Ian Reid (born 6 February 1951) is a Scottish former professional

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, who played as a striker for

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, Queen of the South,

Airdrieonians Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...

and

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 ...

Career

Reid was born in

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and started his career as a youth player at

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. However he was unable to secure a senior contract. He joined Dundee United in July 1970, making his senior debut the following month. Despite an impressive early impact, including scoring against

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in the

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, he spent most of his three years at the club playing in the reserves. Reid played in 12 league matches for the

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club and scored 3 goals. Reid signed for Queen of the South in September 1973, having initially turned down the move the previous month. Reid played in 193 matches in all competitions for Queens, with 154 of those being league matches. Reid is tenth equal in Queens all-time goalscoring charts alongside Jimmy Robertson with 89 goals in all competitions, with 79 being league goals. Fellow player Ian McChesney described Reid as 'the player who made things tick'. Reid's Queens career came to an end in January 1977. He transferred for a fee of £4,000 to Airdrieonians. There he played in 7 league matches and scored 2 goals. Reid then played with Forfar Athletic. There he played in 29 league matches and scored 7 goals.

References

;Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Ian Men's association football forwards Living people Queen of the South F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players 1951 births Footballers from Glasgow