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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luke Martin McCormick | ||
| Date of birth | 15 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2008 | Plymouth Argyle | 138 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Boston United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:16, 22 July 2008 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Luke Martin McCormick (born 15 August 1983 in Coventry, West Midlands) is a former English football goalkeeper. He played for Plymouth Argyle between 2003 and 2008, but his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in July 2008 after he caused a car crash which killed two children. On 6 October 2008, he was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison, for two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and driving with excess alcohol.[1]
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[edit] Career
McCormick was a professional footballer who started the 2003–04 season at Plymouth Argyle as a backup for Romain Larrieu, but when Larrieu sustained an injury to his cruciate knee ligaments, he soon proved himself a competent replacement. Upon winning a 2–0 game over Stockport County on 24 January 2004, McCormick set a new club record of seven consecutive clean sheets, leading him to be voted the most promising player of the 2003–04 season by Plymouth Argyle fans.
Larrieu regained his place as first choice keeper shortly into the 2004–05 season. In October 2004, the Plymouth Argyle manager, Bobby Williamson sent McCormick on loan to Boston United of League Two, so that he could continue playing first-team football.
Linked with a move away to Leicester with former Argyle manager Ian Holloway, McCormick put in a series of important and impressive displays in the final matches of the 2007–08 season.
[edit] Honours
With Plymouth Argyle
- 2001-02 Division Three Champions
- 2003-04 Division Two Champions
[edit] Car crash and conviction
On 7 June 2008, McCormick was arrested by patrol units of the Central Motorway Police Group on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Returning from the wedding of former team-mate David Norris,[2] McCormick's Range Rover collided with a Toyota Previa at 5.45am between junctions 15 and 16 of the southbound M6 motorway, near to Keele Services in Staffordshire. The crash resulted in the death of Arron and Ben Peak, aged ten and eight, from the Partington area of Manchester.[3] Their father, Philip, the driver of the Previa, was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire with fractures to the neck, back, ribs and swelling of the lungs; while a 49-year-old man and his two sons, aged eight and fifteen, were treated for minor injuries. The group was travelling from the Manchester area to Silverstone in Northamptonshire to watch the World Series by Renault motorsport event.[2]
The following day, McCormick was charged by Staffordshire Police with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, driving with excess alcohol in his blood, and driving with no insurance. He appeared at Fenton Magistrates' Court on 9 June and was granted conditional bail until 16 June when he appeared at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.[4] At this hearing the charge of driving without insurance was dropped against McCormick and the case was adjourned until 8 September and subsequently to 6 October.[5]
On 2 July 2008, McCormick was suspended by Plymouth Argyle,[6][7] and his contract was cancelled by mutual consent on 22 July.[8] He pleaded guilty to charges of causing death by dangerous driving and driving with excess alcohol, and received a sentence of seven years and four months' imprisonment on 6 October.[9]
[edit] Career statistics
(correct as of 16 June 2008)
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2000–01 | Plymouth Argyle | Third Division | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2002–03 | Second Division | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | Championship | 23 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Boston United | League Two | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Plymouth Argyle | Championship | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 140 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 155 | 0 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "Death crash footballer is jailed". BBC News. 2008-10-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7654430.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ a b McGee, Simon (2008-06-08). "Drink-drive quiz for soccer star in motorway crash that killed two brothers aged eight and ten". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1024902/Drink-drive-quiz-soccer-star-motorway-crash-killed-brothers-aged-ten.html. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ "Footballer held over death crash". BBC News. 2008-06-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7441622.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Player charged after crash deaths". BBC News. 2008-06-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7442783.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ "Player in court following deaths". BBC News. 2008-06-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7456579.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Statement". Plymouth Argyle. 2008-07-02. http://www.pafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10364~1337720,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ "Plymouth suspend keeper McCormick". BBC News. 2008-07-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/7486211.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ "Plymouth end McCormick contract". BBC Sport. 2008-07-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/7520124.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ "Footballer killed boys in crash". BBC News. 2008-10-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7654430.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
