- Gary McGinnis
Football player infobox| playername= Gary McGinnis
fullname = Gareth McGinnis
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1963|10|21|mf=y
cityofbirth =Dundee
countryofbirth =Scotland
height =
currentclub =
position = Defender (retired)
youthyears = 19??–81
youthclubs =Celtic Boys Club
years = 1981–82
1981–90
1990–95
1995–96
1997-??
clubs = Celtic
Dundee United
St Johnstone
Happy Valley
Slough
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
065 (0)
137 (1)
00? (?)
00? (?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =Gareth "Gary" McGinnis (born
October 21 1963 ,Dundee ,Scotland ) is a Scottish former footballer.Career
McGinnis broke into the Dundee United first team, along with
Dave Beaumont , in 1983–84 season, making six appearances and scored his only goal for the club in a 3-0 League Cup win against Motherwell atFir Park . More of a versatile back-up player rather than a first teamer, McGinnis appeared in some of United's major European games, playing againstManchester United in the 2nd Leg atTannadice in 1984, and spent most of the 1986-87 seasonUEFA Cup run on the bench, making four appearances in the run to the Final. This was probably his best season with United, playing 25 times.McGinnis played in a handful of games in each of the next three seasons, but never became a regular and, after seven years at
Tannadice , left for St Johnstone in 1990. McGinnis later played inHong Kong with Happy Valley alongside fellow ScotsIan McCall , Paul Ritchie andPaul Ronald , before finishing his career in Englishnon-league football with Slough Town.As a youth, McGinnis won the Under-18 European Championship with Scotland in 1982 and reached the quarter-finals of the resulting 1983 Under-20 World Championships.
McGinnis is now a
student inLondon .cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article520082.ece|title=Caught in Time: Scotland are European youth champions, 1982|publisher=The Times online|date=May 8 2005 ]Honours
Club
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UEFA Cup "Runner-up|1|1986-87Country
* Under-18 European Championship|1|1982
References
External links
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* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/garymcginnis.htm Independent site profile]
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