Chris Reid

Chris Reid (born 4 November 1971) is a Scottish former association football goalkeeper, who played for Hibernian, Hamilton Academical and Stirling Albion. Reid spent nearly 10 years at Hibs, but only played in 35 league games as Hibs enjoyed the services of other goalkeepers, including Scotland internationals Andy Goram and Jim Leighton. Reid was an unused substitute as Hibs lost the 1993 Scottish League Cup Final to Rangers, with Leighton playing in goal.

For other people named Chris Reid, see Chris Reid (disambiguation).

Chris Reid
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-11-04) 4 November 1971
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Hutchison Vale BC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1998 Hibernian 35 (0)
1998–2000 Hamilton Academical 27 (0)
2000–2003 Stirling Albion 78 (0)
Total 140 (0)
National team
1992 Scotland U21[1] 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Reid left Hibs in 1998 to sign for Hamilton Academical, but he suffered a bad injury on his debut for Hamilton.[2] He left Hamilton in 2000 to sign for Stirling Albion. Reid played in 78 league matches in three seasons for Stirling. While with Hibs, he was capped by the Scotland national under-21 football team.[2]

References
  1. http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player.php?playerid=192
  2. Jeffrey, pp137.
  • Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.
  • Chris Reid at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  • Chris Reid at Soccerbase
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