Billy McColl

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Billy McColl
Personal information
Full name William Christopher McColl
Date of birth (1954-12-25) 25 December 1954 (age 67)
Place of birth Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfield
Youth career
Drumchapel Amateurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1978 Clydebank[1] 152 (23)
1978–1981 Ayr United[2] 88 (1)
1981–1983 Clyde[3] 47 (0)
1983 Albion Rovers[4] 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

William Christopher McColl (born 25 December 1954) is a retired Scottish footballer. He played as a midfielder for Clydebank, Ayr United, Clyde and Albion Rovers in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the Scottish Second Division title twice.

Early life[]

Billy McColl was born in the Shettleston area of Glasgow on 25 December 1954.[5]

Playing career[]

A product of the Glasgow youth team Drumchapel Amateurs, McColl began his senior career with Clydebank, signing for them as a 17-year-old in November 1972.[5] He was a member of the squad that won the inaugural Second Division title in 1975-76 before going on to win promotion to the Premier Division a year later, the first time the club had appeared in the top flight of Scottish football. In 1976, McColl scored the opening goal of a 2–2 draw with St Mirren at Kilbowie Park in what was the last senior match in England or Scotland ever to be played on Christmas Day (also McColl's birthday).[6] He would make over 150 Scottish League appearances for Clydebank before a transfer to Ayr United in 1978.

In 1981 McColl joined Clyde under the management of Craig Brown and won another Second Division championship medal in season 1981-82. His last senior club was Albion Rovers in 1983 where he made just a single league appearance before retiring.

After football[]

After leaving football, McColl went into business as a sub-postmaster and newsagent in Netherlee, East Renfrewshire.[7] His son Barry McColl also played Scottish League football, for Queen's Park in the 1990s. In 2019, Billy McColl was inducted into the Clydebank F.C. Hall of Fame.[8]

Honours[]

Clydebank

Clyde

References[]

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  5. ^ a b "Billy McColl Player Profile". Bankies Archive. Clydebank F.C. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ^ Macpherson, Graeme (24 December 2014). "Recalling Christmas Day football in Clydebank......and Fergie berating the linesman". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  7. ^ White, Neil (3 April 2005), "Caught in Time: Craig Brown's Clyde win the Second Division title, 1982", The Sunday Times, London
  8. ^ "Clydebank FC Hall of Fame". Bankies Archive. Clydebank F.C. Retrieved 28 June 2021.


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