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Derek Gaston

Scottish footballer

Derek Gaston (born 18 April 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Arbroath in the Scottish Championship. Gaston previously played for Albion Rovers before joining Morton in 2012.

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Derek Gaston
Personal information
Gaston playing for Arbroath in 2020.
Full name	Derek John Gaston
Date of birth	(1987-04-18) 18 April 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Arbroath
Number	1
Youth career
	Ballieston U21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Albion Rovers	78	(0)
2012–2019	Greenock Morton	180	(0)
2019–	Arbroath	133	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Career

Gaston began his senior career with Albion Rovers in 2009, signing from local youth side Baillieston under-21s.^[1] He won the Scottish Football League player of the month award for September 2009.^[2]

He joined Greenock Morton in 2012, making his debut against his former club in the Challenge Cup in July 2012.^[3] After playing all but three matches for Morton in his first season, Gaston signed a new one-year contract in May 2013.^[4]

In May 2014, he agreed to sign for a further season,^[5] followed by signing another one-year deal in May 2015 after winning Scottish League One.^[6] Another contract renewal followed in October 2015, to tie him to Morton until 2018.^[7]

Gaston signed on for a seventh season at Cappielow in June 2018.^[8] He was released by Morton in the summer of 2019, having made over 200 appearances for the club.^[9]

On 4 June 2019, Gaston signed for newly promoted Scottish Championship club Arbroath. In his third season, Gaston earned 10 clean sheets in the opening 20 league games.^[10]

Career statistics

As of 5 May 2023

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Albion Rovers	2009–10^[11]^[12]	Scottish Third Division	21	0	3	0	2	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	27	0
	2010–11^[13]^[12]^[14]	Scottish Third Division	26	0	1	0	1	0	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	33	0
	2011–12^[15]^[12]	Scottish Second Division	31	0	1	0	0	0	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	37	0
	Total		78	0	5	0	3	0	11	0	97	0
Greenock Morton	2012–13^[16]^[12]	Scottish First Division	33	0	5	0	2	0	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	42	0
	2013–14^[17]	Scottish Championship	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	0
	2014–15^[18]	Scottish League One	31	0	2	0	0	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	34	0
	2015–16^[19]	Scottish Championship	26	0	3	0	3	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	33	0
	2016–17^[20]		30	0	3	0	2	0	1^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	36	0
	2017–18^[21]		32	0	3	0	4	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	40	0
	2018–19^[22]		10	0	3	0	1	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	15	0
	Total		180	0	19	0	13	0	7	0	219	0
Arbroath	2019–20^[23]	Scottish Championship	19	0	3	0	2	0	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	26	0
	2020–21^[24]		27	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	33	0
	2021–22		33	0	3	0	3	0	2^{[lower-alpha 4]}	0	41	0
	2022–23		35	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	40	0
	Total		114	0	8	0	14	0	4	0	140	0
Career total			372	0	32	0	30	0	22	0	456	0

Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and four appearances in the Second Division play-offs
Appearance in the Premiership play-offs
Appearances in the Premiership play-offs

Honours

Morton

Scottish League One: Winners 2014–15^[25]

Individual

GMFC Player of the Year: 2014–15
SPFL Team of the Year: 2014–15^[26]
Scottish Football League Player of the Month: September 2009^[2]

References

[1]
"Goalie Gaston grabs player prize". News.bbc.co.uk. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
[2]
"Goalie Gaston grabs player prize". BBC Sport. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
[3]
"Ramsdens Cup: Morton 2-0 Albion Rovers". BBC Sport. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
[4]
Mitchell, Jonathan (8 May 2013). "Gaston and O'Brien staying with Ton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
[5]
Mitchell, Jonathan (28 May 2014). "Keeper decides to stay". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
[6]
"Gaston signs up". Greenock Morton F.C. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
[7]
Mitchell, Jonathan (13 October 2015). "Contract joy for Ton keeper Gaston". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
[8]
Mitchell, Jonathan (7 June 2018). "Derek Gaston signs new one-year deal". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
[9]
Mitchell, Jonathan (21 May 2019). "PLAYER CONTRACT UPDATES". Greenock Morton FC.
[10]
"GASTON & STEWART JOIN ARBROATH". Scottish Professional Football League. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
[11]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
[12]
Derek Gaston at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
[13]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
[14]
Paterson, Colin (25 October 2010). "Match review: Albion Rovers 0 Sunnybank 1". Daily Record. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
[15]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
[16]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
[17]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
[18]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
[19]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
[20]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
[21]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
[22]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
[23]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
[24]
"Games played by Derek Gaston in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
[25]
"Greenock Morton claim League 1 title after 3–1 win against Peterhead". Scottish Television. 2 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
[26]
Fowler, Craig (3 June 2015). "SPFL Team of the Year". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

External links

Derek Gaston at Soccerbase
Derek Gaston on Twitter

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