William Hainey (born 16 June 1939) is a Scottish former professional

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who played as an

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. He played for

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1 ...

, St Mirren and

Portadown Portadown () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town sits on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of a ...

Early life

Billy Hainey was born in

Paisley, Renfrewshire Paisley ( ; sco, Paisley, gd, Pàislig ) is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Located north of the Gleniffer Braes, the town borders the city of Glasgow to the east, and straddles the banks of the White Cart Wate ...

, on 16 June 1939.

Playing career

Hainey played junior football for

Johnstone Burgh Johnstone Burgh Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and play in . History The club were formed in 1956, in response to an article in the "Johnstone & Linwood Gazette" newspaper from a journalist that h ...

before joining his first senior club,

, in 1961. He made 111 league appearances for Partick before he was sold to

for £8,000 in March 1966. At the beginning of the 1966–67 season, he became the first ever substitute used by Dundee United in a major competitive match, and also the first substitute to score for the club. In October 1966, Hainey scored Dundee United's first ever goal in European competition, in a 2–1 win over

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in the

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. After losing his place in the Dundee United team, Hainey requested a transfer in October 1967. He was released on a free transfer in April 1968, later signing for St Mirren. He then joined

in Northern Ireland. Hainey was inducted into the Dundee United Hall of Fame in 2010.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hainey, Billy Living people 1939 births Footballers from Paisley, Renfrewshire Scottish men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Scottish Football League players NIFL Premiership players Scottish Junior Football Association players Johnstone Burgh F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Portadown F.C. players Scottish Football League representative players