Career
Born in York, North Yorkshire, Culkin signed for Premier League club Manchester United in September 1995, costing £100,000 from York City while still in the club"s youth system. Culkin"s first United match was in their Scandinavian tour, which was before the 1997-1998 season. He came on at half-time for Manchester United"s first choice goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel.
He signed a new two-year contract with United in May 1999.
He holds the record for the shortest debut in Premier League history, replacing Raimond van der Gouw in stoppage time against Arsenal at Highbury on 22 August 1999, the referee blew up immediately after Culkin took the resulting free kick. He was also loaned to Hull City, Bristol Rovers and Livingston.
Culkin retired from professional football in April 2005 due to a long-standing knee injury. Culkin came out of retirement after signing for Northern Premier League Division One North team Radcliffe Borough in August 2010.
He has also been voted the Supporters Player of the year on two occasions and the Club"s Player of the Year in 2012.
He remained at the club until October 2012. He joined Prescot Cables in November. In March 2014 he joined Football Club United of Manchester.
He then joined on for the 2014-2015 season.