Michael Moore is a Scottish former professional

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, who played in the

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for three clubs and is best known for his scoring record at

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

Career

Moore began his career with

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, and scored on his debut as a seventeen-year-old against Hibernian in a First Division match in November 1998. With Hamilton dogged by financial problems which eventually led to their relegation to the Third Division, Moore joined

in July 2002. Moore was SPFA Third Division Player of the Year in 2003–04, a season in which he equalled Derek Frye's record as Stranraer's top scorer in a season with twenty seven goals. This prolific form earned him a £35,000 move back to full-time football with

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in 2004, but he returned to Stranraer the following year for the same fee. He later played for

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and

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before heading back to Stranraer for a third and final time in June 2009, having spent the end of the previous season there on loan. Moore indicated his wish to leave Stranraer at the end of the 2012–2013 season and ended his time with the club having scored ninety four times in two hundred and eighty-eight appearances. He joined

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club Kilbirnie Ladeside in July 2013, teaming up with former Stranraer teammates

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and Stephen Swift. He became assistant manager to Swift at

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side BSC Glasgow in 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Michael 1981 births Footballers from Paisley, Renfrewshire Scottish footballers Association football forwards St Johnstone F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C. players Living people Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players