Kieran McAnespie

Football player infobox
playername = Kieran McAnespie


fullname = Kieran Liam McAnespie
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|9|11
cityofbirth = Gosport
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Greenock Morton
clubnumber =
height = height|ft=5|in=8
position = Winger, Full back
youthyears = ????-1995
youthclubs = Milngavie Boys Club
years = 1995–2000
2000–2003
2001
2002
2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006
2006–2007
2007–
clubs = St Johnstone
Fulham
→ Hearts (loan)
→ Bournemouth (loan)
Plymouth Argyle
Falkirk
St Johnstone
Ayr United
Alloa Athletic
Greenock Morton
caps(goals) = 50 (5)
00 (0)
05 (0)
07 (1)
04 (0)
31 (3)
16 (0)
15 (2)
26 (3)
14 (1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Scotland U21
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 15:45, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 16:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Kieran Liam McAnespie (born August 21 1979 in Gosport, Hampshire) is an Anglo-Scottish footballer who is currently playing for Greenock Morton.

McAnespie graduated from the youth ranks at St Johnstone, making his first team debut at Clydebank on 4 February 1997. He made one further appearance that season as "Saints" won promotion to the Premier Division. Remarkably he scored on both occasions.

In 1998, McAnespie was one of four younger players asked to accompany the Scottish national side to the 1998 FIFA World Cup to gain experience. He was already a member of the Scotland U-21 side cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/1131547.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=McAnespie joins up at Hearts|date=2001-01-22] and Craig Brown's idea was designed to ease the transition of younger players into the full national side. McAnespie, however, would never gain a full international call-up.

McAnespie joined Fulham in 2000, for a reported £80,000. Considered an investment for the future, he managed only 2 League Cup appearances during his 3 years with the London side. This period was punctuated by brief loan spells with Hearts and Bournemouth. He was released in early 2003 and turned out 4 times for Paul Sturrock's Plymouth Argyle at the end of the 2002-03 season before returning to Scotland with Falkirk.

Since that point, McAnespie's career has been characterised by short, injury-disrupted spells with lower division clubs. He left Falkirk in October 2004 to return to St Johnstone before joining Ayr United in January 2006. He rejected Ayr's offer to re-sign in the summer and instead joined Alloa.

On June 21 2007, McAnespie was sold by Alloa to Greenock Morton for a five figure fee (rumoured to be £11,750). [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/6227766.stm|title=Alloa sell McAnespie to Morton|publisher=BBC Sport|date=2007-06-21]

McAnespie is one of few players to have scored in wins over both Rangers (an injury time goal in a 3-1 victory) [cite news|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=256906|title=St Johnstone 3-1 Rangers|publisher=Soccerbase] and Celtic (the winner in a 2-1 victory) [cite news|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=253214|title=St Johnstone 2-1 Celtic|publisher=Soccerbase] in the same season.

References

External links

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* [http://www.alloaathletic.co.uk/squadProfiles.asp?id=22 Profile] at AlloaAthletic.co.uk
* [http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/mcanespiekeiran.html Appearances] at londonhearts.com
* [http://www.honestpage.co.uk/index.asp?p=20&playerid=146 Profile] at honestpage.co.uk

Persondata
NAME=McAnespie, Kieran
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Anglo-Scottish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH= August 21, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH= Gosport, England
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=