John O'Neill (footballer, born 1974)

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O'Neill celebrating Queen of the South's run to the 2008 Scottish Cup Final.
Personal information
Full name John Joseph O'Neill [1]
Date of birth (1974-01-03) 3 January 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1994 Queen's Park 91 (30)
1994–1996 Celtic 2 (0)
1996–2000 AFC Bournemouth 125 (10)
2000–2001 Ross County 2 (0)
2001–2003 Queen of the South 80 (38)
2003–2005 St Mirren 58 (11)
2005–2008 Queen of the South 85 (20)
2008–2011 Stirling Albion 33 (7)
2011– Auchinleck Talbot
Managerial career
2010–2011 Stirling Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

John Joseph O'Neill (born 3 January 1974) is a Scottish footballer, who played as a midfielder.

O'Neill started his career with amateur club Queen's Park, before signing for Celtic in 1994. In his career, he had two spells of playing for Dumfries club Queen of the South. While he was with Queens, O'Neill won the 2001–02 Scottish Second Division and he was the club's top scorer and won the divisional player of the year title. O'Neill scored in the 2002 Scottish Challenge Cup Final victory against Brechin City. [2] [3] O'Neill also made a substitute appearance for Queens in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final against Rangers, which turned out to be his last appearance for the club. [4] He was also a penalty kick specialist at Queens, scoring 27 goals from 29 attempts. In total he scored 70 goals for Queens in competitive first team fixtures. [5]

In the summer of 2008 O'Neill signed for Stirling Albion as a player and was also appointed assistant manager. [6] After manager Allan Moore left for Morton, O'Neill was appointed the new manager of Stirling Albion in May 2010. [7] After winning only three league matches in the 2010–11 season, however, O'Neill was sacked in January 2011. [8] After leaving the Binos, O'Neill played for Auchinleck Talbot.

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References

  1. ↑ "John O'Neill". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Queen of the South lift Bells Cup". BBC Sport. 20 October 2002.
  3. ↑ "Connolly hails cup triumph". BBC Sport. 20 October 2002.
  4. ↑ "Club History". Queen of the South F.C. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Queen of the South FC - Official Website". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "O'Neill takes Binos assistant job". BBC Sport. 28 May 2008.
  7. ↑ "O'Neill relishes his new Stirling Albion challenge". Stirling Observer .
  8. ↑ Goodlad, Phil (19 January 2011). "Struggling Stirling Albion sack John O'Neill". BBC Sport . Retrieved 19 January 2011.
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