Nathan Luscombe
English footballer
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Nathan John Luscombe (born 6 November 1989) is an English former footballer who played as a winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathan John Luscombe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1989[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | Sunderland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Hartlepool United | 26 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Celtic Nation | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:42, 12 August 2013 (UTC) | |||
Career
Born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Luscombe progressed through the Sunderland youth system and signed a professional contract on 1 July 2008.[1] He made his first team debut on 4 February 2009 in an FA Cup fourth round tie against Blackburn Rovers, aged 19.[3] He had a trial with Conference National club York City in November 2010, playing in a reserve team game against the Middlesbrough academy.[4] He was amongst eight players to be released by Sunderland on 7 April 2011 and on 15 April he agreed to sign for League One side Hartlepool United on 1 July.[5][6]
Luscombe came under scrutiny upon joining Hartlepool in 2011 after an image taken of the winger in pre-season training of the winger appearing overweight, after this Luscombe admitted that he was "embarrassed" by the image stating "I've always said I was ashamed when I came back. I was embarrassed to see a photo in one of the papers and I could have been a sumo wrestler, I was that big. It wasn't the fact I couldn't run, but it took me longer to get in shape where I could be at my best" and vowed to continue to lose weight with doing extra work in training.[7]
He scored his first career goal in a 2–0 home win for Hartlepool against Exeter in September 2011.[8] He made 13 league appearances at the end of his first season with Hartlepool.
Luscombe was excluded from Hartlepool's 2012 pre-season tour of Holland due to him returning to training overweight which left boss Neale Cooper "raging" and "unable to speak to him".[9][10]
He was released by Hartlepool in May 2013 [11] after making 26 league appearances for the club, 21 of which were substitute appearances.[12]
He was signed by Northern League club Celtic Nation and played his first game for the side in a 1–1 draw at home to Bishop Auckland.[13] Luscombe was released by Celtic Nation at the end of the season and ended up quitting football.
