John Joseph O'Neill (born 3 January 1974) is a Scottish

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, who played as a

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. O'Neill started his career with amateur club Queen's Park, before signing for

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in 1994. In his career, he had two spells of playing for

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club Queen of the South. While he was with Queens, O'Neill won the 2001–02

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and he was the club's top scorer and won the divisional player of the year title. O'Neill scored in the 2002 Scottish Challenge Cup Final victory against

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. O'Neill also made a substitute appearance for Queens in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final against

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, which turned out to be his last appearance for the club. He was also a

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specialist at Queens, scoring 27 goals from 29 attempts. In total he scored 70 goals for Queens in competitive first team fixtures. In the summer of 2008 O'Neill signed for

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as a player and was also appointed assistant manager. After manager

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left for Morton, O'Neill was appointed the new manager of Stirling Albion in May 2010. After winning only three league matches in the 2010–11 season, however, O'Neill was sacked in January 2011. After leaving the ''Binos'', O'Neill played for Auchinleck Talbot.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oneill, John 1974 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Queen's Park F.C. players Celtic F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Queen of the South F.C. players Ross County F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Scottish football managers Stirling Albion F.C. managers Scottish Junior Football Association players Auchinleck Talbot F.C. players Scottish Football League managers