Craig Molloy

Craig Molloy (born 26 April 1986) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cambuslang Rangers, in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region.

Craig Molloy
Personal information
Full name Craig Molloy
Date of birth (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arthurlie fc
Youth career
–2003 St Mirren 'D' form U16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 St Mirren 21 (0)
2008 → Stirling Albion (loan) 5 (0)
2008 → Stirling Albion (loan) 11 (2)
2009 → Stenhousemuir (loan) 13 (0)
2009–2010 Stenhousemuir 29 (4)
2010–2016 Brechin City 168 (13)
2016–2017 Hurlford United
2017– Cambuslang Rangers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:03, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Career

Molloy began his career in the youth teams of St Mirren before progressing to the senior side and making 21 appearances in the First Division and the SPL.

Molloy went on loan to Second Division side Stirling Albion on 18 September 2008, until the end of December after Stirling lost both John O'Neill and Liam Corr to injury.[1] Molloy had also been on loan at Forthbank towards the end of the previous season as well.

He also spent a period on loan to Stenhousemuir, before signing with the Warriors permanently in July 2009. He then signed with Brechin City for the 2010–11 season.[2] Molloy spent six seasons at Brechin and was made club captain under manager Ray McKinnon.[3]

Molloy signed for Hurlford United in June 2016, then moved to fellow Junior side Cambuslang Rangers in October 2017.[4][5]

Family

His brother Thomas Molloy, (born 23 January 1983),[6] had a spell as YTS with hometown club Morton on leaving school.[3] From there he won a move to Ayr United making one league appearance before dropping to Junior football.[7] He has managed Greenock Juniors since June 2017.[8]

References
  1. "Molloy moves to Forthbank on loan". BBC Sport. 19 September 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  2. "Brechin add a trio of signings". BBC Sport. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  3. "Brechin boss's fears over injured Molloy". Greenock Telegraph. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. "John Gemmell sets 100-goal target with Hurlford after 'contract snub' forced him out at Clyde". Evening Times. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. Spooner, Murray (25 October 2017). "Juniors: Cambuslang sign ex-Brechin ace and Glencairn stars return from injury". dailyrecord. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. "Thomas Molloy". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. "Ayr United vs. Falkirk - Football Match Line-Ups - April 13, 2002 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. McNab, Ken (21 June 2017). "Juniors: New Greenock boss Thomas Molloy sets sights higher than just Central First Division survival". Evening Times. Retrieved 8 November 2017.


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