John Paul McBride

John Paul McBride
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-11-28) 28 November 1978
Place of birth Hamilton, Scotland
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1996 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Celtic 3 (0)
1999–2002 St Johnstone 69 (5)
2002–2003 Aarhus Fremad 14 (0)
2003 Derry City 6 (0)
2003–2004 Partick Thistle 21 (1)
2004–2007 Stenhousemuir 89 (18)
2007–2008 Stirling Albion 19 (2)
Total 201 (26)
National team
1998 Scotland U21[1] 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

John Paul McBride (born 28 November 1978 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former footballer.

Early career

McBride started his career as a youth player with Celtic. McBride was with Celtic's youth team for three years before St Johnstone signed him for £200,000 in 1999.[2] St Johnstone was McBride's first professional club, and he made his debut on 31 July 1999 against Hearts.[3] McBride scored his first professional goal on 18 December 1999 in St Johnstone's game against Kilmarnock.[4] After suffering injury problems, he joined Danish club Aarhus Fremad on a non-contract basis before joining up with Derry City in Northern Ireland in 2003.[2] McBride was with Derry City for only three months before returning to Scotland and signing for Partick Thistle in the summer transfer window.[5] McBride made his debut for Partick Thistle against Livingston on 9 August 2003.[3] He was released after a single season with Partick Thistle for not doing enough to secure a new deal.[6]

McBride signed with Stenhousemuir after being released by Partick Thistle.[7] He made his debut with Stenhousemuir in the Scottish League Challenge Cup against Queen's Park, and he remained with the club for three years, scoring 19 goals. McBride left Stenhousemuir in May 2007[8] to join Stirling Albion.[9] He was released by the Binos at the end of the 2007–08 season. He joined Junior side Wishaw on a one-year deal in 2010 after playing at Amateur level with Low Waters Miners Welfare.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player.php?playerid=318
  2. 1 2 "McBride signs for Derry". BBC Sport. March 18, 2003. Retrieved March 18, 2003.
  3. 1 2 "John Paul McBride - soccerbase stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved January 16, 2008.
  4. ↑ "John Paul McBride - soccerbase stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved January 16, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Thistle sign up Bonnes". BBC Sport. June 9, 2003. Retrieved June 9, 2003.
  6. ↑ "Thistle allow trio to leave". BBC Sport. May 14, 2004. Retrieved May 14, 2004.
  7. ↑ "Two sign for Cowden". BBC Sport. August 27, 2004. Retrieved August 27, 2004.
  8. ↑ "McBride leaves as Stenny sign duo". BBC Sport. May 9, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
  9. ↑ "Stirling set to sign midfielder". James Smith, stirlingalbion.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2007.
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