Graeme Armstrong

Infobox Football biography
playername = Graeme Armstrong


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|6|23
cityofbirth = Edinburgh
countryofbirth = Scotland
height = height|ft=5|in=9
position = Defender, Left-Winger
currentclub = Newtongrange Star (manager)
youthyears =
youthclubs = Haddington Athletic
years = 1975
1975–1981
1981–1983
1983–1992
1992–2000
2000–2001
clubs = Meadowbank Thistle
Stirling Albion
Berwick Rangers
Meadowbank Thistle
Stenhousemuir
Alloa Athletic
caps(goals) = 001 0(0)
204 (24)
083 (12)
353 (37)
268 0(4)
001 0(0)
manageryears = 1999–2000
managerclubs = Stenhousemuir

Graeme Armstrong (born 23 June 1956) is a retired Scottish footballer. He was born in Edinburgh. He is currently manager of non-league side Newtongrange Star. By the time he retired as a player, Armstrong had made a Scottish-record 910 league appearances. When cup ties are taken into consideration, he played over 1000 first-team games.

Armstrong began his career in the non-leagues in Scotland, playing once as a trialist for Meadowbank Thistle, before being signed by Stirling Albion in 1975, making his league debut on April 26, 1975. Over the next 6 seasons "Louis" played in 204 games for the Yo-Yo's before being transferred to Berwick Rangers and then spending 10 years at Meadowbank Thistle. He then moved on to Stenhousemuir, where he later became manager and guided the side to promotion. He was sacked in April 2000, with Stenhousemuir battling relegation and joined Alloa Athletic as assistant-manager, also registering as a player, the following day. He played just once for Alloa, as a substitute in April 2001, at the age of 44 years, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/1265750.stm Clyde 1-1 Alloa Athletic] ] before retiring. He was dismissed by Alloa in January 2003 as part of a drive to cut costs. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/2649223.stm Other Scottish transfer news] ]

In 2005, Armstrong was voted Stenhousemuir's all-time cult hero by viewers of BBC's Football Focus. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/football_focus/4258327.stm Stenhousemuir's cult heroes] ]

In 2007, he guided Newtongrange to the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region, South Division championship and promotion to the Premier League.

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