David Cushley (born 22 July 1989) is a Northern Irish semi-professional

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who plays as a forward for

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side

Carrick Rangers Carrick Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Premiership. The club, founded in 1939, hails from Carrickfergus, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Taylors Avenue which is known as ...

Club career

"Cush" began his career at

Ballymena United Ballymena United Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Northern Ireland. Based in Ballymena, County Antrim, the team competes in the NIFL Premiership and plays home matches at the Ballymena Showgrounds which is owned by the Mi ...

where he featured very little and in 2010 he moved to

Lisburn Distillery Lisburn Distillery Football Club is a Northern Irish intermediate football club who are based in Ballyskeagh, County Down. A founder member of the Irish League, they currently play in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, the third tier of t ...

and most notably won the League Cup in 2011 when they defeated Portadown. Following Distillery's relegation, Cushley rejoined

where he became famous for his long range goals, with his long distance strike against Linfield getting several thousand views online from Fox Sports. Cushley also had his goal against Portadown in 2013 broadcast on Soccer AM. His most famous moment as a Ballymena player came when, in the

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against Cliftonville, with United losing 1–0 in the last few minutes, Cushley equalised with a deflected free kick and then almost immediately after scored a free kick to win the game. In January 2016, Crusaders beat off competition from Linfield to bring him to

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. In April 2018 Cushley assisted and scored in a 2–1 victory over

which sealed the league title for Crusaders. In 2021 Cushley left Crusaders after heavy rumours for the past twelve months he was on the move, eventually joining Stuart King’s Carrick Rangers side.

Honours

Lisburn Distillery *

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Ballymena United *

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: 2015–16 Crusaders *

: 2017–18 *

: 2018–19 *

: 2017–18, 2018–19

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cushley, David Living people 1989 births Crusaders F.C. players Men's association football forwards Ballymena United F.C. players Lisburn Distillery F.C. players Carrick Rangers F.C. players Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland