Ryan Goodfellow

Ryan Goodfellow
Personal information
Full name Ryan Lewis Goodfellow
Date of birth (1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Melrose, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2007–2012 Dunfermline Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Dunfermline Athletic 6 (0)
2015–2018 East Fife 44 (0)
2018–2019 Cowdenbeath 0 (0)
2019–2019 → Berwick Rangers (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2021 Albion Rovers 28 (0)
2021–2022 Edinburgh City 3 (0)
2022-2023 Gala Fairydean 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:24, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Ryan Lewis Goodfellow (born 26 May 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. A product of Dunfermline Athletic's youth system, Goodfellow has played for East Fife, Cowdenbeath, Berwick Rangers, Albion Rovers and Edinburgh City.

Career

Early life

Born in Earlston, Scottish Borders, Goodfellow began his footballing career at the age of six with Earlston Rhymers Youth. As a boy he played for Hibernian and also spent some time at Celtic under Stevie Woods.

Dunfermline Athletic

While at Spartans at under-13 level, coach Paul Donnelly brought him to Dunfermline Athletic. where he spent four-years progressing through the club's youth academy before signing full-time with the under-19 squad in 2010. In 2012, he was promoted to the first team signing a one-year professional contract,[1] where he benefited from first team coaches such as Jim Jefferies, Neil McCann, John Potter, as well as goalkeeping coaches Brian Potter and Andy Goram.

During the 2012–13 season he was a regular in the under-20 side that reached the Scottish Youth Cup Final [2] against Celtic at Hampden Park on 1 May 2013. The Pars lost in the final 3–1, in which Goodfellow played the full match.

Goodfellow made his first team debut on 16 November 2013 in a Scottish League One match, coming off the bench for the injured Ryan Scully in a 3–0[3] win over Airdrieonians. His first league start came in a 1–1 draw against Ayr United on 19 April 2014,[4] whilst also featuring twice against Rangers that season including a 1–1 draw at East End Park.[5]

East Fife

On 18 May 2015, Goodfellow signed with Scottish League Two side East Fife.[6] On Saturday 1 August 2015, in the first round of the Scottish League Cup, East Fife defeated Championship side Dumbarton in a penalty shoot-out, where Goodfellow saved two penalties to win the match after going behind.[7] After playing the first 18 games of the season, he spent most of the second half of the season as back-up goalkeeper with the arrival of Liam Kelly from Rangers on loan. On 16 April 2016 East Fife drew 1–1 away to Clyde winning the league. Goodfellow made 19 league appearances in the 2015–16 season. On 28 January 2017, after a 0–0 draw with Stranraer, the club announced that Goodfellow had broken a club record by not conceding a goal in 575 minutes of football,[8] which ended the following week, taking the record to 603 minutes.

Cowdenbeath

Goodfellow signed for Fife rivals Cowdenbeath on 28 June 2018, where he would join David McGurn to compete for the number one jersey during the 2018–19 season.[9] He did not make a league appearance for Cowdenbeath and was loaned to Berwick Rangers in February 2019 [10] where he made 6 appearances.

Albion Rovers

On 29 May 2019, Albion Rovers announced that Goodfellow had signed a one-year deal with the club for the 2019–20 season in Scottish League Two.[11]

Edinburgh City

Goodfellow signed for Edinburgh City in January 2021.[12] On 14 January 2022, it was confirmed that Goodfellow had left the club by mutual consent.[13]

Career statistics

As of 27 April 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dunfermline Athletic 2013–14[14] Scottish League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2014–15[15] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
East Fife 2015–16[16] Scottish League Two 19 0 2 0 2 0 1[a] 0 24 0
2016–17[17] Scottish League One 11 0 4 0 2 0 2[a] 0 19 0
2017–18[18] 14 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 20 0
Total 44 0 8 0 8 0 3 0 63 0
Cowdenbeath 2018–19[19] Scottish League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Berwick Rangers (loan) 2018-19[19] Scottish League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[b] 0 6 0
Albion Rovers 2019-20[20] Scottish League Two 22 0 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 25 0
Career total 76 0 8 0 10 0 7 0 101 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the Scottish League Two play-offs

Honours

East Fife

References

  1. ^ "Goodfellow and Munro_sign". Dunfermline Athletic Football Club. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ^ Parks, Gordon (2 May 2013). "Celtic 3 Dunfermline 1: Young Bhoys too strong for Pars in Youth Cup Final". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Airdrieonians 0 - 3 Dunfermline Athletic Team line-ups 16/11/2013 - League One - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Ayr_United_1_Dunfermline_1". Dunfermline Athletic Football Club. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Dunfermline Athletic 1-1 Rangers". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ "Goodfellow joins East Fife – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Dumbarton Football Club – East Fife v Dumbarton (01/08/2015)". www.dumbartonfootballclub.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  8. ^ "RECORD BREAKER: We are delighted to announce that @Ryan @goodfellow_1 's 575 minutes without conceding is a new club record". East Fife FC. Twitter. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  9. ^ Hart, Ross (30 June 2018). "Cowden confirm Goodfellow arrival". Central Fife Time. Newsquest. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  10. ^ "'Keeper Goodfellow arrives". Berwick Rangers FC. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Signing News". Albion Rovers FC. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Welcome Ryan Goodfellow". Edinburgh City FC. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  13. ^ @EdinburghCityFC (14 January 2022). "Update: Ryan Goodfellow" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Games played by Ryan Goodfellow in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Ryan Goodfellow in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Games played by Ryan Goodfellow in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Games played by Ryan Goodfellow in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Games played by Ryan Goodfellow in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  19. ^ a b "Games played by Ryan Goodfellow in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  20. ^ "Games played by Ryan Goodfellow in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 June 2019.