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Sean Clark (footballer, Born 1980)
Sean Clark (born 10 December 1980) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender for Albion Rovers and Livingston. Career Playing career Albion Rovers and Livingston Clark began his career at Albion Rovers and made one appearance before signing for Livingston in 1999. His time at the Almondvale Stadium was just one season long, where he made 2 appearances. One of those appearances was in a 2–0 win against Airdrieonians on 6 May 2000. He assisted David Bingham who scored the opening goal. Montrose and return to Albion Rovers The defender struggled to break into a Livingston first team which was bolstered with seasoned pro's such as Brian McPhee, David Bingham and John Robertson. He had a short loan spell at Montrose where he made 8 appearances during the remainder of the 1999–2000 season. In 2000, Clark was brought back to his first club Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coatbridge
Coatbridge (, ) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Airdrie, Coatbridge forms the area known as the Monklands (population approximately 90,000 including outlying settlements), often considered to be part of the Greater Glasgow urban area – although officially they have not been included in population figures since 2016 due to small gaps between the Monklands and Glasgow built-up areas. In the last years of the 18th century, the area developed from a loose collection of Hamlet (place), hamlets into the town of Coatbridge. The town's development and growth have been intimately connected with the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, and in particular with the hot blast process. Coatbridge was a major Scottish centre for iron works and coal mining during the 19th century and was then described as 'the industrial heartland of Scotland' and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian McPhee
Brian McPhee (born 23 October 1970 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish retired footballer who last played for Wishaw Juniors. He had a long career as a striker in the Scottish Football League with several clubs. Career McPhee joined Queen's Park in 1993 and turned professional with Airdrieonians in 1996. During his time at Airdrie, McPhee narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier Division when the club lost in an end of season play-off to Hibernian in 1997. After growing dissatisfied with his regular use as a substitute by manager Alex MacDonald, McPhee rejected a new contract offer from Airdrie and after trials in Greece and Holland, signed for Livingston in July 1998. Livingston won the Division One title in 2001 however after not featuring in the early matches of the following seasons Premier Division campaign, McPhee asked to be placed on the transfer list. He subsequently moved on a month's loan to Clyde before joining Hamilton Academical in November 2001. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Football League Players
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Living People
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1980 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McVeigh (footballer)
John McVeigh (born 25 January 1957) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. A midfielder, he made nearly 300 appearances in the Scottish Football League, playing for clubs including Airdrieonians, Clyde, Hamilton Academical, Kilmarnock, and Falkirk. He also spent a season in Australia with Brisbane City. After retiring as a player, McVeigh became a manager, with spells at Partick Thistle, Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers, Stenhousemuir, and Lanark United. His managerial career included a Fife Cup win with Raith Rovers and a Lanarkshire Cup win with Albion Rovers. McVeigh also made a brief appearance in the film ''A Shot at Glory'' during his time at Raith Rovers. Playing career McVeigh started his career with Airdrieonians in 1975, before moving to Australia to play for Brisbane City. He stayed in Australia for a year, before moving back to Scotland to play for Clyde, where he spent four years, captaining the side on several occasions. He had spells at Hamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robertson (footballer, Born 1964)
John Grant Robertson (born 2 October 1964) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player whose position was striker. His playing career included spells at Newcastle United, Dundee and Livingston, but he is best known for his two spells at Heart of Midlothian totalling about 18 years, where he is the club's all-time leading goalscorer. He has since managed Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Hearts, Ross County, Livingston, Derry City and East Fife. Playing career Hibernian attempted to sign Robertson as a teenager but he asked for time to think the deal over; after Hibs refused, he signed for Heart of Midlothian along with school friend and fellow future internationalist Dave Bowman. Robertson eventually earned the moniker "The Hammer of Hibs" (in addition to his more standard nickname "Robbo") as he scored a record 27 goals in Edinburgh derby matches. In 1986, 20 league goals from Robertson helped Hearts to the brink of a league and cup double. A 27 league ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bingham (Scottish Footballer)
David Thomas Bingham (born 3 September 1970) is a Scottish football coach and former footballer. Career Youth career David played for under-12s Oakley United B.C.(Fife), under-13–14 Salveson B.C.(Edinburgh), under-15–16 Crossford B.C. (Fife) and under-18–21 Inverkeithing B.C. (Fife). Playing Bingham began his career at St Johnstone in 1991 before moving to Scottish Second Division side Forfar Athletic in 1992. He played in just under 100 matches for the club, helping the side to win the Scottish Third Division in 1995. His performances attracted the attention of Dunfermline Athletic, and he was soon signed by then manager Bert Paton for £100,000. After 3 years with the Pars, Bingham moved to up-and-coming side Livingston in 1998. He scored 50 goals in 148 first team appearances for the Livi Lions, enjoying a great 2001–02 season, when he scored a bagful of goals in their first season in the Scottish Premier League. In 2003, he moved to Inverness Caledonian Thistle, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airdrieonians F
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 the . They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United Football Club following the folding of the original Airdrieonians club, formed in 1878. The club's official name was changed in 2013 with the approval of the Scottish Football Association to the traditional name of Airdrieonians. As with the previous club, this is often colloquially shortened to simply "Airdrie". The club have won three trophies in their short history – the Scottish Second Division in 2003–04 and the Challenge Cup in 2008–09 and 2023–24. Once described as "the luckiest team in the Scottish League", the club have benefited in league division placements due to other club's misfortunes on four occasions (2008, 2009, 2012 and 2025). However the club have lost six Scottish league play-off finals (2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
