Mark Crossley
Mark Geoffrey Crossley ( born June 16, 1969 in Barnsley, England) is a Welsh footballer who is currently active as a player-coach at FC Chesterfield.
Nottingham Forest
After Mark Crossley had in 1987 started his professional career at Nottingham Forest, he was able to prevail for the season 1990/91 as a goalkeeper. The former goalkeeper Steve Sutton then moved in 1992 to Derby County. In his first season reached Crossley with his team the final of the FA Cup. On May 18, 1991 Forest lost, however, in front of 80,000 spectators at Wembley with 1:2 against Tottenham Hotspur to Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker. After the restructuring of the English professional football Forest rose in the Premier League 1992/93 as Table in the second division from. Crossley remained loyal to his club and managed the direct resurgence. In the Premier League 1994/95, the climbers managed a very good third place in the table behind champions Blackburn Rovers. In the subsequent season reached the quarter- finals of Nottingham UEFA Cup 1995/96, failed there but clearly at Bayern Munich. Many teammates Crossley had since left the team and so Forest could not build on his earlier successful times. There follow the renewed decline in 1996/97 and after interim resurgence, another relegation in the Premier League 1998 /99. Even this latest transition to the second division, he took up with his team, but was sold after the missed rise due to financial problems of the club for season 2000/ 01 to the Middlesbrough FC.
Middlesbrough FC
Time in Middlesbrough was little happy for Mark Crossley. He rarely came into play and was awarded in 2003 for a few months at Stoke City. Even after his return, he was able to fight for a regular place and then moved up after just 23 league games in 3 years for Fulham FC.
Fulham
In London, it ran the first two seasons is not good for the now 34 -year-old. The number 1 in these two years was the Dutch world-class goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and after its move to Manchester United before the season 2005/ 06 Crossley managed the leap into the goal. After the commitment of the Finnish international goalkeeper Antti Niemi from Southampton FC but this phase was over quickly again and he found himself on the bench again. 2006/ 07 season he was loaned out for some time at Sheffield Wednesday before moving to Oldham Athletic in 2007.
Oldham Athletic
In the 2007 /08 season Crossley scored in the Football League One on his longtime former club Nottingham Forest, who were now relegated to the third division. While Forest ascended as a table runner-up in the Football League Championship, Oldham missed as a table of eight to climb. After a tenth place in the 2008 /09 season he joined in the summer of 2009 as player-coach for FC Chesterfield.
National
After three matches for the English U -21 selection, Mark Crossley decided to play for the Welsh national team. He completed at least eight matches, but remained behind goalkeeper Neville Southall.