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John Cusick

Biography

‘Cusi’ was signed by Dave Baikie in June 2000 after spending over six years with East Fife, and the manager was delighted to finally get his man after previously attempting to bring him to Gayfield. His first season at the club was a huge success with the classy central defender/ midfielder impressing throughout a campaign which culminated in him scoring the second goal in a 2-0 against Berwick Rangers to secure promotion to the First Division. John continued to feature regularly in both central defence and midfield over the next four seasons, making 20 or more appearances in every season…Read moreRead less
‘Cusi’ was signed by Dave Baikie in June 2000 after spending over six years with East Fife, and the manager was delighted to finally get his man after previously attempting to bring him to Gayfield. His first season at the club was a huge success with the classy central defender/ midfielder impressing throughout a campaign which culminated in him scoring the second goal in a 2-0 against Berwick Rangers to secure promotion to the First Division.

John continued to feature regularly in both central defence and midfield over the next four seasons, making 20 or more appearances in every season he spent at the club, as well as captaining the team during part of his time at Gayfield. He left the club at the end of the 2004-05 campaign, going on to play for Cowdenbeath before spells with Lochore Welfare, Kelty Hearts, Jeanfield Swifts and Oakley Utd.

Statistics

Apps
115 (26)
Goals
19
Yellow cards
34
Red cards
2
Goals/game
0.13
Minutes
9236
Seasons
5
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
2004-0520 (9)320
2003-0425 (1)690
2002-0319 (1)461
2001-0225 (6)471
2000-0126 (9)2100

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 14 Jun 2000 · Left: 1 Jun 2005

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Dave Baikie5 Aug 200016 Sep 20007 (2)
Jake Ferrier23 Sep 200023 Sep 20001
John Brownlie30 Sep 200020 Sep 200369 (15)
Steve Kirk2 Dec 200314 Aug 200422
Harry Cairney11 Sep 200423 Apr 200516 (9)

Timeline

  1. Born

    Lochore

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance

    Arbroath 1–1 Partick Thistle

    · Second Division · Gayfield

    It is just one day under three months since we played our last game of last season and it was against today's visitors the mighty Maryhill Magyars. We ran out worthy 3-2 winners then with Scot Peters, Barry Sellars and Paul Brownlie scoring the goals.…

  8. Recorded contract end

Appearances (141)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
23 Apr 2005 Arbroath 1–2 Forfar Second Division2004-05 L
16 Apr 2005 Arbroath 2–0 Berwick Rangers Second Division2004-05 W
9 Apr 2005 Alloa 2–2 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 D
2 Apr 2005 Ayr Utd 2–2 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 D
19 Mar 2005 Arbroath 1–4 Brechin City Second Division2004-05 L
12 Mar 2005 Stranraer 3–3 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 D
26 Feb 2005 Arbroath 2–1 Dumbarton Second Division2004-05 W
19 Feb 2005 Forfar 1–1 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 D
12 Feb 2005 Arbroath 2–1 Alloa Second Division2004-05 W
5 Feb 2005 Berwick Rangers 2–3 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 W
29 Jan 2005 Arbroath 2–0 Ayr Utd Second Division2004-05 W
15 Jan 2005 Morton 2–0 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 L
8 Jan 2005 Arbroath 0–2 Aberdeen Scottish Cup2004-05 L
3 Jan 2005 Arbroath 0–4 Stranraer Second Division2004-05 L
27 Dec 2004 Stirling 0–3 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 W
27 Nov 2004 Ayr Utd 1–1 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 D
13 Nov 2004 Arbroath 2–2 Brechin City Second Division2004-05 D
6 Nov 2004 Arbroath 0–3 Morton Second Division2004-05 L
30 Oct 2004 Stranraer 2–1 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 L
23 Oct 2004 Arbroath 2–1 Stirling Second Division2004-05 W
16 Oct 2004 Dumbarton 1–3 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 W
2 Oct 2004 Arbroath 0–3 Alloa Second Division2004-05 L
25 Sep 2004 Berwick Rangers 0–3 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 W
18 Sep 2004 Arbroath 0–0 Ayr Utd Second Division2004-05 D
11 Sep 2004 Brechin City 4–1 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 L
14 Aug 2004 Arbroath 0–2 Dumbarton Second Division2004-05 L
10 Aug 2004 Stenhousemuir 2–1 Arbroath Scottish League Cup2004-05 L
7 Aug 2004 Stirling 5–2 Arbroath Second Division2004-05 L
31 Jul 2004 Arbroath 2–4 Peterhead Scottish Challenge Cup2004-05 L
15 May 2004 Berwick Rangers 1–3 Arbroath Second Division2003-04 W

Goals scored (19)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
23 Oct 2004 Arbroath 2–1 Stirling Second Division2004-05 W 35′ (pen.)
10 Aug 2004 Stenhousemuir 2–1 Arbroath Scottish League Cup2004-05 L 38′ (pen.)
31 Jul 2004 Arbroath 2–4 Peterhead Scottish Challenge Cup2004-05 L 2′
15 May 2004 Berwick Rangers 1–3 Arbroath Second Division2003-04 W 50′
30 Mar 2004 Stenhousemuir 0–3 Arbroath Second Division2003-04 W 69′ (pen.)
31 Jan 2004 Arbroath 2–2 Morton Second Division2003-04 D 89′ (pen.)
17 Jan 2004 Arbroath 1–2 Berwick Rangers Second Division2003-04 L 16′
2 Sep 2003 Arbroath 1–0 Raith Rovers Scottish League Cup2003-04 W 90′ (pen.)
30 Aug 2003 Arbroath 2–2 Hamilton Accies Second Division2003-04 D 35′ (pen.)
19 Apr 2003 Falkirk 4–1 Arbroath First Division2002-03 L 74′
25 Feb 2003 Alloa 3–2 Arbroath First Division2002-03 L 48′
5 Oct 2002 Arbroath 2–0 Falkirk First Division2002-03 W 83′
14 Sep 2002 Arbroath 2–2 St Mirren First Division2002-03 D 87′ (pen.)
27 Apr 2002 Arbroath 2–0 Clyde First Division2001-02 W 38′
2 Mar 2002 Partick Thistle 2–2 Arbroath First Division2001-02 D 40′
3 Nov 2001 Partick Thistle 4–1 Arbroath First Division2001-02 L 57′
27 Oct 2001 Arbroath 3–2 Inverness CT First Division2001-02 W 19′
28 Apr 2001 Arbroath 2–0 Berwick Rangers Second Division2000-01 W 75′
9 Jan 2001 Arbroath 1–2 Montrose Scottish Cup2000-01 L 7′