Emmanuel Jacob Kenneth Erskine (born 13 January 1989), more commonly known as Jacob Erskine, is an English

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who last played as a striker for

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. The ...

. Earlier in his career, he made some

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appearances for Gillingham.

Career

Born in London, Erskine started his career at

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club Croydon Athletic, before joining his first

club,

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club (), often known simply as Dagenham and abbreviated when written to Dag & Red, is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England that play in the , the sixth level of the En ...

. He was sent out on loan to non-league clubs

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, Dorchester Town,

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and Maidstone United, but was ultimately released by Dagenham at the end of the 2008–09 season, having failed to break into the

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in two years with the club. He spent the close season with

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, for whom he played in a friendly against Gillingham, impressing their manager

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sufficiently to earn a one-year contract with the

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club. The deal included a clause stipulating that Bromley will benefit financially should Gillingham sell Erskine to another club, as well as "certain other terms which Bromley feel will benefit the club in the long run". Erskine made his Football League debut as a late substitute in Gillingham's opening game of the 2009–10 season on 8 August against

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, replacing Mark Bentley in a 5–0 win. He was loaned back to Bromley for a month in October 2009, making five appearances for them, and scoring in an

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qualifying round match. Erskine then joined another

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side in the form of

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. Erskine was released by Gillingham at the end of the 2009–10 season. During the 2010–11 season, he signed for

Isthmian League Premier Division The Isthmian League () is a regional football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 88 teams in fo ...

side Concord Rangers. On 21 January 2011, Erskine signed for

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side

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. Formed in October 188 ...

. He was instantly loaned out to

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outfit

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to gain match fitness. Erskine then signed for

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in February 2011 having not made a single appearance for Forest Green. In August 2011, Erskine was informed by Ebbsfleet manager

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, that there would be no funds available to offer him a new contract for the 2011–12 season. He was then on trial for

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playing in a trial match against

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, but later signed non-contract terms with Hampton & Richmond Borough. Erskine left Hampton & Richmond in October 2011. In October 2011, Erskine signed for

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, scoring his first goal for the club on 25 October in a 3–0 win against

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. He finished the season with 17 goals, as Dartford were promoted into the

. Erskine started the 2012–13 season with a lack of goals. Despite this, Dartford manager Tony Burman said that he was impressed with Erskine's performance so far in the league, but released him at the end of that season. He then had a brief spell with

during pre-season, but joined

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soon after. However, after a matter of weeks, he left the Hawks and rejoined

on 27 September 2013. Just four days later, Erskine scored on his return debut, netting Bromley's second goal in a 3–2 win over

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in the

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. He also scored in Bromley's 2–1

defeat to

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, but was released days later after making three appearances in all competitions. He then joined

Maidenhead United Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks FA, they are currently members of the . The club were established in October 1870 and have played at ...

, going on to make his debut in a 3–1 home defeat to Dorchester Town. His second appearance came against the club he had just left,

. Maidenhead lost the match 1–0. Following two seasons with Maidenhead, Erskine moved to

at the start of June 2015, opening his account for the club with two goals against Kingstonian in a 3–0

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Premier Division away win on 31 August 2015. He went on loan to

in March 2016, but the loan spell was caught short after Erskine suffered an achilles injury in only his fourth appearance, a set-back which would rule him out for the rest of the 2015–16 season, and the remainder of his contract with Dulwich. However, following his recovery from injury Erskine returned to training with Dulwich in early 2017, and made his second debut for the club in a 5–2

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victory over

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on 7 February 2017, coming off the bench to score the fifth goal in second half stoppage time. His second spell at the club came to an end at the close of that season.

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