Mark Cullen

Cullen made his Premier League debut on 24 April, when he came on as a substitute for George Boateng in the 75th-minute of a 1–0 defeat to Sunderland at the KC Stadium.

He scored his first goal in senior football in his first start for the club, in a 2–2 draw at Wigan on 3 May.

He came on as a substitute against Cambridge United to score what the Luton News called a 90th minute "stunning" equaliser that kept Luton 15 points clear of their nearest title rivals on 11 March.

Cullen regained a place in the starting line-up towards the end of the season, scoring three goals in five games as Luton won promotion to League Two.

Mark Cullen (born 21 April 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Bamber Bridge.

A player with excellent finishing skills, he has scored in each of the top five divisions of the English football league system.

He joined the Hull City youth system on a two-year scholarship in June 2008.

A former Newcastle United youth-team player, he went on to graduate from the Hull City Academy and make his Premier League debut for the club in the 2009–10 season.

Cullen was given a place in the team after scoring 27 goals for the youth team in the 2009–10 season.

He then went on to start in Hull's last game of the 2009–10 season, a 0–0 home draw with Liverpool.

He made his first-team debut as a 67th-minute substitute for Kamel Ghilas in a 4–1 defeat to Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup third round on 2 January 2010.

Cullen scored his second and final goal for Hull in a 2–1 League Cup second round defeat by Brentford on 24 August 2010.

He made 17 Championship appearances in the 2010–11 season and in January 2011, Cullen, along with fellow youth team graduate Tom Cairney, signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2013.

A few days later, Cullen joined League Two club Bradford City on a one-month loan; manager Peter Taylor had originally enquired about Cullen the previous year but at the time instead opted to sign Ryan Kendall.

He played four games for Bradford before returning to Hull.

At the start of the 2011–12 season, Cullen was loaned to League One club Bury for six months.

However, he made only four appearances for Bury before returning to Hull in January 2012.

He featured in four Championship games for Hull in the month of March, but was otherwise absent from Nick Barmby's first-team plans.

On 7 August 2012, Cullen returned to Bury for a further loan period on the same day that manager Richie Barker left Gigg Lane to manage Crawley Town.

He played in 12 games, scoring once in a 2–2 draw with Stevenage.

His loan spell was brought to an end on 18 October following a shin injury.

This was later extended until the end of the 2012–13 season.

Cullen scored two goals in a 2–0 win over Barrow on 12 March.

He scored a total of four goals in 16 games at Edgeley Park as Ian Bogie's side were relegated to the Conference North.

In contrast, Hull won promotion back to the Premier League at the end of the season, however, manager Steve Bruce allowed Cullen to leave on a free transfer after deciding not to offer the 21-year-old a new contract.

He spent the next three seasons on loan at Bradford City, Bury and Stockport County, before taking a free transfer move to Luton Town in May 2013.

Luton won promotion back into the English Football League as champions of the Conference Premier at the end of the 2013–14 season and he was sold on to Blackpool for a fee of £180,000 in June 2015 after a successful season in League Two.

On 31 January 2013, Cullen went out on a month-long loan to Stockport County in the Conference Premier.

On 17 May 2013, Cullen signed for Conference Premier club Luton Town on a two-year contract.

He scored his first goals for the club in a 3–2 win over Lincoln City on 21 September.

Cullen was primarily used as a substitute for much of the 2013–14 season as the goalscoring form of Andre Gray and Paul Benson kept him out of the starting lineup.

Cullen played 36 times and scored 10 goals in all competitions during the season, and in May 2014, he signed a new three-year contract to keep him at Kenilworth Road until the end of 2016–17.

Cullen was promoted to a regular starting place in the team for the 2014–15 season after Luton sold Andre Gray.

He was named as League Two Player of the Month for October after scoring five goals, including a "perfect hat-trick" – scoring with his head, left foot and right foot – in a 3–1 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge.

Blackpool were relegated from League One the next year, but secured an immediate promotion after Cullen scored the winning goal in the 2017 League Two play-off final.

He then struggled with injuries over the next two years, spending time on loan at Carlisle United, before he was allowed to move on to Port Vale in June 2019.

He spent two seasons at the Vale though struggled for first-team appearances and moved on to Hartlepool United in August 2021.

He then signed permanently for National League North side AFC Fylde six months later.

He started the 2023–24 season with Bamber Bridge.

Born in Ashington, Northumberland, Cullen spent his early years with Newcastle United's youth academy before being released at the age of 14.