Craig Maskell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Del Maskell | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Aldershot, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Southampton | 6 | (1) |
| 1987 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Huddersfield Town | 87 | (43) |
| 1990–1992 | Reading | 72 | (26) |
| 1992–1994 | Swindon Town | 47 | (22) |
| 1994–1996 | Southampton | 17 | (1) |
| 1995 | Bristol City (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 64 | (20) |
| 1997–1998 | Happy Valley | ||
| 1998–1999 | Leyton Orient | 31 | (3) |
| 1999–2002 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 141 | (66) |
| 2002–2003 | Aylesbury United | ||
| 2003–2012 | Staines Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Craig Del Maskell (born 10 April 1968 in Aldershot) is an English former football centre forward who played for a variety of clubs, including Southampton, Huddersfield Town, Reading, Swindon Town and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Craig Maskell began his professional football career at Southampton where he'd previously signed as an apprentice. After playing a handful of games for the club, he was loaned to Swindon Town before his eventual transfer to Huddersfield Town.
A prolific goalscorer for the team, Maskell was later included in The Fans' Favourites, a book which lists the 100 Huddersfield Town players voted by the fans as their favourite players at the time of their centennial in 2008.
A spell at Reading was followed by his move to Swindon Town, under Glenn Hoddle; he scored at Wembley in the 1993 Division One Play-off Final to promote Swindon to the Premier League.
Following a poor season with the club in 1993–94, when they were relegated from the Premier League with only five wins all season, he was sold back to Southampton for £250,000, but his return to The Dell was not a success. He managed 17 Premier League appearances in two seasons, scoring just once, and unable to break up the three-man attack of Matthew Le Tissier, Neil Shipperley and Gordon Watson. He also faced competition for a place on the bench from the likes of Ronnie Ekelund and Neil Heaney.
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