Mark Halstead

Mark Halstead
Personal information
Full name Mark James Halstead[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990
Place of birth Blackpool, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Shrewsbury Town
Number 21
Youth career
2006–2009 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009−2014 Blackpool 3 (0)
2009 → Burscough (loan) 6 (0)
2010 → Hyde (loan) 8 (0)
2010 → Barrow (loan) 1 (0)
2011 → Kettering Town (loan) 3 (0)
2011 → Stockport County (loan) 4 (0)
2014− Shrewsbury Town 20 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:46, 27 November 2016 (UTC).


Mark James Halstead (born 17 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Shrewsbury Town as a goalkeeper.

He began his career at Blackpool, and notably made a single appearance in the Premier League during the 2010−11 season.[2] After his release from the Tangerines he joined Shrewsbury Town in 2014.[3]

Career

Blackpool

Born in Blackpool, Halstead is a product of the Blackpool Centre of Excellence and Youth Department, and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2009.[4] In his first season as a professional he spent loan spells at non-league sides Burscough and Hyde United.[5]

On 21 August 2010, he was an unused substitute in Blackpool's 6–0 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the club's second game of their debut season in the Premier League.[6] Three days later, he made his first-team debut in the second round of the 2010–11 League Cup, against MK Dons at Stadium MK.[7]

After further brief loan spells at Barrow,[5] and Kettering Town[8] in the Conference Premier, Halstead made his league debut for Blackpool, as a substitute for Richard Kingson in a 3–1 defeat to Chelsea at Bloomfield Road. The score was 3–0 when he came on in the 66th minute.[2]

In November 2011, he went on loan to Stockport County.[9]

Halstead made his first league start for Blackpool on 9 February 2013, in a 2–1 victory over Millwall at Bloomfield Road.[10] It was ultimately also his last appearance for the club.

Shrewsbury Town

Following his release from Blackpool, Halstead joined Shrewsbury Town in League Two on a free transfer on 5 June 2014.[11] He made his debut as a substitute in a first-round FA Cup tie away at Walsall on 8 November,[12] and made one subsequent appearance that season in a league match against Cambridge United, as a half-time substitute for first-choice goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler in a 0−0 draw.[13]

The following season, now in League One, Halstead made his first start for Shrewsbury against his former club Blackpool on 26 September 2015, keeping a clean sheet in a 2−0 win for the clubs first home victory of the season.[14][15]

Although Leutwiler was reinstated immediately after recovering from a back injury, Halstead had another run in the first-team when Leutwiler suffered a serious facial injury in an FA Cup second-round tie away at Grimsby Town. Coming on as a substitute, he helped Shrewsbury keep a clean sheet to set up a replay back at New Meadow,[16][17] where he featured again in a 1−0 victory, to confirm a third-round tie away at Cardiff City.[18] After conceding ten goals in two league games,[19] he lost his place once again to Leutwiler for an away match at Burton Albion,[20] but returned to the side for a further consecutive six matches during March and April, including one win and three draws, before being sent-off late on in a 3−1 defeat against Millwall.[21] Halstead made one final appearance that season in the penultimate match, where despite losing 4−3 to Peterborough United, same day defeats for Blackpool and Doncaster Rovers ensured another season of League One football with one game to spare.[22]

Halstead signed a new one-year contract extension in August 2016.[23] Starting the season again as second-choice, he returned to the starting line-up under new manager Paul Hurst following Leutwilers first call-up to the Canada national team.[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 November 2016.
Club Season League League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackpool 2009−10 Championship 0000000000
2010−11[25] Premier League 1000100020
2011−12[26] Championship 0000100010
2012−13[27] 2000000020
2013−14[28] 0000000000
Total 3000200050
Burscough (loan) 2009−10[29] N.P.L. Division One North 6000000060
Hyde (loan) 2009−10[29] Conference North 8000000080
Barrow (loan) 2010−11[25] Conference Premier 1000000010
Kettering Town (loan) 2010−11[25] 3000000030
Stockport County (loan) 2011−12[26] 4000000040
Shrewsbury Town 2014−15[30] League Two 1010000020
2015−16[31] League One 160300000190
2016−17[32] 3000002050
Total 200400020260
Career total 450402020530

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". premierleague.com. Premier League. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Blackpool 1-3 Chelsea". BBC Sport. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town sign midfielder Wesolowski and keeper Halstead". BBC Sport. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Halstead signs new deal". Blackpool F.C. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Barrow close in on Blackpool keeper after Masters injury blow". News & Star. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Ornstein, David (21 August 2010). "Arsenal 6–0 Blackpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "MK Dons v Blackpool". BBC Sport. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  8. ↑ "Kettering Town bring in Jon Challinor and Mark Halstead". BBC Sport. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Blackpool keeper Mark Halstead joins Stockport County". BBC Sport. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Blackpool 2-1 Millwall". BBC Sport. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mark Halstead Nets Town Move". Shrewsweb. 5 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Walsall 2-2 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "Cambridge United 0-0 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town: Mark Halstead hopes for run as first team keeper". BBC Sport. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Jayson Leutwiler: Shrewsbury keeper suffers bad facial injury". BBC Sport. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  17. ↑ "Grimsby 0−0 Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Shrewsbury 1−0 Grimsby". BBC Sport. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  19. ↑ "Mark Halstead | Football Stats | Shrewsbury Town | Age 25 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  20. ↑ "Burton Albion 1-2 Shrewsbury Town". BBC. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  21. ↑ "Millwall 3-1 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  22. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town 3-4 Peterborough United". BBC Sport. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  23. ↑ "Mark Halstead: Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper signs new one-year contract". BBC Sport. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  24. ↑ "Mark Halstead pre Oxford". Shrewsweb. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  25. 1 2 3 "Mark Halstead Football Stats 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  26. 1 2 "Mark Halstead Football Stats 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  27. ↑ "Mark Halstead Football Stats 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  28. ↑ "Mark Halstead Football Stats 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  29. 1 2 "Mark Halstead (Blackpool)". Eurorivals. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  30. ↑ "Mark Halstead Football Stats 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  31. ↑ "Mark Halstead Football Stats 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  32. ↑ "Mark Halstead Football Stats 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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