William "Budgie" McGhie (born 13 November 1961) is a Scottish former

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who played as a defender for three clubs in the

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. He is currently the

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Career

McGhie joined

Clydebank Clydebank () is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Milton beyond) to the w ...

(the 1965 version) from Clydebank Boys Club in 1981 and went on to make 177 league appearances for the club in the

. He moved to

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland and currently plays in the . Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not ...

in 1987 before joining Queen of the South where he made a further 164 league appearances. McGhie stepped down to

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level in 1994, playing for

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and Petershill. He returned to Shettleston as a coach until the end of 2002–03 season.

Managerial career

McGhie was appointed manager of the reformed

when the club entered the

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in July 2003. He resigned after a mainly successful 13 and a half years in December 2016, having lifted four trophies as well as achieving four leaguerunners up spots In season 2008–09 he guided The ''Bankies'' to the Scottish Junior Cup Final where they narrowly lost out by the odd goal in three to Auchinleck Talbot at

Rugby Park Rugby Park, also known as The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park for sponsorship reasons, is a association football, football stadium which is the home of Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock F.C. and is situated in the Scotland, Scottish town of Kilmarnoc ...

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...

. In May 2017, McGhie was appointed

Kilbirnie Ladeside Kilbirnie Ladeside Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer), football club, from Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire. Based at Valefield Park, they currently play in the West of Scotland Football League. Their main rivals are Beith Juniors F.C., Be ...

manager. In October 2018, he left Kilbirnie and shortly afterwards was confirmed as assistant manager of

Television work

He has also worked as a television pundit for

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's Junior football coverage.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGhie, Billy Living people 1961 births Scottish men's footballers Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Partick Thistle F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Men's association football defenders Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish football managers Arthurlie F.C. players Glasgow United F.C. players Petershill F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association managers Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C. managers Clydebank F.C. players Clydebank F.C. managers