John McStay

Football player infobox2
playername = John McStay


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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|12|24
cityofbirth = Larkhall
countryofbirth = Scotland
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position = Defender (retired)
youthyears = -1984
youthclubs = Gartcosh United
years = 1984-1987
1987-1994
1994
1994
1994-1995
1995-1997
1997
1997-1998
1998-2000
2000-20??
clubs = Motherwell
Raith Rovers
Falkirk
Hamilton Academical
Clydebank
East Fife
Ayr United
Clyde
Albion Rovers
Glenafton Athletic
Career
caps(goals) = 020 0(1)
262 (20)
001 0(0)
002 0(0)
020 0(0)
043 0(1)
010 0(0)
035 0(5)
059 0(9)
00? 0(?)
452 (36)
manageryears = 2000-20??
managerclubs = Glenafton Athletic (player-manager)
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John "Jock" McStay (born December 24 1965 in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a defender.

McStay played for nine clubs in a sixteen-year professional career before moving into junior football with Glenafton Athletic in 2000. He went on to become assistant manager to Peter Hetherston at Albion Rovers, one of his former clubs.

He had an on-field altercation with Duncan Ferguson during a Scottish Premier Division encounter between Rangers and Raith Rovers at Ibrox Stadium on April 16, 1994. Ferguson, of Rangers, headbutted McStay, of the visiting Raith, in the south-west corner of the Ibrox pitch. Referee Kenny Clark and his linesmen missed the incident, hence Ferguson avoided a dismissal, but he was subsequently charged with assault and, as it was his fourth such conviction, he served three months in prison. [ [http://www.scottishleague.net/archive/archive45.htm ScottishLeague.net SFAQs] ]

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References

* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/johnmcstay.htm McStay's profile at Neil Brown's statistics site]