Bob McHugh (footballer)

Bob McHugh

McHugh (right) playing for Motherwell
Personal information
Full name	Robert McHugh
Date of birth	(1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	St Cadoc's
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2015	Motherwell	70	(5)
2014	→ Queen of the South (loan)	13	(1)
2015	→ Airdrieonians (loan)	5	(4)
2015–2017	Falkirk	55	(9)
2017–2020	Greenock Morton	81	(18)
2020–2022	Queen's Park	51	(14)
2022–2023	East Kilbride	0	(0)
International career‡
2007–2008	Scotland U17	8	(2)
2009–2010	Scotland U19	6	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:57, 12 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 November 2015

Robert McHugh (born 16 July 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for St Cadoc's. McHugh has previously played for Motherwell, Falkirk, Greenock Morton and Queen's Park, as well as loan spells with Queen of the South, Airdrieonians and East Kilbride.

Career

Motherwell

Born in Glasgow, ^[1] McHugh made his Motherwell debut when he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Hibernian in May 2008. ^[2]

McHugh scored his first Motherwell goal when he took the field as a substitute in an 8–1 win over Flamurtari in the Europa League second round, scoring Motherwell's eighth goal in that match. ^[3] He also scored the first goal as Motherwell beat Inverness CT 3–2 after extra time in the third round of the 2009–10 League Cup.

On 21 January 2011, McHugh joined First Division side Partick Thistle on loan until 27 March 2011. However, a broken wrist meant the loan would not happen, and so he stayed at the Fir Park club. ^[4]

On 26 March 2013, McHugh signed a new two-year contract with Motherwell, lasting until summer 2015. ^[5]

On 2 June 2015, Motherwell announced that McHugh was amongst the players leaving the club, with his contract having expired. ^[6]

Queen of the South (loan)

On 13 January 2014, McHugh signed a six-month loan with Dumfries club Queen of the South. ^[7]

On 3 May 2014, McHugh scored a goal notable amongst supporters of Alloa Athletic by scoring a 95th-minute equaliser for Queen of the South against Cowdenbeath. McHugh's goal sent Cowdenbeath into the relegation play-offs and secured Alloa's place in the Championship. ^[8]

His scoring form continued into the Scottish Premiership play-offs as he scored both goals in the 2–1 quarter-final first leg home win against Falkirk on 6 May 2014. ^[9] Four days later he scored in the return leg as Queen of the South were knocked out 4–3 on aggregate after a 3–1 defeat. ^[10]

Airdrieonians (loan)

On 31 March 2015, McHugh signed for Scottish League One club Airdrieonians on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season. ^[11] He made his debut on 4 April 2015, in a 2–0 win away to Stirling Albion. ^[12]

Falkirk

On 14 July 2015, McHugh signed for Falkirk, agreeing a two-year contract having played as a trialist for the club in friendlies against Drogheda United and Athlone Town, scoring twice in both matches. ^[13] After his contract ended in May 2017, McHugh was released by the club. ^[14]

Morton

McHugh subsequently signed a two-year contract with Scottish Championship side Greenock Morton on 2 June 2017. ^[15] On 10 August 2019, he scored his first career hat-trick in Morton's 4–1 win at home against Alloa Athletic. ^[16]

Queen's Park

After a third successful season at Cappielow, McHugh joined the newly professional Queen's Park in June 2020. ^[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 April 2021 ^[18]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Motherwell	2007–08 [19]	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2008–09 [20]		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2009–10 [21] [18]		10	0	0	0	2	1	3 [lower-alpha 1]	1	15	2
	2010–11 [22] [18]		11	0	2	0	1	0	3 [lower-alpha 1]	0	17	0
	2011–12 [23]		9	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	1
	2012–13 [24] [18]		25	3	1	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	29	3
	2013–14 [25]	Scottish Premiership	8	1	1	0	2	1	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	12	2
	2014–15 [26]		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		70	5	5	0	7	2	10	1	92	8
Queen of the South (loan)	2013–14 [25]	Scottish Championship	13	1	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 3]	3	15	4
Airdrieonians (loan)	2014–15 [26]	Scottish League One	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Falkirk	2015–16 [27] [18]	Scottish Championship	22	6	1	0	2	1	6 [lower-alpha 4]	3	31	10
	2016–17 [28]		33	3	1	0	4	1	4 [lower-alpha 5]	2	42	6
	Total		55	9	2	0	6	2	10	5	73	16
Greenock Morton	2017–18 [29]	Scottish Championship	32	4	3	1	4	3	1 [lower-alpha 6]	0	40	8
	2018–19 [30]		29	6	3	2	4	2	0	0	36	10
	2019–20 [31] [18]		20	8	2	1	5	3	0	0	27	12
	Total		81	18	8	4	13	8	1	0	103	30
Queen's Park	2020–21 [32] [33]	Scottish League Two	18	6	2	0	4	0	0	0	24	6
Career total			252	43	17	4	30	12	23	9	312	68

1. Appearances in the Europa League
2. One appearance in the Champions League and two in the Europa League
3. Appearances in the Premiership play-offs
4. Two appearances and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances and two goals in the Premiership play-offs
5. Two appearances and two goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances in the Premiership play-offs
6. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

1. "First team: Robert McHugh". Motherwell F.C. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
2. Hibernian 0–2 Motherwell BBC Sport  – Retrieved 23 December 2008
3. "Motherwell 8–1 Flamurtari (8–2)" BBC Sport website (23 July 2009)
4. "Thistle boss still seeking striker". Evening Times. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
5. "McHugh extends his stay". Motherwell F.C. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
6. "Scott McDonald joins Motherwell exodus as 16 players leave the club". STV Sport. 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
7. "New Loan Signing". qosfc.com. Queen of the South F.C. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
8. "Cowdenbeath 1–1". qosfc.com. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
9. "Queen of the South 2–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
10. "Falkirk 3–1 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
11. "Bob McHugh joins Airdrie on loan". Motherwell F.C. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
12. Barrie, Douglas (4 April 2015). "STIRLING ALBION 0:2 AIRDRIEONIANS". Airdrieonians F.C. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
13. "BOB MCHUGH SIGNS ON". Falkirk F.C. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
14. "End of season update". Falkirk FC. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
15. Mitchell, Jonathan (2 June 2017). "Bob McHugh joins Morton on two year deal". Greenock Morton FC. Retrieved 2 June 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
16. Dodds, Christopher (13 August 2019). "Morton striker thrilled at first hat-trick". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
17. "Bob McHugh joins the Spiders". queensparkfc.co.uk. Queen's Park F.C. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
18. Bob McHugh at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
19. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
20. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
21. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
22. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
23. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
24. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
25. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
26. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
27. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
28. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
29. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
30. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
31. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
32. "Games played by Bob McHugh in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
33. "Dundonald Bluebell F.C. 1–3 Queen's Park F.C." scottishfa.co.uk. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

External links

• Robert McHugh profile at Motherwell FC official website
• Bob McHugh at Soccerbase