David Crawford (born 30 June 1985 in Glasgow) is a Scottish

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, who plays as a

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for Queen's Park.

Career

Crawford began his career with Queen's Park. He moved to

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

for the 2007–08 season, but returned to Queen's Park at the end of the season. Across two spells with ''The Spiders'' Crawford made 132 appearances in all competitions. Following Queen's Park's relegation to the Third Division, Crawford signed for

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...

on 4 June 2009. On 4 June 2010, after Alloa had missed out on promotion, Crawford signed for fellow

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club

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is ...

. During his time at Ayr, in a match against

Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games a ...

, he saved two of four penalties his team conceded in a 4–1 defeat. On 13 August 2011, Crawford played for

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scotti ...

as a trialist against Forfar Athletic, as both the club's registered goalkeepers were unavailable. In December 2011, he signed for

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. Crawford signed for

Stirling Albion Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...

during the 2012 summer transfer window. This was only a short-term deal to cover for their three injured goalkeepers however, and with their return to fitness he left the club in August 2012, after playing just one cup match against

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. He then moved to Montrose. However, he returned to Stirling Albion in January 2013, initially until the end of the 2012-13 season, but then extended his stay until May 2014. Crawford signed for

in July 2014. On 25 October 2014, he scored as Arbroath won 5–1 against Montrose, his long free-kick from his own half beating Montrose goalkeeper Lucas Birnstingl. In June 2015, Crawford returned for a second spell with

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side Alloa Athletic. However, after Alloa's relegation from the Scottish Championship, Crawford was released by the club.

Partick Thistle Spell

On 15 July 2016, Crawford signed a short-term contract with

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side Partick Thistle, to provide cover for injured goalkeepers

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and

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after having impressed as a trialist in a friendly game against

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. Crawford was assigned the number 35 squad number. He made his debut for the club in the same evening that he signed for them, playing and keeping a clean sheet away to Airdrionians in the

Scottish League Cup The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...

. Crawford played 3 group stage games in the

as Thistle won all 4 games and topped their group.

Later career

After a trial period with

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, Crawford signed for Stenhousemuir in October 2016 until the end of the 2016–17 season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, David 1985 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Dumbarton F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Montrose F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Footballers from Glasgow Men's association football goalkeepers Arbroath F.C. players