Cameron Salkeld
{{short description|English footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cameron Salkeld
| image = Salkeld, Cameron.jpg
| upright = 1.35
| caption = Salkeld in October 2023
| fullname = Cameron John Salkeld
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|12|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gateshead, England
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Darlington
| clubnumber = 24
| youthyears1 = 2009-2015
| youthclubs1 = Newcastle United
| youthyears2 = 2015-2018
| youthclubs2 = Carlisle United
| years1 = 2015–2018
| clubs1 = Carlisle United
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017–2018
| clubs2 = → Whitby Town (loan)
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2018
| clubs3 = → Annan Athletic (loan)
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = Gateshead
| caps4 = 29
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2019–2021
| clubs5 = Greenock Morton
| caps5 = 32
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2021–2022
| clubs6 = Ayr United
| caps6 = 15
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2023
| clubs7 = Clyde
| caps7 = 13
| goals7 = 4
| years8= 2023–
| clubs8 = Darlington
| caps8 = 65
| goals8 = 9
| years9 = 2025-
| clubs9= Spennymoor Town
| club-update = 21:05, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Cameron John Salkeld (born 6 December 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|Darlingt}} club Spennymoor Town FC.
He began his football career as a youngster with Carlisle United, and made his senior debut in 2016 in the EFL Trophy. After loan spells with Whitby Town and Annan Athletic, he spent the 2018–19 season with Gateshead before joining Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton. Two years later he signed for divisional rivals Ayr United, but an ACL injury was to keep him out of football for more than a year. He made a comeback with Clyde, and returned to English football with Darlington in 2023. In May 2025, Cameron signed for Spennymoor Town FC from Darlington for the 2025/26 season.
Playing career
Salkeld was on the books of Newcastle United as a youngster, but was released before reaching scholarship age. He trained with Carlisle United's youth team and was one of five offered a scholarship with that club in February 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2015/february/academy-scholarships-offered-to-u16-players/ |title=Academy: Scholarships offered to five players |first=Andy |last=Hall |publisher=Carlisle United F.C. |date=4 February 2015 |access-date=11 August 2023}} Interviewed ahead of the 2016–17 season, he said his strengths were pace, dribbling and creating chances, and most wanted to improve his heading and positional sense.{{cite web |url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2016/august/youth-meet-our-201617-youth-squad/ |title=Youth: Meet our 2016/17 youth squad |first=Amy |last=Nixon |publisher=Carlisle United F.C. |date=3 August 2016 |access-date=11 August 2023}}
Salkeld made his first-team debut for Carlisle United under Keith Curle on 4 October 2016, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for Charlie Wyke in a 2–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers U23 in an EFL Trophy match at Brunton Park, and won a penalty after being fouled by Wes Brown.{{cite news |title=Teenager Cameron Salkeld unlikely to be the last Carlisle Utd youth player to get his chance, says Keith Curle |url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-utd/latest/article/Teenager-Cameron-Salkeld-unlikely-to-be-the-last-Carlisle-Utd-youth-player-to-get-his-chance-says-Keith-Curle-aabe2668-7e5b-446c-b79c-a1185875351f-ds |first=Jon |last=Colman |newspaper=News and Star |location=Carlisle |date=6 October 2016 |access-date=11 August 2023}} On 9 November, he scored his first senior goal in a 4–2 win over Fleetwood Town, also in the EFL Trophy.{{cite news |title=Carlisle Utd break record with latest victory in controversial Checkatrade Trophy |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/football/carlisle-united/16758249.carlisle-utd-break-record-with-latest-victory-in-controversial-checkatrade-trophy/ |newspaper=News and Star |location=Carlisle |date=9 November 2016 |access-date=11 August 2023}} He signed a development contract in May 2017 after completing his scholarship.{{cite web |title=Loan: Midfielder joins north-east club for a month |url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2017/november/salkeldloan23nov17/ |first=Andy |last=Hill |publisher=Carlisle United F.C. |date=23 November 2017 |access-date=11 August 2023}}
On 23 November 2017, he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Whitby Town on a one-month loan as a replacement for the injured John Campbell.{{cite news |title=Teenage Carlisle Utd midfielder Cameron Salkeld joins Whitby Town on one-month loan |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/football/carlisle-united/16747534.teenage-carlisle-utd-midfielder-cameron-salkeld-joins-whitby-town-on-one-month-loan/ |newspaper=News and Star |location=Carlisle |date=23 November 2017 |access-date=11 August 2023}}{{cite news |title=Whitby sign young Carlisle attacker Salkeld |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-transfer-news/whitby-sign-young-carlisle-attacker-salkeld.html |website=NonLeague Daily |date=November 2017 |access-date=16 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014725/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/latest-transfer-news/whitby-sign-young-carlisle-attacker-salkeld.html |archive-date=17 December 2017}} The loan was extended for a second month,{{cite web |title=Loan: Attacking midfielder extends stay with Whitby |url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2017/december/salkeldwhitby19dec17/ |last=Hall |first=Andy |publisher=Carlisle United F.C. |date=20 December 2017 |access-date=14 January 2024}} after which he went on loan to Scottish League Two club Annan Athletic until the end of the season.{{cite web |title=Loan: Midfielder heads north of the border |url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2018/january/salkeldloanannan31jan18/ |last=Hall |first=Andy |publisher=Carlisle United F.C. |date=31 January 2018 |access-date=11 August 2023}}
Salkeld was released by Carlisle at the end of the 2017–18 season,{{cite news |title=Carlisle United release eight players after missing out on League Two play-offs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44030307 |website=BBC Sport |date=7 May 2018 |access-date=11 August 2023}} and joined Gateshead on a one-year contract in the summer of 2018.{{cite web |title=Watson thrilled as two commit the Heed's cause |url=http://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/watson-thrilled-as-two-commit-the-heeds-cause-51827 |publisher=The National League |last=Scott |first=Tom |date=14 July 2018 |access-date=11 August 2023}} Like the majority of Gateshead's players and staff, Salkeld did not have his contract renewed at the end of the season due to financial issues.{{cite news |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gateshead-fc-assistant-manager-ian-16198547 |title=Gateshead FC assistant manager Ian Watson dismissed – leaving just four staff members |website=Chronicle Live |date=29 April 2019 |access-date=11 August 2023}}
On 6 June 2019, Salkeld signed for Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton on a one-year contract.{{cite web |title=Breaking: Cameron Salkeld signs one-year deal |url=https://gmfc.net/2019/06/06/breaking-cameron-salkeld-signs-one-year-deal/ |publisher=Greenock Morton F.C. |date=6 June 2019 |accessdate=21 July 2019 |archive-date=21 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721230912/https://gmfc.net/2019/06/06/breaking-cameron-salkeld-signs-one-year-deal/}} He spent two seasons with the club, helping them avoid relegation in 2021,{{cite news |url=https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/19330150.morton-winger-salkeld-says-survival-light-end-tunnel/ |title=Salkeld says survival was light at the end of the tunnel |first=Christopher |last=Dodds |newspaper=Greenock Telegraph |date=28 May 2021 |access-date=11 August 2023}} before joining another Championship club, Ayr United, under the management of David Hopkin who had signed him for Morton.{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/ayrshire-derby-just-like-newcastle-24181463 |title=Ayrshire derby will be just like Newcastle–Sunderland for me, says new Honest Man Cameron Salkeld |first=Stuart |last=Wilson |newspaper=Daily Record |location=Glasgow |date=25 May 2021 |access-date=11 August 2023}} He suffered an ACL injury in the middle of the 2021–22 season that was to keep him out for more than a year.{{Cite web |title=Salkeld enjoying life at Clyde |url=https://www.clydefc.co.uk/news/2023/02/salkeld-enjoying-life-at-clyde/ |publisher=Clyde F.C. |date=20 February 2023 |access-date=11 August 2023}}
Salkeld signed for Scottish League One club Clyde on 21 January 2023 until the end of the season.{{Cite web |title=New signing: Cameron Salkeld |url=https://www.clydefc.co.uk/news/2023/01/new-signing-cameron-salkeld/ |publisher=Clyde F.C. |date=21 January 2023 |access-date=11 August 2023}}
Salkeld returned to English football with National League North club Darlington for the 2023–24 season.{{cite web |url=https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/quakers-sign-cameron-salkeld |title=Quakers sign Cameron Salkeld |first=Simon |last=Hahn |publisher=Darlington F.C. |date=31 May 2023 |access-date=11 August 2023}} He was a regular in the matchday squad, mainly as a starter, scored nine goals, of which seven came in the last few weeks of the season to help Darlington out of the relegation places,{{cite web |url=https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/darlington-v-farsley-updates-1 |title=Quakers stay up with three second half goals |first=Ray |last=Simpson |publisher=Darlington F.C. |date=13 April 2024 |access-date=21 April 2024}} and won the supporters' Player of the Season award.{{cite web |url=https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/cam-is-the-fans-player-of-the-season |title=Cam is the fans' player of the season |first=Ray |last=Simpson |publisher=Darlington F.C. |date=14 April 2024 |access-date=21 April 2024}}
Style of play
Salkeld's 2017 Carlisle United profile describes him as a "powerful, forward thinking" midfielder.{{cite web |title=Cameron Salkeld – Midfielder – First Team Profiles |url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/teams/first-team/midfielder/cameron-salkeld/ |publisher=Carlisle United F.C. |accessdate=16 December 2017 |archive-date=17 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014308/https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/teams/first-team/midfielder/cameron-salkeld/}}
Career statistics
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References
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Category:Footballers from Gateshead
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Carlisle United F.C. players
Category:Whitby Town F.C. players
Category:Annan Athletic F.C. players
Category:Gateshead F.C. players
Category:Greenock Morton F.C. players
Category:Ayr United F.C. players
Category:Darlington F.C. players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Northern Premier League players