Greenock
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), is a Scottish
football
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striker
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who plays for Scottish amateur side Sporting Larkfield F.C.
Cannie began his career with
Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow ( gd, Port Ghlaschu, ) is the second-largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19,426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16,617 persons. The most recen ...
, and stepped up to the senior game with Clyde in the summer of 2000. He scored on his Clyde debut, in a 2-1
Scottish Challenge Cup
The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,Ross County.Ross County 2-1 Clyde BBC Sport – Retrieved 8 January 2008 He also scored on his league debut the following month against Airdrie, but he found first team chances limited at
Broadwood Stadium
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, and left in March 2001, after scoring 3 goals in 16 appearances.
He went back to the juniors with
Pollok
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, before joining his hometown team
Greenock Morton
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. He stayed at
Cappielow
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for just over two years, before returning to the junior leagues to play for Kilwinning Rangers,
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
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Neilston
Neilston ( sco, Neilstoun, gd, Baile Nèill, ) is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, southwest of Barrhead, south of Paisley, and south-southwest of Renfrew, at t ...
,
Johnstone Burgh
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and finally Largs Thistle. He now plays amateur football for Scottish amateur side Gourock Amateurs.