Calum Ferrie (born 16 June 1998) is an English professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for club
Queen's Park.
A former
youth team
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player at
Port Vale
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, he played on
loan
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at
Gresley in 2015 before he turned professional at
Dundee the following year. He made his first-team debut for Dundee in April 2018. He joined
Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
on loan in June 2018 and went on to be named as the club's Player of the Year for the 2018–19 season. He joined Falkirk on loan in January 2020. Ferrie would return to Dundee the following the season, and would start a few more games before leaving the club in 2021. He subsequently signed with Queen's Park and helped the club to win
promotion
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out of
Scottish League One
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via the play-offs in 2022, before being named on the 2022–23
PFA Scotland Scottish Championship Team of the Year.
Career
Port Vale
Ferrie was a
youth team
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player at
Port Vale
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, when he moved on
loan
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to
Northern Premier League
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Division One South side
Gresley in October 2015. He made his debut for Gresley in an
FA Trophy
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qualification match at
Matlock Town
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History
The club was established in 1878 as Matlock Football Club. ...
on 31 October. He featured in three further games for the club, his final appearance coming against
Market Drayton Town on 28 November.
Dundee
After leaving Port Vale, Ferrie signed for
Dundee in 2016.
He made his senior debut in the
Scottish Premiership
The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottis ...
in a 4–0 defeat away to
Rangers
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on 7 April 2018.
He appeared as a
substitute for the injured
Elliot Parish
Elliot Charles Parish (born 20 May 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Parish began his career at Aston Villa, where he progressed through the club's Academy. He made his professional debut away from the club ...
, and was praised by
manager
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Neil McCann
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...
. After the match, Ferrie described himself as being "numb", and said that he wished to play more first-team games.
Ferrie was loaned to
Scottish League Two
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club
Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
in June 2018. He made 28 appearances for the Binos during the
2018–19 season. His efforts for the club were rewarded by being named both Stirling's Young Player of the Year and Player of the Year.
Ferrie signed a one-year extension with Dundee on 15 May 2019. He was sent out on loan to
Scottish League One
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side
Falkirk
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Falkirk had a ...
on 31 January 2020, after signing another one-year extension with the "Dark Blues".
Ferrie earned his first league start for Dundee in three seasons on 24 October 2020, earning his first win and
clean sheet
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Shutouts are usuall ...
for the club in a 1–0 win over
Greenock Morton
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at
Dens Park
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. However,
Adam Legzdins
Adam Richard Legzdins (born 28 November 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Championship club Dundee.
Legzdins began his career with Birmingham City, from where he spent time on loan at several lo ...
was signed the following month, whilst number one
Jack Hamilton returned to fitness, and Ferrie made just two further appearances in the
2020–21
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campaign.
He was on the bench for the
play-off final win over
Kilmarnock as Dundee secured
promotion
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back into the Premiership,
and was released upon the expiry of his
contract
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in June.
Queen's Park
In July 2021, Ferrie signed for Scottish League One side
Queen's Park as
head coach
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Laurie Ellis
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looked to provide competition to established number one Willie Muir. Ferrie would become the ''Spiders''
' starting goalkeeper midway through the
2021–22 season under new manager
Owen Coyle
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, and would enjoy his second-successive promotion as Queen's Park won the
Championship play-offs
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in May 2022 by beating
Airdrieonians
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3–2 on
aggregate
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after
extra time
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.
At the end of a successful debut season, Ferrie would agree to extend his contract with the club until 2024.
Ferrie would have a stand out
2022–23 season with Queen's Park, starting every game for the side and being a key factor in the ''Spiders unexpected title challenge, and was named to
PFA Scotland
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's
Scottish Championship Team of the Year at the end of the league season.
He played both legs of 8−3 aggregate defeat to
Partick Thistle
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in the play-off quarter-finals.
Career statistics
Honours
Dundee
*
Scottish Championship
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play-offs:
2020–21
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Queen's Park
*
Scottish League One
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play-offs:
2021–22
Individual
Stirling Albion
*
Stirling Albion F.C.
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
Player of the Year:
2018–19
Queen's Park
*
PFA Scotland
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Scottish Championship Team of the Year:
2022–23
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References
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1998 births
Footballers from Shrewsbury
Living people
English men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Port Vale F.C. players
Gresley Rovers F.C. players
Dundee F.C. players
Stirling Albion F.C. players
Falkirk F.C. players
Queen's Park F.C. players
Northern Premier League players
Scottish Professional Football League players