Jak Alnwick

Jak Alnwick (born 17 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership side St Mirren.

He turned professional at Newcastle United in 2008, and went on to represent England at under-17 and under-18 levels. He spent time on loan at Gateshead in the 2011–12 season and played eight Premier League games for Newcastle in the 2014–15 season. He joined Bradford City on loan in March 2015, and Port Vale on a free transfer that August. He was sold to Rangers for an undisclosed fee in January 2017, though spent the 2018–19 season loan at Scunthorpe United after failing to earn a first-team place. He joined Blackpool on loan for the 2019–20 season. He joined St Mirren on a free transfer in June 2020.

Club Career

Newcastle United

Alnwick joined Newcastle United from local rivals Sunderland in 2008. He won the Wor Jackie Award for the club's best youth player in 2011.

He was loaned to Conference Premier club Gateshead in September 2011. After a man-of-the-match performance in a 3–2 defeat to Southport at the Gateshead International Stadium on his first-team debut, his initial four-week loan spell was extended until the end of the calendar year by manager Ian Bogie. He made a total of six league and three FA Cup appearances during his loan spell.

Alnwick signed a new two-year contract in July 2013. He made his debut for Newcastle United as a half-time substitute for the injured Rob Elliot in a 2–1 Premier League home win over Chelsea on 6 December 2014 and made five saves throughout the match. Two days later, manager Alan Pardew declared that Alnwick was playing for a new contract with his current deal due to expire in the summer. A week later, in his first full start, Newcastle lost 4–1 to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. He made his first League Cup appearance in the quarter-finals at Tottenham Hotspur, and spilled a corner while under no pressure, which allowed Nabil Bentaleb to open the scoring in a 4–0 defeat. In hi