Adam James Bartlett (born 27 February 1986) is a former English semi-professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Bartlett has played for Blyth Spartans, Kidderminster Harriers, Cambridge United, Hereford United, Gateshead, Hartlepool United, Darlington, York City and Whickham. Bartlett is currently the Head of Goalkeeping at Newcastle United.
![]() Bartlett playing for York City in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adam James Bartlett[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1986-02-27) 27 February 1986 (age 36)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Newcastle United (Head of Goalkeeping) | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2005 | Newcastle United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | Blyth Spartans | 82 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Kidderminster Harriers | 46 | (0) |
2009 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Hereford United | 110 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Gateshead | 130 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Hartlepool United | 22 | (0) |
2017 | Darlington | 25 | (0) |
2017–2019 | York City | 62 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Whickham | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2007–2009 | England C | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:01, 10 May 2019 (UTC) |
Bartlett was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear.[2] He started his career at Newcastle United at the age of nine. Over the years, he progressed through to the reserve team, playing at every youth level.[3] He trained with the senior team and was a standby for a UEFA Champions League match against Inter Milan in March 2003.[4] He was also an Academy goalkeeping coach at the club.[5] He was released, aged 19, in 2005.[3]
Bartlett signed for Conference North club Blyth Spartans, playing the first game of his career at senior level against Wakefield & Emley on 10 September 2005. He played 14 games in his initial season, and followed this up with 47 in all competitions in 2006–07.[6] He signed a new one-year contract in August 2007.[7] He was named as Blyth's Player of the Season for the 2007–08 season.[8] Bartlett's impressive performances at Blyth Spartans led to an England C call up and upon his departure from the club he was inducted into Blyth Spartans' Hall of Fame.[9] During his final year at Blyth, he made six appearances for the England national C team.[10]
Bartlett signed for Conference Premier club Kidderminster Harriers on 27 May 2008 on a one-year contract.[11] He was an ever-present in the 2008–09 Conference Premier.[12] Bartlett joined Cambridge United on an emergency loan to play for them at Wembley Stadium in the 2009 Conference Premier play-off Final, starting as Cambridge were beaten 2–0 by Torquay United.[13] He was named as the Conference Premier Goalkeeper of the Year for 2008–09.[14]
On 22 June 2009, Bartlett signed for League Two club Hereford United.[15] He helped Hereford upset League One team Charlton Athletic in the League Cup first round on 11 August 2009, in which he saved a penalty from Charlton's Andy Gray in the 62nd minute.[16] In March 2010, he extended his Hereford contract for a further year.[17] Bartlett was Hereford's only ever-present player in 2009–10, and was named the club's Player of the Year.[2] In May 2011, he signed a new two-year contract with the club.[18]
Bartlett signed for Conference Premier club Gateshead on 8 June 2012.[19] He made his debut on 11 August 2012 in a 2–2 away draw with Luton Town.[20] Bartlett started for Gateshead as they were beaten 2–1 at Wembley Stadium by Cambridge United in the 2014 Conference Premier play-off Final.[21] At the end of 2014–15, Bartlett was released by Gateshead.[22]
Bartlett signed for League Two club Hartlepool United on 10 July 2015.[23] He made his debut on 8 August 2015, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 home victory over Morecambe.[24] Bartlett made 15 appearances for Hartlepool in 2015–16, keeping five clean sheets.[24] Bartlett signed a new contract with the club in April 2016.[25] He was often back-up to Trevor Carson but regained the number-one spot in 2016–17 when an injury ruled out Carson for the rest of the season.[26] However, he later lost his place to Middlesbrough loanee Joe Fryer.[27]
Bartlett had his Hartlepool contract cancelled by mutual consent on 21 March 2017 to take up a full-time role as an academy goalkeeping coach at Middlesbrough[28][29] and moved into part-time football, signing for National League North club Darlington the following day.[27] He made eight appearances for Darlington in 2016–17[30] as they finished fifth in the table.[31] However, Darlington were denied entry to the play-offs because their Blackwell Meadows ground did not meet seating requirements.[32]
In October 2017, Bartlett turned down the opportunity to sign for Darlington's National League North rivals York City, as he wanted to stay part-time.[33] York had recently appointed Martin Gray as manager, who Bartlett played under at Darlington.[34] He eventually signed for York on 7 November 2017 for an undisclosed fee on a contract until June 2019.[35] He left York in May 2019 to pursue a career in sales with sporting goods manufacturers Core 37 and play part-time football for Whickham of the Northern League Division One.[36][37]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Blyth Spartans | 2006–07[38] | Conference North | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 45 | 0 | |
2007–08[39] | Conference North | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
Total | 82 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 94 | 0 | |||
Kidderminster Harriers | 2008–09[12] | Conference Premier | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 54 | 0 | |
Cambridge United (loan) | 2008–09[40] | Conference Premier | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Hereford United | 2009–10[41] | League Two | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 54 | 0 |
2010–11[42] | League Two | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 53 | 0 | |
2011–12[43] | League Two | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
Total | 110 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 127 | 0 | ||
Gateshead | 2012–13[30] | Conference Premier | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
2013–14[30] | Conference Premier | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
2014–15[30] | Conference Premier | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
Total | 130 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | 151 | 0 | |||
Hartlepool United | 2015–16[24] | League Two | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 15 | 0 |
2016–17[44] | League Two | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Darlington | 2016–17[30] | National League North | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
2017–18[30][45] | National League North | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
York City | 2017–18[30][46] | National League North | 25 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
2018–19[30][47] | National League North | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
Total | 62 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 70 | 0 | |||
Career total | 477 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 552 | 0 |
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