Billy McGhie (footballer, born 1961)

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Billy McGhie
Personal information
Full name William McGhie
Date of birth (1961-11-13) 13 November 1961 (age 61)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Pollok (assistant manager)
Youth career
Clydebank BC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–87 Clydebank (1965) 177 (13)
1987–89 Partick Thistle 49 (0)
1989–94 Queen of the South 164 (13)
Arthurlie
Shettleston
Petershill
2003 Clydebank
Total393(27)
Managerial career
2003–2016 Clydebank
2017–2018 Kilbirnie Ladeside
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William "Budgie" McGhie (born 13 November 1961) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender for three clubs in the Scottish Football League. He is currently the assistant manager of Pollok.

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Career

McGhie joined Clydebank (the 1965 version) from Clydebank Boys Club in 1981 and went on to make 177 league appearances for the club in the Scottish Football League. He moved to Partick Thistle in 1987 before joining Queen of the South where he made a further 164 league appearances. [1]

McGhie stepped down to Junior level in 1994, playing for Arthurlie, Shettleston and Petershill. [2] He returned to Shettleston as a coach until the end of 2002–03 season.

Managerial career

McGhie was appointed manager of the reformed Clydebank when the club entered the Junior grade in July 2003. [3] He resigned after a mainly successful 13 and a half years in December 2016, having lifted four trophies as well as achieving four leaguerunners up spots [4] In season 2008–09 he guided The Bankies to the Scottish Junior Cup Final where they narrowly lost out by the odd goal in three to Auchinleck Talbot at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.

In May 2017, McGhie was appointed Kilbirnie Ladeside manager. In October 2018, he left Kilbirnie and shortly afterwards was confirmed as assistant manager of Pollok. [5] [6]

Television work

He has also worked as a television pundit for BBC Alba's Junior football coverage. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Players of the 80's". PTFC Info. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tracker". Qos Archive. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Reborn Clydebank in Junior Cup final seven years after 'death'". The Scotsman . 29 May 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Club Statement: Billy McGhie". clydebankfc.com. Clydebank F.C. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ↑ McGhie signs on as Assistant to Murdie, Pollok FC, 23 October 2018
  6. ↑ Pollok put a twist in the Budgie’s tale, Jim O'Donnell, Evening Times, 25 October 2018, via PressReader
  7. ↑ "Junior Cup final live on BBC ALBA". MG ALBA . Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
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