Scott McBride

Scott McBride (born 19 September 1989) is a Scottish professional footballer who last played for Lowland League club Kelty Hearts.

Scott McBride

Personal information
Full name	Scott McBride
Date of birth	19 September 1989
Place of birth	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2007	Dunfermline Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Dunfermline Athletic	3	(0)
2008	→ Arbroath (loan)	12	(2)
2009–2010	→ Cowdenbeath	15	(6)
2010	Cowdenbeath	10	(0)
2010–2012	Raith Rovers	28	(0)
2012–2014	East Fife	49	(12)
2014–2015	Arbroath	28	(3)
2015–2017	Albion Rovers	59	(10)
2017–2018	Forfar Athletic	6	(0)
2018–2019	East Fife	11	(0)
2019–2020	Kelty Hearts	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:30, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

He began his career at Dunfermline, spending time on loan at Arbroath and Cowdenbeath. He then joined Cowdenbeath permanently and from there had spells with Raith Rovers, East Fife, Arbroath and Albion Rovers.

Career

Born in Kirkcaldy, McBride started his career with Dunfermline Athletic. He made his début in September 2007, against Scottish Premier League opponents Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish League Cup.[1] In February 2008, McBride signed on loan with Scottish Third Division side Arbroath until the end of the 2007–08 season.[2]

In July 2009, McBride was loaned out to Cowdenbeath.[3] and on 29 January 2010, made the move permanent.[4] On 9 June 2010, McBride signed for Raith Rovers on a full-time contract.[5] On 16 May 2012, Raith announced he was among a list of players being given a free transfer.[6] On 7 July 2012, McBride signed for East Fife.[7][8] On 18 June 2013, he signed on for a second season with the Fife club.[9] On 21 May 2014, he was named as one of the players to have left East Fife at the end of the season.[10]

In June 2014, McBride signed for Arbroath for a second time.[11] After one season with Arbroath, McBride signed with newly promoted Scottish League One side Albion Rovers in June 2015.[12] He made his debut against Peterhead and scored his first goal against Stranraer. McBride spent two seasons with the Cliftonhill club before signed for Forfar Athletic on 3 June 2017.[13]

McBride signed for Kelty Hearts in January 2019 after his second spell with East Fife.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 October 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dunfermline Athletic	2007–08[15]	First Division	2	0	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	4	0
	2008–09[16]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Dunfermline total		2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
Arbroath (loan)	2007–08[15]	Third Division	12	2	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	13	2
Cowdenbeath	2009–10[17]	Second Division	25	6	0	0	1	0	6[lower-alpha 3]	1	32	7
Raith Rovers	2010–11[18]	First Division	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
	2011–12[19]		4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	Raith Rovers total		28	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0
East Fife	2012–13[20]	Second Division	29	11	0	0	1	0	6[lower-alpha 4]	1	36	12
	2013–14[21]	League One	19	1	1	0	0	0	5[lower-alpha 5]	2	25	3
	East Fife total		48	12	1	0	1	0	11	3	61	15
Arbroath	2014–15[22]	League Two	28	3	4	1	1	0	3[lower-alpha 6]	0	36	4
Albion Rovers	2015–16[23]	League One	30	9	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	32	9
	2016–17[24]		29	1	2	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	36	1
	Albion Rovers total		59	10	3	0	3	0	3	0	68	10
Forfar Athletic	2017–18[25]	League One	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	0
Career total			208	33	8	1	11	0	25	4	252	38

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. Appearance in the Second Division play-offs
3. Two appearances and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances in the First Division play-offs
4. Two appearances and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances in the Second Division play-offs
5. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances and two goals in the League One play-offs
6. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances in the League One play-offs

References

1. "Hearts 4–1 Dunfermline (aet)". BBC Sport. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
2. "PARS' MIDFIELDER JOINS ARBROATH ON LOAN". Arbroath Herald. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
3. "Pars loan out McBride to Cowden". BBC Sport. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
4. "McBride makes move permanent". Cowdenbeath FC. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
5. "Winger Signs On". Raith Rovers FC. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
6. "Players List Announced". Raith Rovers FC. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
7. "SCOTT MCBRIDE ARRIVES AT BAYVIEW". East Fife FC. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
8. "Scottish Division Two ins and outs". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
9. "Updated on Cub Signings". East Fife F.C. 25 June 2013.
10. "Team News". East Fife F.C. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
11. "Arbroath appoint Moore". Scottish Professional Football League. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
12. "New Signing - Scott McBride". albionroversfc.co.uk. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
13. "Scott McBride joins the 'Loons'". Forfar Athletic FC. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
14. Club, Kelty Hearts Football (17 January 2019). "NEW SIGNING | The club are delighted to welcome @scottmcbride89 to New Central Park. Scott will go straight into Saturdays squad, welcome aboard Bridey pic.twitter.com/GEdhNnGh0q". @KeltyHeartsFC. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
15. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
16. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
17. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
18. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
19. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
20. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
21. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
22. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
23. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
24. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
25. "Games played by Scott McBride in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

External links

• Scott Mcbride at Soccerbase
• Scott McBride at Soccerway