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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.

Derek Gaston

Personal information
Full name	Derek John Gaston
Date of birth	(1987-04-18) 18 April 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club 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	46	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:29, 31 May 2021 (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, thanks mostly to the work of Tam O'Brien and Ricky Little. [10]

Personal life

As well as playing football, Gaston is also a lifeguard at the Time Capsule water park in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire.[11]

Career statistics

As of 7 March 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Albion Rovers	2009–10[12][13]	Scottish Third Division	21	0	3	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	27	0
	2010–11[14][13][15]		26	0	1	0	1	0	5[lower-alpha 2]	0	33	0
	2011–12[16][13]	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[17][13]	Scottish First Division	33	0	5	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	42	0
	2013–14[18]	Scottish Championship	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	0
	2014–15[19]	Scottish League One	31	0	2	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	34	0
	2015–16[20]	Scottish Championship	26	0	3	0	3	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	33	0
	2016–17[21]		30	0	3	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	36	0
	2017–18[22]		32	0	3	0	4	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	0
	2018–19[23]		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[24]	Scottish Championship	19	0	3	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	26	0
	2020–21[25]		27	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	33	0
	Total		46	0	4	0	7	0	2	0	59	0
Career total			304	0	28	0	23	0	20	0	375	0

Honours

Morton

• Scottish League One: Winners 2014–15[26]

Individual

• GMFC Player of the Year: 2014–15
• SPFL Team of the Year: 2014–15[27]
• Scottish Football League Player of the Month: September 2009[2]

See also

• Greenock Morton F.C. season 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16

References

External links

• Derek Gaston at Soccerbase
• Derek Gaston on Twitter

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