Craig Coyle Explained

Craig Coyle
Fullname:Craig Coyle
Birth Date:1980 9, df=y
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:–1999
Youthclubs1:Salvesen B.C.
Years1:1999–2001
Caps1:6
Goals1:0
Years2:2001–2005
Caps2:119
Goals2:0
Years3:2005
Caps3:5
Goals3:0
Years4:2005–2006
Caps4:13
Goals4:0
Years5:2006–2009
Caps5:0
Goals5:0
Years6:2009–2010
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Years7:2010–2011
Caps7:0
Goals7:0
Years8:2014
Caps8:0
Goals8:0
Years9:2016-2017
Caps9:0
Goals9:0
Club-Update:13:50, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Craig Coyle (born 6 September 1980 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former footballer that played as a goalkeeper in the Scottish Football League for Raith Rovers, Greenock Morton, Arbroath, Berwick Rangers and is goalkeeper coach since 2012 at Hamilton Academical.

Career

Coyle started his career at Raith Rovers playing seven times for the club. In August 2001, he signed for Greenock Morton.[1]

In March 2005, Coyle was released by Morton and signed for Arbroath until the end of the 2004–05 season.[2] At the end of the season he joined Third Division club Berwick Rangers.[3]

After leaving Berwick in 2006, Coyle joined the junior ranks moving to Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic[4] in the town of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, where he won the Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League in the 2008–09 season.[5]

He then signed for Linlithgow Rose after leaving Bonnyrigg,[6] but decided to retire at the end of 2009.[7]

Coyle recently achieved his Goalkeeping Licence Diploma from the SFA.

He is now the goalkeeper coach at Hamilton Academical and was registered as a player in April 2014 as emergency cover for Kevin Cuthbert and Blair Currie.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morton set for survival party. The Scotsman. 4 August 2001. 11 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Coyle leaves Ton to join Arbroath. BBC Sport. 24 March 2005. 11 April 2014.
  3. Web site: Double signing made by Berwick. BBC Sport. 19 July 2005. 11 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Rose add to squad with new keeper. The Scotsman. 10 July 2006. 11 April 2014.
  5. News: Blow to Bonnyrigg Rose's championship hopes. Midlothian Advertiser. 5 February 2009. 6 March 2009.
  6. Web site: Flannery set for Bo'ness. The Scotsman. 30 July 2009. 11 April 2014.
  7. Web site: Coyle calls it quits as glove affair with game ends. The Scotsman. 11 December 2009. 11 April 2014.