Martin Rennie (footballer)

For the Scottish football manager, see Martin Rennie (football manager).

Martin Rennie

Personal information
Full name	Martin Rennie
Date of birth	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Clyde
Number	9
Youth career
	Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts
	Kirkcaldy YM
2016–2018	Lochgelly Albert
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Montrose	55	(18)
2020	St Patrick's Athletic	10	(0)
2020–2023	Montrose	19	(2)
2022	→ Berwick Rangers (loan)	3	(0)
2022	→ Broomhill (loan)	7	(2)
2023–	Clyde	33	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:03, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Martin Rennie (born 9 May 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Clyde. He previously played for Montrose over two spells either side of a season with St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division. He has also had loan spells at Berwick Rangers and Open Goal Broomhill.

Club career

Early career

Rennie began playing his youth football with Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts. From there he went on to play at amateur level for Kirkcaldy YM before signing for Lochgelly Albert in 2016.

Montrose

Having impressed at Junior level for Lochgelly Albert where he had scored 17 goals in half a season, Rennie was signed by Scottish League Two leaders Montrose on an 18-month contract on 19 January 2018. ^[1] His first career goal at senior level came on 17 February 2018 in a 2–2 draw, scoring a 75th-minute equaliser just one minute after being substituted on. ^[2] After scoring 4 goals in 11 games as Montrose became Scottish League Two champions and earning promotion to Scottish League One, ^[3] Rennie signed a new 2-year contract with the club on 28 July 2018. ^[4] He won Scottish League One Player of the Month for December 2018, with his manager Stewart Petrie receiving the Manager of the Month award. ^[5] Rennie's first full season in senior football was a success on a personal level as he made 44 appearances in all competitions, scoring 14 goals ^[6] and on 5 May 2019, he was named Montrose Young Player of the Year for the season. ^[7] The 2019–20 season proved to be a quieter one for Rennie as by January he had made just 11 appearances and scoring 2 goals amidst transfer interest from other clubs. ^[6]

St Patrick's Athletic

On 24 January 2020, it was announced that Rennie had signed for League of Ireland Premier Division side St Patrick's Athletic, whose assistant manager Pat Cregg recommended him to manager Stephen O'Donnell having been a teammate of Rennie's at Montrose until earlier in the season. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]} The transfer cost the Dublin club a five figure sum, which saw Rennie become Montrose's first ever international transfer. ^[14] Having joined the club in the middle of pre-season, he integrated into the team quickly, scoring his first goal in a 6–1 pre-season friendly win over Athlone Town on 29 January. ^[15] He made his competitive debut on 14 February 2020, playing the full 90 minutes as his side lost 1–0 against Waterford in the opening game of the season at Richmond Park. ^{[16] [17]} After 11 appearances in all competitions without a goal, it was announced on 3 October 2020 that Rennie had left the club by mutual consent. ^[18]

Return to Montrose

On 5 October 2020, it was announced that Rennie had returned to his old club Montrose on transfer deadline day. ^[19] He made his first appearance since returning to the club 2 days later in a Scottish League Cup game with Scottish Premiership side Ross County, with Rennie missing a penalty in the shootout as Montrose lost after coming from 3–0 down to take the game to penalties. ^[20] Rennie ended a streak of 30 appearances without a goal on 4 May 2021 when he opened the scoring in a 3–2 win over Partick Thistle for his first goal since December 2019. ^[21] Rennie struggled with injury the following season but made his comeback in Montrose's 6-4 play-off final defeat; with Rennie scoring a goal in extra-time.

Rennie, in search of game time was sent out on loan to Berwick Rangers but was quickly recalled during parent club's Montrose injury crisis. On his first game back he scored in a 3–0 victory over Kelty Hearts. He was then sent out on loan to Open Goal Broomhill.

On 17 January 2023, Rennie was released by Montrose. ^[22]

Clyde

On 18 January 2023, Rennie signed an 18-month contract with Scottish League One club Clyde. ^[23]

Career statistics

As of match played on 17 February 2024 ^[24]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Montrose	2017–18	Scottish League Two	11	4	0	0	0	0	0 [lower-alpha 1]	0	11	4
	2018–19	Scottish League One	33	12	3	1	3	1	5 [lower-alpha 2]	0	44	14
	2019–20		11	2	1	0	4	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	17	2
	Total		55	18	4	1	7	1	6	0	72	20
St Patrick's Athletic	2020	League of Ireland Premier Division	10	0	1	0	–		–		11	0
Montrose	2020–21	Scottish League One	13	1	1	0	4	0	2 [lower-alpha 3]	0	20	1
	2021–22		2	0	0	0	4	1	1 [lower-alpha 3]	1	7	2
	2022–23		4	1	0	0	4	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	9	1
	Total		19	2	1	0	12	1	4	1	36	4
Berwick Rangers (loan)	2022–23	Lowland Football League	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
Broomhill (loan)	2022–23	Lowland Football League	7	2	–		–		–		7	2
Clyde	2022–23	Scottish League One	15	2	–		–		1 [lower-alpha 3]	1	16	3
	2023–24	Scottish League Two	18	8	3	1	4	1	0	0	25	10
	Total		33	10	3	1	4	1	1	1	41	13
Career Total			127	32	9	2	23	3	11	2	186	42

1. Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
2. 3 appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup & 2 appearances in Scottish League One Playoffs
3. Appearances in Scottish League One Playoffs

Honours

Club

• Scottish League Two: (1)
  • Montrose — 2017–18 ^[3]

Individual

• Scottish League One Player of the Month: (1)
  • December 2018 ^[5]
• Montrose Young Player of the Year: (1)
  • 2018–19 ^[7]

References

1. "Montrose Football Club". www.facebook.com.
2. "Scottish League 2 (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
3. "Scottish League Two: Montrose win title; Peterhead, Stirling & Stenhousemuir enter play-offs". BBC Sport. 28 April 2018.
4. Robertson, Neil (28 July 2018). "Montrose boss Stewart Petrie 'super pleased' as striker signs contract extension".
5. "December double for Montrose | SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
6. "Scotland - M. Rennie - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ie.soccerway.com.
7. "Montrose FC Online - YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR". www.montrosefc.co.uk.
8. "Martin Rennie Signs For Saints". www.stpatsfc.com.
9. "Pat's sign striker Rennie, Waterford snap up Coote". 24 January 2020 – via www.rte.ie.
10. "St Patrick's Athletic sign Scottish forward Martin Rennie". ExtraTime.ie.
11. Doyle, Garry (24 January 2020). "St Pat's hope they have got a bargain in January sales". The42.
12. O'Hehir, Paul (24 January 2020). "St Pat's snap up Montrose striker Martin Rennie". irishmirror.
13. O'Hehir, Paul (25 January 2020). "Pat's sign striker Rennie from Montrose". dublinlive.
14. "Montrose FC Online - RENNIE COMPLETES EXCITING MOVE TO IRISH PREMIER DIVISION". www.montrosefc.co.uk.
15. LiveScore, SofaScore com. "Athlone Town St. Patrick's Athletic live score, video stream and H2H results - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com.
16. "SSE Airtricity League". Archived from the original on 17 February 2020.
17. "League Report: St. Patrick's Athletic 0 - 1 Waterford". ExtraTime.com.
18. "Rennie Leaves Saints". www.stpatsfc.com.
19. "Montrose FC Online - PETRIE ACTS ON DEADLINE DAY TO BRING TITLE WINNING RENNIE BACK TO LINKS PARK". www.montrosefc.co.uk.
20. "League Cup round-up: Ross County squander three-goal lead; other four top-flight sides all win". BBC. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
21. Smith, Ewan (4 May 2021). "Montrose 3 Partick Thistle 2: Montrose boss Stewart Petrie to call on 'gaffer' Dick Campbell's help after sealing dramatic last-gasp play-off spot".
22. "Montrose release Martin Rennie as boss Stewart Petrie says league-winning striker will 'never be forgotten'". 17 January 2023.
23. "NEW SIGNING: Martin Rennie | 18 Jan 2023 | News | Clyde Football Club". Official Clyde Football Club Website. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
24. "Scotland – M.Rennie". ie.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.

External links

• "Scotland – M.Rennie". ie.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
• "Player Profiles". stpatsfc.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
• "Player Profiles". extratime.ie. Retrieved 18 February 2020.