Gary Liddle

Gary Liddle
Liddle playing for Notts County in 2012
Personal information
Full name Gary Daniel Liddle[1]
Date of birth (1986-06-15) 15 June 1986 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back, midfielder[4]
Team information
Current team
Whitby Town
Youth career
0000–2003 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2006–2012 Hartlepool United 247 (18)
2012–2014 Notts County 78 (4)
2014–2016 Bradford City 61 (3)
2016–2017 Chesterfield 41 (1)
2017–2019 Carlisle United 101 (2)
2019–2020 Walsall 12 (0)
2019–2020Hartlepool United (loan) 15 (0)
2020–2022 Hartlepool United 55 (0)
2022–2024 South Shields 69 (2)
2024 Spennymoor Town 2 (0)
2024– Whitby Town 0 (0)
Managerial career
2024– Whitby Town (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:57, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Gary Daniel Liddle (born 15 June 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or midfielder for Northern Premier League side Whitby Town. He has played in the English Football League for Hartlepool United, Notts County, Bradford City, Chesterfield, Carlisle United and Walsall.

Liddle came through the ranks at Middlesbrough where he won the FA Youth Cup in 2004. After leaving Middlesbrough, Liddle signed for local League Two side Hartlepool United where he would play an important role in Hartlepool's promotion to League One as runners-up. He would remain at the League One side for six seasons before departing for Notts County in 2012. Liddle won several individual awards in his first season with the Magpies and would stay with Notts County for two years before subsequently signing for Bradford City, Chesterfield, Carlisle United and Walsall. He was sent on loan to former club Hartlepool United in 2019 who were now in the National League. He then signed permanently for the club where he would play an integral role in central defence as Hartlepool won the 2021 National League play-off final. He left at the end of Hartlepool's first season back in the Football League having made 364 appearances over three spells at the club, making him the tenth highest appearance maker in the club's history. Liddle then joined Northern Premier League side South Shields. In his first season, he was awarded as the club's Player of the Season as South Shields earned promotion to the National League North. In the following season, Liddle signed for Spennymoor Town.

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Notts County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 72. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Gary Liddle". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ^ "G. Liddle: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Gary Liddle". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 August 2018.