{{short description|English Footballer}} {{Use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Nick Liversedge | fullname = Nicholas James Liversedge<ref name="Player Details: Nick Liversedge">{{ENFA}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|07|18|df=y}}<ref name="Darlington profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10339~42629,00.html|title=1st Team Club Profiles – Nick Liversedge|publisher=Darlington FC|accessdate=8 October 2009|archive-date=28 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328111605/http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10339~42629,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_place = Hull, England | height={{height|ft=6|in=4}}<ref name="Darlington profile"/> | currentclub = | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = {{0|000}}?–2007 | youthclubs1 = Rotherham United | years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = Darlington | caps1 = 13 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2008–2009 | clubs2 = → Whitby Town (loan) | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2010–2011 | clubs3 = Whitby Town | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2011 | clubs4 = Jarrow Roofing | caps4 = ? | goals4 = ? | years5 = 2011–2013 | clubs5 = Whitby Town | caps5 = 59 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2013–2014 | clubs6 = Burnley | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2013 | clubs7 = → Hyde (loan) | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2014–2016 | clubs8 = Guisborough Town | caps8 = ? | goals8 = ? | years9 = 2016–2018 | clubs9 = Shildon | caps9 = | goals9 = | years10 = 2018–2023 | clubs10 = Bishop Auckland | caps10 = | goals10 = | years11 = 2023–2025 | clubs11 = West Auckland Town | totalcaps = 106+ | totalgoals = 0 | club-update = 18:37, 15 January 2025 (UTC) }} '''Nicholas James Liversedge''' (born 18 July 1988) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
==Career== ===Non-League career=== Born in Hull, Liversedge joined Darlington in November 2007, after progressing through Rotherham United's Centre of Excellence. He spent the 2008–09 season on loan to Whitby Town, making 30 appearances for the non-League club. He made his senior debut on 6 October 2009 against Leeds United in a Football League Trophy game but the game ended on a sour note when he was sent off for bringing down Leeds United player Enoch Showunmi.<ref name="Darlington debut">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8284845.stm|title=Leeds United 2 – 1 Darlington|publisher=newsbbc.co.uk|access-date=8 October 2009 | date=6 October 2009}}</ref>
He was released by the club following their relegation from League 2, along with 13 other players. Liversedge was announced as a Whitby Town player at the club's AGM on Friday 25 June 2010 by club chairman Graham Manser after a successful loan spell in the 2008–2009 season<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/8652408.stm |title=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2010 |access-date=16 May 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
On 30 April 2012 Liversedge played as a trialist for Burnley reserves in a 3–1 over Tranmere.<ref name="Clarets Jetta-son Tranmere">{{cite web|last=Scholes|first=Tony|title=Clarets Jetta-son Tranmere|url=http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/roll/ed31/clarets_jettason_tranmere_742540/index.shtml|work=Clarets Mad|accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref>
===Burnley===
On 10 May 2013, over a year since his first trial for Burnley reserves, it was confirmed that Liversedge would join the Championship side on a free transfer after the Lancashire Club released both Brian Jensen and Lee Grant at the end of the 2012–13 season.<ref name="Liversedge on his way to Turf Moor">{{cite web|last=Scholes|first=Tony|title=Liversedge on his way to Turf Moor|url=http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/liversedge_on_his_way_to_turf_moor_794923/index.shtml|work=Clarets Mad|accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="Burnley set to bring in young Whitby Town stopper Nick Liversedge">{{cite web|last=Boden|first=Chris|title=Burnley set to bring in young Whitby Town stopper Nick Liversedge|url=http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/sport/burnley-fc/latest-news/burnley-set-to-bring-in-young-whitby-town-stopper-nick-liversedge-1-5659127|work=Pendle Today|accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref>
====Loan to Hyde==== On 20 September 2013, Liversedge joined Conference Premier side Hyde on a one-month loan deal,<ref name="Liversedge goes to Hyde">{{cite web|title=Liversedge goes to Hyde|url=http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/liversedge_goes_to_hyde_807436/index.shtml?|work=Clarets Mad|accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref> to cover for Hyde's injured first choice goalkeeper David Carnell.<ref name="Hyde take Nick Liversedge on Loan">{{cite web|title=Hyde take Nick Liversedge on Loan|url=http://www.hydefc.co.uk/news/hyde-take-nick-liversedge-on-l-1048014.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053917/http://www.hydefc.co.uk/news/hyde-take-nick-liversedge-on-l-1048014.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 September 2013|work=Hyde F.C.|accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref> He made his Hyde debut just a day later in a 1–0 defeat to Welling United at Ewen Fields.<ref name="Hyde 0 – 1 Welling">{{cite news|title=Hyde 0 – 1 Welling|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24089692|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=22 September 2013}}</ref>
===Return to non-league=== At the end of the 2013–14 season, Liversedge was released by Burnley following their promotion to the Premier League, having never made a first team appearance for the club.<ref name="Nick Liversedge – Clubwebsite profile">{{cite web|title=Nick Liversedge – Clubwebsite profile|url=http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/guisboroughtownfc01/234416/Players/view/2438062|work=Guisborough Town F.C.|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> He subsequently joined Northern Football League Division One side Guisborough Town on a free transfer.<ref name="Nick Liversedge – Clubwebsite profile"/> He joined Shildon in the 2016 closed season.<ref>{{cite news| title = Shildon hope that new signing Ferguson will help retain the title | url = http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14664635.Shildon_hope_that_new_signing_Ferguson_will_help_retain_the_title/ | work = Northern Echo | date = 2016-08-05 | accessdate = 2017-01-04}}</ref> in 2018, he joined Bishop Auckland on free transfer, Liversedge has become a fan favourite of the club, in his first season he helped the club to 3rd, despite picking up a groin injury towards the end of the season, in the first half of defeat away to Sunderland RCA. Liversedge signed a new deal for the 2020–21 season, Liversedge injured his groin in a defeat in the FA Vase, This was the final straw in Managers Ian Chandler's time at Bishop, Liversedge sat out 4 games as young backup Keeper Charlie Lamb provide cover for Liversedge, Liversedge returned to the starting 11 in the first game under Andy Toman, a defeat to local rivals and former club Shildon. in April 2021 Liversedge committed Bishops by signing another 1-year deal at the club, keeping him at the club for a 4th season. In 2022, as Bishop's just stayed up Liversedge being a key part in that, he signed a 2-year deal to stay at the club for another 2 years, In July 2022 he was appointed club captain.
On 14 January 2025, West Auckland Town announced that Liversedge would depart the club following his retirement from football.<ref> {{cite tweet|number=1879138259454042447|title=DEPARTURES West Auckland Town would like to wish goalkeeper Nick Liversedge all the best for the future, after his decision to retire from football. Nick sent us a message to share with everyone. 1/2|user=westaucklandfc|author-link=West Auckland Town F.C.|date=14 January 2025|accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Updated|match played 20 September 2013.}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Club statistics |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="1" valign="center"|Darlington |2009–10<ref name="Games played by Nick Liversedge in 2009/2010">{{Soccerbase season|48395|2009|name=Nick Liversedge|access-date=13 June 2013}}</ref> |League Two ||13||0||1||0||0||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name=FLT>Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy</ref>||0||15||0 |- |rowspan="1" valign="center"|Whitby Town (loan) |2008–09<ref name="Games played by Nick Liversedge for Whitby in 2008/2009">{{cite web | title = Games played by Nick Liversedge for Whitby in 2008/2009 | url = http://www.whitby-town.com/appearances_08.php | publisher = Whitby Town | accessdate = 13 June 2013}}</ref> |NPL Premier Division ||29||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5<ref group=lower-alpha name=FAT>3 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup</ref>||0||34||0 |- |rowspan="4" valign="center"|Whitby Town |2010–11<ref name="Games played by Nick Liversedge for Whitby in 2010/2011">{{cite web |title = Games played by Nick Liversedge for Whitby in 2010/2011 |url = http://www.whitby-town.com/appearances_10.php |publisher = Whitby Town |accessdate = 13 June 2013 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023109/http://www.whitby-town.com/appearances_10.php |archivedate = 4 March 2016 }}</ref> |NPL Premier Division ||12||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5<ref group=lower-alpha name=FAT2>4 appearances in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup</ref>||0||17||0 |- |2011–12<ref name="Games played by Nick Liversedge for Whitby in 2011/2012">{{cite web |title = Games played by Nick Liversedge for Whitby in 2011/2012 |url = http://www.whitby-town.com/appearances_11.php |publisher = Whitby Town |accessdate = 13 June 2013 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223624/http://www.whitby-town.com/appearances_11.php |archivedate = 3 March 2016 }}</ref> |NPL Premier Division ||19||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||19||0 |- |2012–13<ref name="Games played by Nick Liversedge for Whitby in 2012/2013">{{cite web | title = Games played by Nick Liversedge for Whitby in 2012/2013 | url = http://www.whitby-town.com/appearances_12.php | publisher = Whitby Town | accessdate = 13 June 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130301040053/http://www.whitby-town.com/appearances_12.php | archive-date = 1 March 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |NPL Premier Division ||40||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||4<ref group=lower-alpha name=FAT3>3 appearances in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup</ref>||0||48||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !100!!0!!4!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!14!!0!!118!!0 |- |rowspan="1" valign="center"|Hyde (loan) |2013–14<ref name="Hyde FC player appearances 2013/14">{{cite web|title=Hyde FC player appearances 2013/14|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1332&teamTabs=stats|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref> |Conference Premier ||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||3||0 |- !colspan="3" | Career totals !116!!0!!5!!0!!0!!0!!15!!0!!136!!0 |}
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