{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Derek Gaston | fullname = Derek John Gaston | image = File:Greenock Morton v Arbroath (49631637327).jpg | caption = Gaston playing for Arbroath in 2020. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|4|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}} | currentclub = Stirling Albion | clubnumber = 1 | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Ballieston U21 | years1 = 2009–2012 | clubs1 = Albion Rovers | caps1 = 78 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2012–2019 | clubs2 = Greenock Morton | caps2 = 180 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2024 | clubs3 = Arbroath | caps3 = 137 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2024– | clubs4 = Stirling Albion | caps4 = 67 | goals4 = 0 | club-update = 5 May 2026 }}
'''Derek Gaston''' (born 18 April 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stirling Albion. Gaston previously played for Albion Rovers before joining Morton in 2012 then was at Arbroath for 5 years. He then spent a season with Stirling Albion.
==Career== Gaston began his senior career with Albion Rovers in 2009, signing from local youth side Baillieston under-21s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/albion_rovers/8295967.stm|title=Goalie Gaston grabs player prize|date=9 October 2009|access-date=31 October 2021|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> He won the Scottish Football League player of the month award for September 2009.<ref name=award>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/albion_rovers/8295967.stm|title=Goalie Gaston grabs player prize|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 October 2009|access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref>
He joined Greenock Morton in 2012, making his debut against his former club in the Challenge Cup in July 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19029808|title=Ramsdens Cup: Morton 2-0 Albion Rovers|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 July 2012|access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> After playing all but three matches for Morton in his first season, Gaston signed a new one-year contract in May 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/morton/articles/2013/05/08/456686-gaston-and-obrien-staying-with-ton/|title=Gaston and O'Brien staying with Ton|publisher=Greenock Telegraph|date=8 May 2013|access-date=8 May 2013|first=Jonathan|last=Mitchell}}</ref>
In May 2014, he agreed to sign for a further season,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/articles/2014/05/28/499558-keeper-decides-to-stay/|title=Keeper decides to stay|publisher=Greenock Telegraph|date=28 May 2014|access-date=28 May 2014|first=Jonathan|last=Mitchell}}</ref> followed by signing another one-year deal in May 2015 after winning Scottish League One.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://gmfc.net/News/&action=fullnews&id=1416|title=Gaston signs up|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|date=21 May 2015|access-date=22 May 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522133648/http://gmfc.net/News/%26action%3Dfullnews%26id%3D1416|archivedate=22 May 2015}}</ref> Another contract renewal followed in October 2015, to tie him to Morton until 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/articles/2015/10/13/545489-contract-joy-for-ton-keeper-gaston/|title=Contract joy for Ton keeper Gaston|publisher=Greenock Telegraph|first=Jonathan|last=Mitchell|date=13 October 2015|access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref>
Gaston signed on for a seventh season at Cappielow in June 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gmfc.net/2018/06/07/derek-gaston-signs-new-one-year-deal/|title=Derek Gaston signs new one-year deal|publisher=Greenock Morton F.C.|date=7 June 2018|access-date=18 June 2018|first=Jonathan|last=Mitchell}}</ref> He was released by Morton in the summer of 2019, having made over 200 appearances for the club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gmfc.net/2019/05/21/player-contract-updates-2/|title=PLAYER CONTRACT UPDATES|last=Mitchell|first=Jonathan|date=21 May 2019|website=Greenock Morton FC}}</ref>
On 4 June 2019, Gaston signed for newly promoted Scottish Championship club Arbroath. In his third season, Gaston earned 10 clean sheets in the opening 20 league games.<ref>{{cite web|title=GASTON & STEWART JOIN ARBROATH|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/gaston-stewart-join-arbroath|publisher=Scottish Professional Football League|date=4 June 2019|access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|5 May 2023}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Scottish Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Albion Rovers |2009–10<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2009|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=sw>{{soccerway|derek-gaston/86715|access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|Scottish Third Division |21||0||3||0||2||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC">Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup</ref>||0||27||0 |- |2010–11<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2010|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=sw/><ref>{{cite web|title=Match review: Albion Rovers 0 Sunnybank 1|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/match-review-albion-rovers-0-2829419|publisher=Daily Record|last=Paterson|first=Colin|date=25 October 2010|access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref> |26||0||1||0||1||0||5<ref group=lower-alpha name=cup-po>One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and four appearances in the Second Division play-offs</ref>||0||33||0 |- |2011–12<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2011|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=sw/> |Scottish Second Division |31||0||1||0||0||0||5<ref group=lower-alpha name=cup-po/>||0||37||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !78!!0!!5!!0!!3!!0!!11!!0!!97!!0 |- |rowspan="8" |Greenock Morton |2012–13<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2012|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=sw/> |Scottish First Division |33||0||5||0||2||0||2<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||0||42||0 |- |2013–14<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2013|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> |Scottish Championship |18||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||19||0 |- |2014–15<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2014|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> |Scottish League One |31||0||2||0||0||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||0||34||0 |- |2015–16<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2015|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> | rowspan="4" |Scottish Championship |26||0||3||0||3||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||0||33||0 |- |2016–17<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2016|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> |30||0||3||0||2||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha>Appearance in the Premiership play-offs</ref>||0||36||0 |- |2017–18<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2017|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> |32||0||3||0||4||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||0||40||0 |- |2018–19<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2018|access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref> |10||0||3||0||1||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC/>||0||15||0 |- !colspan="2" |Total !180!!0!!19!!0!!13!!0!!7!!0!!219!!0 |- | rowspan="5" |Arbroath |2019–20<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2019|access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref> | rowspan="4" |Scottish Championship |19||0||3||0||2||0||2<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||0||26||0 |- |2020–21<ref>{{soccerbase season|51822|2020|access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref> |27||0||1||0||5||0||0||0||33||0 |- |2021–22 |33 |0 |3 |0 |3 |0 |2{{Efn|Appearances in the Premiership play-offs|name=22po}} |0 |41 |0 |- |2022–23 |35 |0 |1 |0 |4 |0 |0 |0 |40 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !114!!0!!8!!0!!14!!0!!4!!0!!140!!0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !372!!0!!32!!0!!30!!0!!22!!0!!456!!0 |}
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==Honours== '''Morton''' *'''Scottish League One:''' Winners 2014–15<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/morton/319243-greenock-morton-claim-league-1-title-after-3-1-win-against-peterhead/|title=Greenock Morton claim League 1 title after 3–1 win against Peterhead|publisher=Scottish Television|date=2 May 2015|access-date=15 August 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095128/http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/morton/319243-greenock-morton-claim-league-1-title-after-3-1-win-against-peterhead/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Individual''' *GMFC Player of the Year: 2014–15 *SPFL Team of the Year: 2014–15<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/spfl-team-of-the-year/|title=SPFL Team of the Year|publisher=Scottish Professional Football League|date=3 June 2015|access-date=3 June 2015|first=Craig|last=Fowler}}</ref> *Scottish Football League Player of the Month: September 2009<ref name=award/>
==See also== *Greenock Morton F.C. season 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} *{{Twitter}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaston, Derek}} Category:1987 births Category:Footballers from Glasgow Category:Living people Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Albion Rovers F.C. players Category:Greenock Morton F.C. players Category:Arbroath F.C. players Category:Stirling Albion F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Scottish Professional Football League players