Graham Bayne (born 22 August 1979) is a Scottish retired professional

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who last played for

Elgin City Elgin City Football Club (also known as City or The Black and Whites) is a professional senior football club based in Elgin, Moray. Elgin was founded in 1893 and originally played their football in the Highland Football League. The club was g ...

Career

Bayne joined

Inverness Caley Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Fo ...

from local rivals Ross County, having previously played for

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Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen. The ...

and his local side

Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leag ...

having been born in

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. Bayne is a striker, and wore the much-coveted number 9 shirt for the Jags In May 2008, Bayne was linked with a possible move away from the

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after manager

Craig Brewster Craig James Brown Brewster (born 13 December 1966) is a Scottish former professional footballer, turned coach. He made his name in a long playing career as a striker for numerous clubs in Scotland, particularly Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers, Du ...

revealed he was interested in

Andrew Barrowman Andrew Barrowman (born 27 November 1984) is a Scottish retired professional footballer, who played as a striker. A journeyman, Barrowman played for 15 different sides during his career, including Rangers, Ross County and Dunfermline Athlet ...

. First Division sides

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and Ross County are all thought to be after the striker. After Caley Thistle signed Barrowman, Craig Brewster confirmed that a move to Dunfermline was very likely. The same day, it was reported that a fee had been agreed by Bayne's club and the

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side. On 27 June it was confirmed that Bayne had signed for Dunfermline for £30,000. Although proving a success at the Pars his time with the club was cut short due to an ongoing problem with

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. With an unknown recovery period it was agreed that he would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of July 2010. In February 2011 he played several games as a trialist for both Dundee and Dunfermline Athletic, before returning to Dunfermline for the rest of the 2010/11 season by signing as an amateur. On 30 May, Graham signed a one-year deal with First Division club, Dundee. On 30 May 2011 it was announced that Bayne had signed for Dundee FC on a one-year deal. Bayne made 20 appearances for the side but was released by Dundee at the end of the 2011–12 season. Having left

he gave up on fully professional football to become a

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. On 4 January 2013, Bayne signed a short-term contract with Highland League side, Wick Academy. Bayne came on as a substitute against Turriff United in the SHFL on 5 Jan 2013 and to mark his debut he scored within 5 minutes of his introduction. Bayne marked his 300th competitive appearance with a late goal in the 4–0 win at struggling

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on 12 January 2013 in his second and final appearance for Wick. Bayne returned to the SFL after signing for

on 14 January 2013 A double on his second début for Arbroath saw his new side defeat

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rivals

Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games a ...

and took his team into the play-off position in the

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. On 31 January 2014, Bayne was released by Arbroath. Soon after his release from Arbroath, Bayne was appointed assistant manager to friend and former teammate Barry Wilson at

. Bayne also registered as a player.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayne, Graham 1979 births Scottish men's footballers Living people Dundee F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Ross County F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Wick Academy F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players Men's association football forwards