Player Profile: Joshua Dacre

Here is the 21st in our weekly series profiling players across the region. Each week a different player will reveal their best (and worst) moments. This week it is the turn of Parkgate’s highly-rated young defender Joshua Dacre, who recently scored his first career goal.

Parkgate defender Joshua Dacre pictured playing for Handsworth in 2014

Name: Joshua Dacre

Age: 20

Current Club: Parkgate

Previous clubs: Handsworth Parramore, Sheffield FC, Maltby Main, Clipstone FC, Worksop Town.

Day Job: Quantity Surveyor

Based: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Favourite team: Liverpool

All-time Favourite Player: Steven Gerrard as he’s a Liverpool legend

Best mate in football: Aiden Spowage. We played together at Handsworth from u16 until last year and won u16s, u17, u18, u19 league and cups.

Career highlight: Winning u19s league and cup. It was 1-0 to Hallam in the League Cup final, but we won 2-1 thanks to a last minute goal.

Lowest moment: Breaking my ankle playing for Maltby Main at 17 against Athersley Rec.

Most Memorable Match: Several games playing for Handsworth Parramore and the League Cup finals which I played in and won in all of them.

First Semi-Professional manage: Russ Eagle at Handsworth Parramore

First Red Card: Never had one.

Joshua Dacre won lots of trophies while coming through the ranks at Handsworth

Joshua Dacre (left) expects Parkgate to stay up

First goal at semi-professional level: Scoring a header against Hemsworth to draw us level 1-1, nearly two weeks ago. It was a bit of a surprise to score to be honest, but I was unmarked at back post so had to score. Why I haven’t I scored before? I don’t know to be honest, but I’m a defender so don’t go near opposition goal much.

Most Memorable Goal Scored: Same goal as above away at Hemsworth!

What do you want to achieve in football in future: Play at the highest level as I can.

Favourite Ground Played At: Probably Sandy Lane, Handsworth and Worksop’s home. It is a very good set up and a very good pitch.

How do you rate Parkgate’s chances of staying up?: I do think we will survive. We have got a very good team and we will pick points up. Our previous few performances have been very good.

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Take a look at our previous Player Profiles

Worsbrough Bridge midfielder Connor Rollinson

Hemsworth Miners Welfare midfielder Lee Swift

Brighouse Town goalkeeper Tom Taylor

Farsley Celtic midfielder Chris Howarth

Then Shaw Lane AFC attacker Joe Thornton

Selby Town utility man Mick Jones

AFC Emley defender Liam Schofield

Garforth Town defender Luke McCrum

Yorkshire Amateur striker Joel Hughes

Nostell Miners Welfare full-back Eddy Busfield