Career
Gaskell started his career as a youth player with Manchester United. He left the club for Wrexham in June 1969. Born in Orrell, Lancashire, Gaskell began his football career with Manchester United F.C. having been spotted playing for youth team Orrell Street Luke"son
His league debut came over a year later, in a 4–3 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on 30 November 1957.
He was not with the Manchester United squad when their aeroplane crashed at Munich on the way home from a European Cup tie on 6 February 1958, killing eight players. By the early 1960s, he had become a regular in the United first team, covering for first choice goalkeeper Harry Gregg.
A succession of injuries to Gregg meant that Gaskell was in and out of the first team on a regular basis, but the signing of Pat Dunne in May 1964 meant that Gaskell was relegated to the position of third-choice goalkeeper. Both Gregg and Dunne left in 1966, but the arrival of Alex Stepney and the emergence of young Jimmy Rimmer meant that Gaskell was still third-choice at the club, so he left in the summer of 1969.
On departing from Old Trafford, Gaskell signed for Wrexham and remained there for three years,He worked for Post Office Telephones( now British Telecom) for a short period before moving to South Africa, where he played for Arcadia Shepherds until his retirement.