Non League Yorkshire

Player Profile – Steeton’s Luke Baldwin

Steeton midfielder Luke Baldwin is the subject of this week’s Player Profile.

Free kick specialist Baldwin has become a popular figure for Roy Mason’s men since crossing the Keighley divide by leaving Silsden to join Steeton in January 2019.

Steeton midfielder Luke Baldwin

Name

Luke Baldwin

Age

21

Position

Midfielder

Day Job

Furniture maker and machinist

Current Club

Steeton

Previous Clubs

Baldwin celebrating scoring a vital goal for Silsden in the FA Vase

Bradford City, Guiseley AFC and Silsden

Based

Skipton

Best mate in Football

Kayle Price

Steeton forward Kayle Price is a close associate of Luke Baldwin

Biggest Influence

Cristiano Ronaldo

Description of Career Highlight

Getting to play at Valley Parade for Bradford City’s academy against Leeds United and scoring what I would say my best goal to date. I took a cross field pass from the right back and flicked it over my head with my right foot then volleyed the ball from about 25 yards in to the net with my left foot.

Luke Baldwin in battle for Steeton in the pre-season friendly with Harrogate Railway. Picture: Craig Dinsdale
Baldwin taking on Emley’s Tom Claisse last season

Lowest Moment in Football

Getting released from Bradford City.

Description of Most Memorable Match

Again the same match at Valley Parade as that goal will be my best memory for as long as I will remember.

Funniest Moment in Football

When we were training at Woodhouse Grove School and one of the lads got pooed on by a bird.

First semi-professional manager and club

Dave Currie (Guiseley AFC academy chief)

Baldwin’s first manager, the Guiseley academy chief Dave Currie, who spent several months in 2017 with Nostell Miners Welfare as effectively Terry Bates’ joint manager in all but name

Non League Debut

I can’t remember it.

Steeton’s Luke Baldwin
Luke Baldwin plays in midfield for Steeton

First Red Card (at semi-professional level)

Never had a red yet.

Description of First Goal (at semi-professional level)

My first goal was whilst I was playing for Guiseley and it was a cross field ball that I touched out of my feet and struck across goal and in to the bottom corner from the edge of the area.

What do you want to achieve in football in the future

To play at the highest level I possibly can.

Favourite Non League Ground I’ve played at (barring your own club)

FC United of Manchester at Broadhurst Park.

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