1. Mark Geoffrey Crossley was born on 16 June 1969 and is a football coach and former professional footballer.
18 Facts About Mark Crossley
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Mark Crossley has played for Manchester United, Millwall, Middlesbrough, Stoke City, Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic and Chesterfield.
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Mark Crossley earned three caps for the England U21 team, but opted to switch allegiance to Wales and received eight full international caps between 1997 and 2004.
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Mark Crossley had two spells in Forest's team, firstly when Sutton was injured and later when Sutton suffered a loss of form.
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Mark Crossley was a huge favourite with the fans and indeed with Brian Clough, who affectionately nicknamed him 'shithouse' [1].
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Mark Crossley played in the 1991 FA Cup Final loss to Tottenham Hotspur, where he saved a penalty from Gary Lineker.
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Andrew Marriott wore the gloves in his place, although Mark Crossley regained his place for the next league game after the second final.
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Mark Crossley was finally released from Forest, in 2000 as the club's financial troubles required them to reduce the wage bill.
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Mark Crossley joined Middlesbrough on a free transfer to provide competition as well as cover for the number one spot at the club.
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Mark Crossley was loaned out to Stoke City on 29 November 2002 and played against Gillingham the next day.
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Mark Crossley played in 11 matches helping the club avoid relegation from the First Division.
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Mark Crossley impressed, with a string of fine performances and the loan deal was extended to the end of the season.
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However Iain Turner was brought in on loan and Mark Crossley returned to Fulham.
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On 13 August 2013, Mark Crossley joined Sheffield Wednesday as the Owls' academy goalkeeper coach.
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Mark Crossley joined Barnsley on 27 March 2014 as a replacement for Ian Wilcox as new goalkeeping coach.
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On 21 June 2019, Mark Crossley left the Notts County first-team coaching set-up.
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On 2 July 2019, Mark Crossley rejoined Chesterfield as goalkeeper coach.
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Mark Crossley was a regular in the Welsh international squad, but served as understudy to Neville Southall, and then Paul Jones.