David Stockdale

York City

Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Stockdale played for the Huddersfield Town youth system before joining the York City youth system in 2000 and was promoted from the under-16 team to the under-19 team for a match against Bradford City in October 2001. He was offered a scholarship by the club in February 2002 to become a first-year trainee for the 2002–03 season. By March 2003 he had established himself as the York first team's number two goalkeeper, having ousted John Collinson. He made his debut for York as a 17-year-old when coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Michael Ingham in the last match of 2002–03, which the team lost 2–0 at Oxford United on 3 May 2003. Stockdale's first appearance of 2004–05 came as a 20th-minute substitute for Chris Porter in a 1–0 defeat to Accrington Stanley on 31 August 2004. After playing 19 successive matches from August to December, he was dropped by caretaker manager Viv Busby. Despite this, he stated his determination at earning a new contract with York. After discussing his future at York with manager Billy McEwan he was offered a one-year professional contract in April 2005. He stalled on this contract offer and McEwan criticised him, saying "He's a young apprentice getting his first professional contract and the last thing in his mind should be money. That should be of secondary importance and he should be grateful York City are offering him a contract". He was ruled out of most of York's pre-season schedule after…

He was named in the England C squad (non-League under-23s) in October 2004 for a friendly against Italy, and he came on as a substitute for Nikki Bull in the 1–0 victory on 10 November. He was included in the 25-man squad for England for the match against Denmark in February 2011 after impressing manager Fabio Capello with his calmness standing in for Schwarzer at Fulham. Stockdale was also called up for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier with Switzerland, however he withdrew from the squad and was replaced by Robert Green.

Stockdale joined recently relegated Northern Premier League Premier Division club Blyth Spartans on 5 August 2024 as assistant to the newly appointed manager Nolberto Solano. Following Solano's sacking on 27 August, Stockdale acted as interim manager before being given the job permanently on 13 September. The club was sold in late October, and Stockdale was sacked after just 48 days in post. On 12 February 2025, National League North club Farsley Celtic appointed Stockdale as their fourth manager of the season. With the club in dire financial straits and further relegated to the 9th tier, Stockdale agreed to purchase the club in June 2025. The deal was completed on 18 December 2025, and he stayed with the phoenix club FC Farsley as the original Farsley Celtic were liquidated. On 4 July 2026, he oversaw the club's first match, a 4–0 friendly loss against Shirebrook Town.

Stockdale married his fiancée Kate on 3 June 2011, missing out on a place in the England squad for the Euro 2012 qualifier with Switzerland the following day.