Beth McKay

Beth McKay

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014-2021	Spartans	53	(11)
2021-2022	Hearts	23	(1)
2022-2023	Partick Thistle	5	(0)
2023-2024	Livingston	33	(17)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Beth McKay (born 30 August 1996) is a Northern Irish football midfielder who last played for Livingston. Although born in Scotland, she represents Northern Ireland for football and futsal.

Career

McKay started her senior career when she was 17 years old, representing University of Stirling. She played for the University side from 2014-2018. While at the club she received her first International call up for Northern Ireland in 2015 and received her first International caps in 2017. She also won the Daily Record goal of the season award for SWPL in the 2017/2018 season for her goal against Hamilton Academic W.F.C. on 1/4/2018.

After graduating from University of Stirling and completing her scholarship McKay moved to Hibernian W.F.C. for a brief spell before moving to Spartans in 2019.

When at Spartans McKay scored her only senior career hat-trick in just 9 minutes against Motherwell W.F.C. in the Scottish Cup. She then went on to win the clubs Top Goal Scorer award that season.

McKay signed for Hearts from Spartans in 2021. ^[1]

In 2022, McKay signed for Partick Thistle. The midfielder made just 5 appearances for the club. ^[2]

The midfielder signed for Livingston in 2023. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

McKay left in Livi in July 2024. ^[7]

References

1. "Hearts Women star Beth McKay on 'top notch' Aaron Hughes and Andy Kirk and making history in Kaunas". Edinburgh Evening News. 20 May 2021.
2. "Beth McKay joins PTWFC". ptfc.co.uk. 8 June 2022.
3. "New Livingston Women's winger enjoying 'positive' pressure of SWF Championship promotion bid". Daily Record. 30 January 2023.
4. "New signing McKay shines for Livi to capitalise on Renfrew rout by Ayr United". Scottish Women's Football. 23 January 2023.
5. "Livingston Women's ace discusses 'surreal' injury-time long range winner against Glasgow Women". Daily Record. 24 August 2023.
6. "SWPL My Story with Livingston's Beth McKay". youtube.com. 29 March 2024.
7. "Livingston WFC". Facebook. 16 July 2024.