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Adam James Bartlett (born 27 February 1986) is an English former
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who played as a
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. Bartlett has played for
Blyth Spartans Blyth Spartans Association Football Club is an association football club based in Blyth, Northumberland. They are currently members of and play at Croft Park. They were founded in September 1899 by Fred Stoker, who was the club's first secre ...
,
Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. Formed in ...
,
Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the U’s, the club h ...
,
Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...
,
Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...
,
Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. They were founded in 190 ...
,
Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...
,
York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 seas ...
and
Whickham Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England, within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. History Whickham underwent some expansion ...
. Bartlett is currently the Head of Goalkeeping at
Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...
.


Career


Early career

Bartlett was born in
Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located o ...
, Tyne and Wear. He started his career at
Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...
at the age of nine. Over the years, he progressed through to the reserve team, playing at every youth level. He trained with the senior team and was a standby for a
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match against
Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football ...
in March 2003. He was also an Academy goalkeeping coach at the club. He was released, aged 19, in 2005. Bartlett signed for
Conference North The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 o ...
club
Blyth Spartans Blyth Spartans Association Football Club is an association football club based in Blyth, Northumberland. They are currently members of and play at Croft Park. They were founded in September 1899 by Fred Stoker, who was the club's first secre ...
, 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. He signed a new one-year contract in August 2007. He was named as Blyth's Player of the Season for the 2007–08 season. Bartlett's impressive performances at Blyth Spartans led to an
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call up and upon his departure from the club he was inducted into Blyth Spartans' Hall of Fame. During his final year at Blyth, he made six appearances for the England national C team.


Kidderminster Harriers and Hereford United

Bartlett signed for
Conference Premier The National League, officially known as Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in England. The National League is the first division of the National Leagues and step 1 of the National Le ...
club
Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. Formed in ...
on 27 May 2008 on a one-year contract. He was an ever-present in the 2008–09 Conference Premier. Bartlett joined
Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the U’s, the club h ...
on an emergency loan to play for them at
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in the 2009 Conference Premier play-off final, starting as Cambridge were beaten 2–0 by
Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their ho ...
. He was named as the Conference Premier Goalkeeper of the Year for 2008–09. On 22 June 2009, Bartlett signed for League Two club
Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...
. He helped Hereford upset League One team
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...
in the League Cup first round on 11 August 2009, in which he saved a
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from Charlton's Andy Gray in the 62nd minute. In March 2010, he extended his Hereford contract for a further year. Bartlett was Hereford's only ever-present player in 2009–10, and was named the club's Player of the Year. In May 2011, he signed a new two-year contract with the club.


Gateshead and Hartlepool United

Bartlett signed for Conference Premier club
Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...
on 8 June 2012. He made his debut on 11 August 2012 in a 2–2 away draw with
Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...
. Bartlett started for Gateshead as they were beaten 2–1 at Wembley Stadium by Cambridge United in the
2014 Conference Premier play-off final The 2014 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2014 Skrill Premier play-off final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match between Cambridge United and Gateshead on 18 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the twelfth Conf ...
. At the end of 2014–15, Bartlett was released by Gateshead. Bartlett signed for League Two club
Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. They were founded in 190 ...
on 10 July 2015. He made his debut on 8 August 2015, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 home victory over
Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, on Morecambe Bay, part of the Irish Sea. In 2011 the parish had a population of 34,768. Name The first use of the name was by John Whit ...
. Bartlett made 15 appearances for Hartlepool in 2015–16, keeping five clean sheets. Bartlett signed a new contract with the club in April 2016. He was often back-up to
Trevor Carson Trevor Carson (born 5 March 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Dundee. Born in Killyleagh, Northern Ireland, Carson started his youth career with Killyleagh Boys before moving to Sunderland in 2 ...
but regained the number-one spot in 2016–17 when an injury ruled out Carson for the rest of the season. However, he later lost his place to
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Va ...
loanee Joe Fryer.


Darlington and York City

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 and moved into part-time football, signing for
National League North The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National League (English footb ...
club
Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...
the following day. He made eight appearances for Darlington in 2016–17 as they finished fifth in the table. However, Darlington were denied entry to the play-offs because their Blackwell Meadows ground did not meet seating requirements. In October 2017, Bartlett turned down the opportunity to sign for Darlington's National League North rivals
York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 seas ...
, as he wanted to stay part-time. York had recently appointed Martin Gray as manager, who Bartlett played under at Darlington. He eventually signed for York on 7 November 2017 for an undisclosed fee on a contract until June 2019. 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 Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England, within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. History Whickham underwent some expansion ...
of the Northern League Division One.


Coaching career

In August 2019, Bartlett began working as the goalkeeper coach for Newcastle's U23 side. He began working with the first team in January 2022, assisting head goalkeeper coach Simon Smith. On 21 October 2022, it was announced that Bartlett had been promoted to role of Newcastle's head goalkeeper coach.


Career statistics


Honours

Individual *
Blyth Spartans Blyth Spartans Association Football Club is an association football club based in Blyth, Northumberland. They are currently members of and play at Croft Park. They were founded in September 1899 by Fred Stoker, who was the club's first secre ...
Player of the Season: 2007–08 *
Conference Premier The National League, officially known as Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in England. The National League is the first division of the National Leagues and step 1 of the National Le ...
Goalkeeper of the Year: 2008–09 *
Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...
Player of the Year: 2009–10


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartlett, Adam 1986 births Living people Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne English men's footballers England men's semi-pro international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Newcastle United F.C. players Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Darlington F.C. players York City F.C. players Whickham F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players Newcastle United F.C. non-playing staff Middlesbrough F.C. non-playing staff Association football goalkeeping coaches 21st-century English sportsmen