John O'Neill (footballer, born 1974)

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This article is about the former Bournemouth and Queen of the South player. For the former Dundee United, St Johnstone, Hibernian and Falkirk player, see John O'Neil (footballer).

John O'Neill
2008 Scottish Cup Final
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Personal information
Full name John Joseph O'Neill[1]
Date of birth (1974-01-03) 3 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 Queen's Park 91 (30)
1994–1996 Celtic 2 (0)
1996–2000 AFC Bournemouth 125 (10)
2000–2001 Ross County 2 (0)
2001–2003 Queen of the South 80 (38)
2003–2005 St Mirren 58 (11)
2005–2008 Queen of the South 85 (20)
2008–2011 Stirling Albion 33 (7)
2011– Auchinleck Talbot
Managerial career
2010–2011 Stirling Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

John Joseph O'Neill (born 3 January 1974) is a Scottish footballer, who played as a midfielder.

O'Neill started his career with amateur club

2008 Scottish Cup Final against Rangers, which turned out to be his last appearance for the club.[4] He was also a penalty kick specialist at Queens, scoring 27 goals from 29 attempts. In total he scored 70 goals for Queens in competitive first team fixtures.[5]

In the summer of 2008 O'Neill signed for Stirling Albion as a player and was also appointed assistant manager.[6] After manager Allan Moore left for Morton, O'Neill was appointed the new manager of Stirling Albion in May 2010.[7] After winning only three league matches in the 2010–11 season, however, O'Neill was sacked in January 2011.[8] After leaving the Binos, O'Neill played for Auchinleck Talbot.

References

  1. ^ "John O'Neill". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Queen of the South lift Bells Cup". BBC Sport. 20 October 2002.
  3. ^ "Connolly hails cup triumph". BBC Sport. 20 October 2002.
  4. ^ "Club History". Queen of the South F.C. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
  5. ^ "Queen of the South FC - Official Website". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012.
  6. ^ "O'Neill takes Binos assistant job". BBC Sport. 28 May 2008.
  7. Stirling Observer
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  8. ^ Goodlad, Phil (19 January 2011). "Struggling Stirling Albion sack John O'Neill". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 January 2011.

External links

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