Lance Cronin

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Lance Cronin
Cronin at Stonebridge Road in 2007.
Personal information
Full name Lance Cronin
Date of birth (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth Brighton, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Bristol Rovers
Number 25
Youth career
Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001–2005 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2005 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 1 (0)
2005–2006 Oldham Athletic 0 (0)
2006 Shrewsbury Town 0 (0)
2006–2010 Ebbsfleet United 176 (0)
2010–2011 Gillingham 7 (0)
2011– Bristol Rovers 1 (0)
2011- → Ebbsfleet United (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2006– England C 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:07, 14 March 2012 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:45, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Lance Cronin (born 11 September 1985 in Brighton) is an English professional footballer and currently plays as a goalkeeper for League Two side Bristol Rovers. He has made seven international appearances for the England C national football team.

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[edit] Career

Cronin came up through the youth system at Crystal Palace.[1] He joined Wycombe Wanderers on loan during the 2004–05 season, where he made one appearance for the club in League Two.[2] He was released by Crystal Palace at the end of the 2004–05 without playing for the first-team and joined Oldham Athletic on a non-contract basis in November 2005 to provide cover for an FA Cup tie against Chasetown[3] in which he made a substitute appearance.[1] He then joined Shrewsbury Town on non-contract terms in February 2006 to provide cover for regular goalkeeper Joe Hart.[1] Cronin left Shrewsbury in April 2006,[4] and after a trial with Grimsby Town,[5] joined Gravesend and Northfleet (now Ebbsfleet United) to cover a long-term injury to regular goalkeeper Craig Holloway.[6]

After a good start to his first season at Ebbsfleet, Cronin was called up for the England National Game XI (now the England C team) squad for the first time in November 2006,[7] and made his debut against Holland as a substitute nine minutes from time as England won the European Challenge Trophy.[8]

Cronin collected a winner's medal when Ebbsfleet won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium in May 2008.[9]

In July 2010, he joined Gillingham on a free transfer after a successful trial at the club.[10] He made his debut in a 1-1 draw away to Morecambe on 28 August. He was released from his contract at the end of the 2010–11 season.

Following his release from Gillingham, Cronin joined recently relegated Bristol Rovers.[11] He made his Rovers debut in the New Years Eve match against Crewe Alexandra replacing Scott Bevan at half-time who had conceded four goals in the first half.

In February 2012, Cronin re-joined Ebbsfleet United on a month's loan from Bristol Rovers.[12]

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Shrewsbury snap up keeper Cronin". BBC Sport. 2006-02-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/4697836.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  2. ^ "Games played by Lance Cronin in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=29391&seasonid=134. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  3. ^ "Oldham sign up goalkeeper Cronin". BBC Sport. 2005-11-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/4403868.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  4. ^ "Whitehead agrees to leave Shrews". BBC Sport. 2006-04-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/4910250.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  5. ^ "Grimsby boss offers trials to duo". BBC Sport. 2006-04-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/4923516.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  6. ^ "Gravesend sign ex-Shrews keeper". BBC Sport. 2006-08-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gravesend_and_northfleet/4775327.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  7. ^ "Cronin shock at England call-up". BBC Sport. 2006-11-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gravesend_and_northfleet/6157238.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  8. ^ Bradbury, Jamie (2006-11-29). "England take the trophy". The Football Association. http://www.thefa.com/England/NationalGameXI/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2006/11/EnglandNGXI_vHolland.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Ebbsfleet 1-0 Torquay". BBC Sport. 2008-05-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7382167.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  10. ^ Gillingham F.C. website
  11. ^ "NEW KEEPER ON BOARD". Bristol Rovers. 2011-06-29. http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~2383733,00.html. Retrieved 2011-06-29. 
  12. ^ "Cronin back to plug the gap". Ebbsfleet United Official Website. 2012-02-20. http://ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/home/?p=6187. Retrieved 2012-02-20. 

[edit] External links

Bristol Rovers F.C. – current squad
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