Billy McKinlay

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Billy McKinlay
Personal information
Full name	William McKinlay
Date of birth	April 22, 1969
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5' 8"
Nickname	Badger
Playing position	Reserve Team Manager (Former midfielder)
Club information
Current club	Fulham
Youth clubs
1984–85	Hamilton Thistle
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985–95 1995–00 2000 2000–01 2001 2001–02 2002–04 2004–05	Dundee United Blackburn Rovers → Leicester City (loan) Bradford City Preston North End Clydebank Leicester City Fulham	222 (23) 091 0(3) 000 0(0) 011 0(0) 008 0(0) 053 0(1) 002 0(0)
National team
1993–98	Scotland	029 0(4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William "Billy" McKinlay is a Scottish football player playing for Fulham Football Club in London, England.

[edit] Career

One of the products of the Dundee United's highly efficient scouting and coaching network in the west of Scotland, McKinlay was signed from Hamilton Thistle in 1986. He won a place in the 1988 Scottish Cup final side at the age of 19, despite previously having made just 12 League appearances.

An energetic and perceptive midfielder, he took some time to claim a regular first-team place, but when he did was a most effective link man. He suffered a major disappointment in May 1994 when a caution for an innocuous tackle in a League match carried him over the points threshold and led to him being suspended when United achieved their historic first Scottish Cup triumph. He took rather longer than might have been expected to become a full international, but went on to win 14 caps while at Tannadice, the last two as a First Division player. He is one of only three players from that division to play at full international level for Scotland since League reconstruction in 1975.

Following United’s relegation he asked for a transfer and got his wish when Blackburn Rovers paid £1.75 million for him in October 1995. After a highly successful time at Ewood Park, McKinlay had brief spells with Bradford City and Clydebank before joining Premiership side Leicester City in 2002. In 2004 Chris Coleman signed him to help bolster Fulham's reserve squad.

McKinlay won a total of 29 Scotland caps, 14 while with United.

[edit] External links

• Official website profile
• Billy McKinlay career stats at Soccerbase
• SFA website profile

	Scotland squad - 1996 European Championship
1 Leighton | 2 McKimmie | 3 Boyd | 4 Calderwood | 5 Hendry | 6 Whyte | 7 Spencer | 8 McCall | 9 McCoist | 10 McAllister | 11 Collins | 12 Goram | 13 T. McKinlay | 14 Durie | 15 Jess | 16 Burley | 17 B. McKinlay | 18 Gallacher | 19 Jackson | 20 Booth | 21 Gemmill | 22 Walker | Coach: Brown

	Scotland squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Leighton | 2 McNamara | 3 Boyd | 4 Calderwood | 5 Hendry | 6 T. McKinlay | 7 Gallacher | 8 Burley | 9 Durie | 10 Jackson | 11 Collins | 12 Sullivan | 13 Donnelly | 14 Lambert | 15 Gemmill | 16 Weir | 17 B. McKinlay | 18 Elliott | 19 Whyte | 20 Booth | 21 Gould | 22 Dailly | Coach: Brown