Luke Gullick
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Luke Gullick
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|24|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| position = Forward
| youthclubs1 = Southampton
| youthclubs2 = Chippenham Town
| years1 = –2006
| clubs1 = Biddestone{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7255251.Gullick_on_verge_of_league_return/?ref=arc|title=Gullick on verge of league return|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald|date=18 February 2005 }}
| years2 = 2006
| clubs2 = Calne Town{{cite web|url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/836251.Gullick_signs_for_Calne/?ref=arc|title=Gullick signs for Calne|website=Wiltshire Times|date=14 July 2006 }}
| years3 = 2006–2007
| clubs3 = Swindon Supermarine{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/1084111.Gullick_completes_switch/?ref=arc|title=Gullick completes switch|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald|date=20 December 2006 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/1069896.Supermarine_move_for_Gullick/?ref=arc|title=Supermarine move for Gullick|website=Wiltshire Times|date=12 December 2006 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/1074935.Gullick_tempted_by_Supermarine_offer/?ref=arc|title=Gullick tempted by Supermarine offer|website=Wiltshire Times|date=14 December 2006 }}
| clubs4 = Chippenham Town
| years5 = 2011–2012
| clubs5 = San Juan Jabloteh
| years6 = 2012
| clubs6 = Chippenham Town{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/sport/9484302.CHIPPENHAM_TOWN__Gullick_back_for_Bluebirds/|title=CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Gullick back for Bluebirds|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald|date=20 January 2012 }}
| clubs8 = Pontypridd United{{Cite web|title=Good luck Luke|url=https://www.facebook.com/pontypridd.townfc.7/posts/1468433046535272:0|publisher=Pontypridd Town AFC|accessdate=9 February 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://clwbpeldroed.org/2017/10/09/match-report-pontypridd-town-2-1-cambrian-clydach-vale/|title=Luke Gullick nets extra-time winner as Ponty edge past Cambrian|date=9 October 2017}}
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Luke Gullick (born 24 October 1986) is an English footballer who plays for Cymru Premier club Pontypridd United. Sometimes used as a winger at Chippenham Town, he is able to be put in any position, including defense.{{cite web|url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/2139216.We_can_still_win_title__says_Gullick/?ref=arc|title=We can still win title, says Gullick|website=Wiltshire Times|date=21 March 2008 }}
Trinidad and Tobago
Traveling to Trinidad and Tobago in 2009 to trial for San Juan Jabloteh, Gullick harbored ambitions to get called up to the Trinidad and Tobago national team in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup but they never qualified so he couldn't participate in the event, getting recalled to Chippenham Town following the unsuccessful trial{{cite web|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4697794.CHIPPENHAM_TOWN__Gullick_set_for_recall/|title=CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Gullick set for recall|website=Lancashire Telegraph|date=22 October 2009 }} where he performed well upon return.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/4735496.CHIPPENHAM_TOWN__Gullick_s_in_the_goals/|title=CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Gullick's in the goals|website=This Is Wiltshire|date=12 November 2009 }}
Earning a six-month deal with San Juan Jabloteh in 2011 and staying with his cousins throughout his spell there,{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/9050443.FOOTBALL__Just_Luke_who_wants_to_be_a_Calypso_king/?ref=arc|title=FOOTBALL: Just Luke who wants to be a Calypso king|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald|date=26 May 2011 }} the Englishman notched his first goal in a 4–4 stalemate with T&TEC, claiming that the gameplay there was 'fast and strong'.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/sport/9549838.display/|title=CHIPPENHAM TOWN: No place like home for Luke|website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald|date=24 February 2012 }} He then trained with Newport County in Wales before returning to Chippenham Town in 2012.
Personal life
The forward has been a fervid supporter of Chippenham Town since he was 12.{{cite web|url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/2231204.Gullick_says__It___s_time_to_end_play_off_agony/?ref=arc|title=Gullick says: It's time to end play-off agony|website=Wiltshire Times|date=28 April 2008 }}
His mother Anne's side of the family hail from Trinidad and his cousin Akeem once directed a professional club there.{{Cite web|url=http://socawarriors.net/re/faculty-Ne/5977/|title = Gullick dreaming of World Cup call| date=6 May 2024 }}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|luke-gullick/211823}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0vZnmuznIs Interview With Luke Gullick Adam's Construction San Juan Jabloteh FC]
- [http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/2434351.Gullick_laments_poor_performance/ Gullick laments poor performance]
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Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Trinidad and Tobago
Category:TT Pro League players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:English expatriate men's footballers
Category:Chippenham Town F.C. players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Wales
Category:English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
Category:Sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent
Category:English men's footballers
Category:San Juan Jabloteh F.C. players
Category:Calne Town F.C. players
Category:Swindon Supermarine F.C. players
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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