John O'Neil (footballer)

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This page refers to the Scottish professional footballer John O'Neil. For John O'Neill, the ex-Celtic player, see here.

Personal information
John O'Neil
Full name	John Thomas O'Neil
Date of birth	June 7, 1971 (1971-06-07) (age 37)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Cowdenbeath
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988–1994 1994–2000 2000–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Dundee United St. Johnstone Hibernian Falkirk Gretna Cowdenbeath	078 0(4) 186 (22) 086 (10) 070 0(5) 022 0(2) 020 0(0)
National team
2001	Scotland	001 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

John Thomas O'Neil (born June 7, 1971 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional footballer. He currently plays for Cowdenbeath.

1 Career
2 Honours
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

O'Neil, a right winger, began his career at Dundee United, where he progressed through the youth ranks. O'Neil's final match for United saw him score in their 1994 Scottish Cup final defeat against Motherwell, with his header reducing Motherwell's lead to 3-2. At the start of the 1994-95 season, he was signed by ex-United colleague Paul Sturrock, manager of United's Tayside rivals St. Johnstone. During his six years at McDiarmid Park, O'Neil became a regular, playing in nearly 200 league matches - over double his tally in the same time with United. In June 2000, O'Neil moved to Hibernian and it was during his spell with the Edinburgh club that O'Neil gained his only cap for Scotland, a start in a 1-1 draw against Poland in an away friendly on April 25, 2001.^[1]

After three years with Hibs, O'Neil joined Falkirk in 2003, but swapped a second Scottish First Division title for a Second Division title by joining Gretna in January 2005. O'Neil won the First Division title with the borderers the following season, also collecting a second Scottish Cup runners-up medal in the defeat on penalties to Hearts. He left Gretna to join Cowdenbeath F.C. at the start of the 2007-08 season after another former Dundee United team mate Brian Welsh signed him.