John Stewart (footballer)

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Personal information
John Stewart
John Stewart celebrating Queen of the South's run to the 2007-08 Scottish Cup Final
Date of birth	August 3, 1985 (1985-08-03) (age 22)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Falkirk
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2006 2006- 2007 2008	Aberdeen Falkirk → St. Johnstone (loan) → Queen of the South (loan)	54 (5) 11 (0) 06 (1) 02 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:18, 19 September 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

John Stewart (born 3 August 1985 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Falkirk.

John Stewart his career with Aberdeen, is perhaps most famous for the winning goal he scored for the Dons against Celtic at Celtic Park on October 27, 2004.^[1]

Stewart, a striker, was a regular in Aberdeen's reserve team; however, he found opportunities in the first team hard to come by.

On August 31, 2006, he joined Falkirk for an undisclosed, five-figure transfer fee.^[2]

In July 2007, Stewart was banned from the club's pre-season trip to the Netherlands following a breach of discipline.^[3] On 18 July 2007 he was loaned to St. Johnstone for six months.^[4]

Semi final result on the scoreboard at Hampden Park

Stewart joined Queen of the South in January 2008 on loan. He scored the winner for Queens in their 4-3 victory in the semi finals of the Scottish Cup against Aberdeen to take Queens to the final for the first time in their 89-year history.[1] Stewart also made a substitute appearance in the final against Rangers.

1 Honours
- 1.1 Queen of the South
2 Notes
3 References

[edit] Honours

[edit] Queen of the South

Scottish Cup finalist: 2008

[edit] Notes

^ "Celtic 2-3 Aberdeen", BBC Sport website, 27 October, 2004.
^ "Bairns snap up Aberdeen's Stewart", BBC Sport website, 31 August 2006.
^ "Trip ban for Stewart after no-show", The Scotsman, 11 July 2007.
^ "Falkirk sending Stewart to Saints", BBC Sport, 18 July 2007.

[edit] References

John Stewart career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Falkirk F.C. – current squad

3 Holden • 4 Cregg • 6 McBride • 9 Barrett • 10 Latapy • 11 Higdon • 12 Bradley • 14 Aafjes • 15 Milne • 16 Arfield • 17 Olejnik • 18 Allison • 20 Barr • 21 Finnigan • 22 Mitchell • 23 Moffat • 24 Stewart • 33 Scobbie • Bullen • McCaffrey • McCann • McNamara • Stewart • Schultz-Eklund • Manager: Hughes