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This article is about the Scottish footballer. For the American goalkeeper, see David Bingham (American soccer).
David Bingham Personal information Full name David Thomas Bingham Date of birth 3 September 1970 Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland Playing position Forward Club information Current club Tynecastle (player-coach) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1991–1992 St. Johnstone 17 (3) 1992–1995 Forfar Athletic 99 (44) 1995–1998 Dunfermline Athletic 33 (9) 1998–2003 Livingston 148 (50) 2003–2004 Inverness CT 31 (13) 2004–2008 Gretna 54 (30) 2007 → Queen of the South (loan) 4 (0) 2008 Cowdenbeath 6 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:14, 18 June 2008 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).David Thomas Bingham (born 3 September 1970 in Dunfermline) is a Scottish footballer who is currently a player-coach with East of Scotland side Tynecastle.
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Career
Youth Career
David played for U12s Oakley Utd B.C.(Fife), U13-14 Salveson B.C.(Edinburgh), U15-16 Crossford B.C (Fife) and U18-21 Inverkeithing B.C (Fife).[1]
Playing
Bingham began his career at St Johnstone in 1991 before moving to Scottish Second Division side Forfar Athletic in 1992. He played in just under 100 matches for the club, helping the side to win the first Scottish Third Division in 1995. His performances attracted the attention of Dunfermline Athletic and he was soon signed by then manager Bert Paton for £100,000. After 3 years with the Pars, Bingham moved to up-and-coming side Livingston in 1998. He scored 50 goals in 148 first team appearances for the Livi Lions, enjoying a great 2001-02 season, when he scored a hatful of goals. In 2003 he moved to Inverness Caledonian Thistle where he won the First Division Championship in his first season. Instead of staying in the Scottish Premier League with Caley Thistle, he decided to drop down to the Scottish Third Division, with Gretna, scoring a whopping 30 goals in 54 league games helping his side to race up the divisions in consecutive seasons. Bingham then joined Queen of the South on a six month loan deal in the July 2007 and returned to Gretna in December 2007, before being loaned out to Cowdenbeath in January 2008. Due to Gretna's financial difficulties towards the end of the 2007-08 season, Bingham was released from his contract along with all other staff members at the club. he hasn't given up hope of getting his "dream move" to ayr united[2]
Coaching
Bingham unsuccessfully applied to be manager with Berwick Rangers and Forfar Athletic in 2008 and became coach of Scottish First Division side Dunfermline Athletic U 14's.[3] In August 2008, He became player-coach at East of Scotland League First Division side Tynecastle F.C..[4]
References
- ^ "David Bingham". Youth Football Scotland. http://www.youthfootballscotland.co.uk/news-a-media/my-youth-career/933-david-bingham. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ "Gretna make 22 players redundant". BBC Sport. 2008-03-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7312756.stm. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
- ^ "Gretna fiasco turned me off playing football, admits David Bingham". dailyrecord.co.uk. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football-news/scottish-football/scottish-football-league/2008/06/17/gretna-fiasco-turned-me-off-playing-football-admits-david-bingham-86908-20610334/. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
- ^ "Bingham moves to Tynecastle FC". Scotsman Sport. http://sport.scotsman.com/division-3/Bingham-moves--to-.4394169.jp. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
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Categories:- Living people
- 1970 births
- People from Dunfermline
- Scottish footballers
- St. Johnstone F.C. players
- Forfar Athletic F.C. players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Livingston F.C. players
- Stirling Albion F.C. players
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players
- Gretna F.C. players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Tynecastle F.C. players
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