Eddie Mearns

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Eddie Mearns
Personal information
Full name Edward Joseph Mearns
Date of birth (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Livingston
Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Dundee 3 (0)
2009 Berwick Rangers 10 (0)
2009 Bonnyrigg Rose
2009Tynecastle (loan)
2009–2012 Tynecastle
2012–2013 Civil Service Strollers
2013–2014 Vale of Leithen
2014–2017 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
2017–2018 Edinburgh United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Joseph Mearns (born 29 March 1989 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish footballer who plays part-time for Vale of Leithen F.C.

Dundee signed the youngster from Heart of Midlothian in the summer of 2008. He played in only four matches before being released by Jocky Scott on 3 February 2009. Mearns played 90 minutes in Berwick's 2–1 victory over Stenhousemuir on 21 February, . Mearns then signed for junior side Bonnyrigg Rose at the start of the 2009–10 season.

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