Billy McColl
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Christopher McColl | ||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Drumchapel Amateurs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1972–1978 | Clydebank[1] | 152 | (23) |
| 1978–1981 | Ayr United[2] | 88 | (1) |
| 1981–1983 | Clyde[3] | 47 | (0) |
| 1983 | Albion Rovers[4] | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
William Christopher "Billy" McColl is a retired Scottish footballer. He played as a midfielder for Clydebank, Ayr United, Clyde and Albion Rovers in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the Scottish Second Division title twice.
Playing career
A product of the Glasgow youth team Drumchapel Amateurs, McColl began his senior career as a 17-year-old with Clydebank. He was a member of the squad that won the inaugural Second Division title in 1975-76 before going on to win promotion to the Premier Division a year later, the first time the club had appeared in the top flight of Scottish football. He would make over 150 Scottish League appearances for Clydebank before a transfer to Ayr United in 1978.
In 1981 McColl joined Clyde under the management of Craig Brown and won another Second Division championship medal in season 1981-82. His last senior club was Albion Rovers in 1983 where he made just a single league appearance before retiring.
After football
After leaving football, McColl went into business as a sub-postmaster and newsagent in Netherlee, East Renfrewshire.[5] His son Barry McColl also played Scottish League football, for Queen's Park in the 1990s.
Honours
- Scottish League Second Division: 1975-76
- Scottish League Second Division: 1981-82
References
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- ↑ White, Neil (3 April 2005), "Caught in Time: Craig Brown’s Clyde win the Second Division title, 1982", The Sunday Times (London)