John McKeown (born 21 April 1981) is a former professional

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who has played for several clubs in the

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Career

Released by

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as a teenager, McKeown made his league debut for

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is ...

in a First Division game against

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

in May 2000. He later played for

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 18 ...

and

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in ...

and had a spell at

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level with Cumnock Juniors. McKeown was forced to retire as a professional player at the age of twenty-seven due to problems with an arthritic hip. He re-entered the game as player-coach of Wishaw Juniors in the summer of 2011, and was appointed manager of the club in October that year, eventually leading the club to their first promotion in thirty-eight years in 2014. In October 2014, McKeown was announced as the new manager of Cumnock Juniors. He resigned from the club in October 2017 after a successful 3-year period at the club winning The super 1st Div title and leading the club to 2 cup finals and 5 semi finals. The following month, McKeown joined the coaching staff at Cambuslang Rangers. On the 31 May 2018 McKeown became manager of Shotts Bon Accord.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McKeown, John 1981 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish footballers Ayr United F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Cowdenbeath F.C. players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Scottish football managers Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Cumnock Juniors F.C. players Wishaw F.C. players Men's association football central defenders Scottish Junior Football Association managers