John Paul McBride

Infobox Football biography
playername = John Paul McBride


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|11|28
cityofbirth = Hamilton
countryofbirth = Scotland
height =
position = Midfield
currentclub = Stirling Albion
clubnumber =
youthyears = 1995 - 1999
youthclubs = Celtic
years = 1999-2003 2003 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007
clubs = St. Johnstone Derry City Partick Thistle Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
caps(goals) = 70 0(5) 0? 0(?) 21 0(1) 89 (19) 0? 0(?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 20:58 16 January, 2008 (UTC)

John Paul McBride (born November 28, 1978 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Stirling Albion. [cite web|title=Stirling Albion Squad 2007/08|url=http://www.stirlingalbion.com/squad.htm|work=James Smith, stirlingalbion.com|accessdate=January 16|accessyear=2008]

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. [cite web|title=McBride signs for Derry|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/2859627.stm|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=March 18|accessyear=2003] St. Johnstone was McBride's first professional club, and he made his debut on July 31 1999, against Hearts. [cite web|title=John Paul McBride - soccerbase stats|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=11092|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=January 16|accessyear=2008] McBride scored his first professional goal on December 18 1999, in St. Johnstone's game against Kilmarnock. [cite web|title=John Paul McBride - soccerbase stats| url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=11092|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=January 16|accessyear=2008] After suffering injury problems, he joined Aarhus Gymnastikforening on a non-contract basis before joining up with Derry City in Northern Ireland in 2003. [cite web|title=McBride signs for Derry|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/2859627.stm|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=March 18|accessyear=2003] McBride was with Derry City for only three months before returning to Scotland and signing for Partick Thistle in the summer transfer window. [cite web|title=Thistle sign up Bonnes|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/partick_thistle/2976398.stm|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=June 9|accessyear=2003] McBride made his debut for Partick Thistle against Livingston on August 9 2003. [cite web|title=John Paul McBride - soccerbase stats|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=11092|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=January 16|accessyear=2008] He was released after a single season with Partick Thistle for not doing enough to secure a new deal. [cite web| title=Thistle allow trio to leave| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/partick_thistle/3715339.stm| work=BBC Sport| accessdate=May 14| accessyear=2004]

McBride signed with Stenhousemuir after being released by Partick Thistle. [cite web|title=Two sign for Cowden|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cowdenbeath/3606720.stm|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=August 27|accessyear=2004] 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 [cite web|title=McBride leaves as Stenny sign duo|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stenhousemuir/6639267.stm|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=May 9|accessyear=2007] to join Stirling Albion. [cite web|title=Stirling set to sign midfielder|url=http://www.stirlingalbion.com/archived_newsMay2007.html|work=James Smith, stirlingalbion.com|accessdate= May 24|accessyear=2007]

References

External links

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=11092 McBride's profile at Soccerbase]