Jack Purdue

Jack Purdue (born 20 November 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Annan Athletic.

Jack Purdue
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Annan Athletic
Youth career
Gourock YAC
2014–2018 Greenock Morton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Greenock Morton 1 (0)
2019–2020 Queen's Park 14 (1)
2020 → East Stirlingshire (loan)
2020– Annan Athletic 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:22, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Career

Greenock Morton

Purdue joined Greenock Morton's Youth Academy from Gourock YAC in November 2014, and he made his development team breakthrough in September 2015.[1] He signed a full-time contract in May 2016 to tie him to Morton until summer 2018.[2] He made his professional debut as substitute on 24 February 2018 away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. in a 2-0 Morton win.[3] In May 2018, Purdue signed on for a further season at Morton after scoring the winning penalty to secure the Development League West title for 2017-18.[4] He was released by Morton in May 2019.[5]

Queen's Park

Purdue signed for Queen's Park in July 2019.[6] He made his debut for Queen's in a 0-0 draw v Hamilton Academical on 13 July 2019 in the League Cup.[7]

Purdue scored his first senior goal in a 2-2 draw with Airdrieonians on 24 July 2019 in the League Cup.[8] In a season of firsts Purdue also scored his first league goal, in a 2-1 win v Edinburgh City on 30 November 2019 in Scottish League Two.[9] He signed for East Stirlingshire on loan on 21 February 2020 until the end of the season, which was curtailed by the covid-19 pandemic.[10]

Annan Athletic

Annan Athletic announced the signing of Purdue on 3 October 2020.[11]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 July 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Greenock Morton
2017–18[12] Championship1000000010
2018–19[13] Championship0000100010
Total 1000100020
Career total 1000100020

    Honours

    Morton

    • SPFL Development League West: (2) 2015–16,[14][15] 2017-18.[16]

    References
    1. "Jack Purdue". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
    2. Mitchell, Jonathan (10 May 2016). "Six Morton Under-17s offered full-time deals". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
    3. Mitchell, Jonathan (24 February 2018). "MATCH REPORT: INVERNESS C.T. 0-2 MORTON". Greenock Morton FC. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
    4. Mitchell, Jonathan (10 May 2018). "Jack Purdue signs one-year extension". Greenock Morton FC. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
    5. "Development squad trio sign new deals". Greenock Morton FC. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
    6. "Jack Purdue". Queen's Park FC. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
    7. "Spiders earn their bonus point". Queen's Park F.C. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
    8. "Jack opens his account in style". Queen's Park F.C. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
    9. "Hampden delight for Spiders". Queen's Park F.C. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
    10. Davenport, Sean. "Purdue heads out on loan". The Queen's Park Football Club. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
    11. "New signing: Jack Purdue". Annan Athletic FC. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
    12. "Games played by Jack Purdue in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
    13. "Games played by Jack Purdue in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
    14. Mitchell, Jonathan (29 March 2016). "Morton Under-20s crowned champions". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
    15. "Jack Purdue". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
    16. Mitchell, Jonathan (26 April 2018). "Match Report: Morton U-20s 1-0 Ayr United U-20s". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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