Christopher Drummond Hay (born 28 August 1974) is a Scottish former professional

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. He played as a striker for

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, Swindon Town, Huddersfield Town,

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and Stirling Albion. Hay began his professional career at

in 1993, but only managed to make 26 league appearances in four years. He joined English club Swindon Town in 1997, and in just under a century of league appearances he scored 32 goals. In 2000, Hay moved to Huddersfield Town and spent two less successful seasons at the

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. Hay returned to Scotland in 2002 with

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. He was Saints' top scorer in his first season, notching nine league goals. He went on to make 70 league appearances for the Perth club before joining Stirling Albion in 2005. He scored a hat-trick against

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on 3 December 2005.

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*After Hay's release by Stirling, Soccerbase linked to his namesake

Paul Hay Paul Hay (born 14 November 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Third Division side Clyde. Career Hay joined Stirling Albion after a spell with Clyde. Hay made his debut for Clyde in Februar ...

on its match result pages. This makes it looks as though Chris was still at the club in 2006–07 and 2007–08. It also explains why Paul Hay's Soccerbase page has no results for either season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hay, Chris 1974 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players English Football League players Celtic F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Men's association football forwards