020 season.[18] On 18 January 2021, Gilchrist joined National League North side York City on a one-month loan deal.[19]

Career statistics
As of match played 18 November 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burnley 2012–13[7] Championship 000000—00
2013–14[7] Championship 000000—00
2014–15[7] Premier League 000000—00
2015–16[7] Championship 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Droylsden (loan) 2012–13[7] Conference North 101———101
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2014–15[7] League Two 50———50
Chester (loan) 2015–16[7] National League 20——1[lower-alpha 1]131
FC United of Manchester 2016–17[7] National League North 361020—1[lower-alpha 1]13911
2017–18[7] National League North 131152——1813
Total 49217200115724
Southport 2017–18[7] National League North 00———00
Career total 66227200227526
  1. Appearances in FA Trophy

References
  1. "Barclays Premier League: notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). Premier League. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. "Accrington Stanley". FootballSquads. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. "Many happy returns for Burnley hat-trick hero Jason Gilchrist". St Helens Star. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. "Burnley sign three youngsters". St Helens Star. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. "Contracts for six but Evans, Jackson and Williams to leave". Claretsmad. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  6. "Loan Move For Duo". burnleyfootballclub.com.
  7. "Jason Gilchrist – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  8. "Transfer News: Luke Conlan returns to Burnley on one-year deal". Sky Sports. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  9. "Young Claret joins Reds". accringtonstanley.co.uk.
  10. "Burton 3 Stanley 0". accringtonstanley.co.uk.
  11. "Gilchrist and Ginnelly join the loan departures". Claretsmad. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  12. Boden, Chris (13 April 2016). "New deals for trio as three depart Turf Moor". Burnley Express. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  13. Scholes, Tony (8 August 2016). "Gilchrist and Lowe join FC United". Up the Clarets. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  14. Whitney, Steve (12 November 2017). "Gilchrist Leaves FC United For Club Record Fee". The National League. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  15. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/national-league-north/top-scorers
  16. https://southportfc.net/reaction-watson-after-leamington/
  17. https://southportfc.net/loan-jason-gilchrist-joins-stockport-county/
  18. https://southshieldsfc.co.uk/mariners-sign-striker-jason-gilchrist-from-southport/
  19. "City make double striker swoop". York City FC. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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