Lance Cronin

Football player infobox
playername = Lance Cronin


fullname = Lance Cronin
nickname =
height = height|ft=6|in=1
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|9|11
cityofbirth = Brighton
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Ebbsfleet United
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs = Brighton
years = 2001-2005
2005
2005-2006
2006
2006-
clubs = Crystal Palace
→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
Oldham Athletic
Shrewsbury Town
Ebbsfleet United
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
01 (0)
00 (0)
00 (0)
102 (0)
nationalyears = 2006-
nationalteam = England C
nationalcaps(goals) = 05 (0)
pcupdate = 18:59, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Lance Cronin (born September 11 1985 in Brighton) is an English professional footballer who plays for Ebbsfleet United as a goalkeeper. He has made five international appearances for the England C national football team.

Career

Cronin came up through the youth system at Crystal Palace. He joined Wycombe on loan during the 2004–05 season, where he made one appearance for the club in League Two. [cite web| url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=29391&seasonid=134 |title=Games played by Lance Cronin in 2004/2005 |work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-06-15] He was released by Crystal Palace at the end of the 2004–05 without playing for the first-team and joined Oldham on a non-contract basis in November 2005 to provide cover for a FA Cup tie against Chasetown [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/4403868.stm| title=Oldham sign up goalkeeper Cronin|date=2005-11-03|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-15] in which he made a substitute appearance, He then joined Shrewsbury Town on non-contract terms in February 2006 to provide cover for regular goalkeeper Joe Hart.cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/4697836.stm| title=Shrewsbury snap up keeper Cronin|date=2006-02-09|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-15] Cronin left Shrewsbury in April 2006 [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/4910250.stm|title=Whitehead agrees to leave Shrews |date=2006-04-14|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-15] and after a trial with Grimsby Town, [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/4923516.stm|title=Grimsby boss offers trials to duo |date=2006-04-19|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-15] joined Gravesend and Northfleet (now Ebbsfleet United) to cover a long-term injury to regular goalkeeper Craig Holloway. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gravesend_and_northfleet/4775327.stm|title=Gravesend sign ex-Shrews keeper|date=2006-08-09|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-15]

After a good start to his first season at Ebbsfleet, Cronin was called up for the England National Game XI (now the England C national football team) squad for the first time in November 2006 [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gravesend_and_northfleet/6157238.stm|title=Cronin shock at England call-up|date=2006-11-17|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-15] and made his debut against Holland as a substitute nine minutes from time as England won the European Challenge Trophy. [cite news| url=http://www.thefa.com/England/NationalGameXI/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2006/11/EnglandNGXI_vHolland.htm|title=England take the trophy|last=Bradbury|first=Jamie |date=2006-11-29|publisher=The Football Association|accessdate=2008-06-15] He went on to make a total of four international appearances for England. [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gravesend_and_northfleet/7230919.stm| title=Fleet's Cronin in England call-up|date=2008-02-06|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-15]

By the end of the 2007–08 season, Cronin had made over 90 appearances for Ebbsfleet [cite web| url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=29391&seasonid=134|title=Lance Cronin|work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-06-15] and collected a winners medal when Ebbsfleet won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium in May 2008. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7382167.stm|title=Ebbsfleet 1-0 Torquay|date=2008-05-15|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-15]

Honours

*FA Trophy: 2008

References

External links

* [http://ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/eufc/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=34 Profile at club website]
*soccerbase|id=29391|name=Lance Cronin