John McKeown (footballer)

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John McKeown
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-04-21) 21 April 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Central defender
Club information
Current team
 Shotts Bon Accord
Youth career
Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Ayr United 4 (0)
2001–2003 Dumbarton 60 (1)
2003–2005 Cowdenbeath 65 (2)
2005–2008 Stenhousemuir 35 (2)
2006–2007 → Cumnock Juniors (delayed transfer)
2011 Wishaw Juniors
Total 164 (5)
Teams managed
2011–2014 Wishaw Juniors
2014–2017 Cumnock Juniors
2018– Shotts Bon Accord
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:29, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

John McKeown (born 21 April 1981) is a former professional footballer who has played for several clubs in the Scottish Football League.

Career[]

Released by Ipswich Town as a teenager, McKeown made his league debut for Ayr United in a First Division game against Falkirk in May 2000.[1] He later played for Dumbarton, Cowdenbeath and Stenhousemuir and had a spell at Junior level with Cumnock Juniors.[2]

McKeown was forced to retire as a professional player at the age of twenty-seven due to problems with an arthritic hip.[3] He re-entered the game as player-coach of Wishaw Juniors in the summer of 2011, and was appointed manager of the club in October that year, eventually leading the club to their first promotion in thirty-eight years in 2014.[4][5]

In October 2014, McKeown was announced as the new manager of Cumnock Juniors.[6] He resigned from the club in October 2017 after a successful 3-year period at the club winning The super 1st Div title and leading the club to 2 cup finals and 5 semi finals.[7] The following month, McKeown joined the coaching staff at Cambuslang Rangers.[8]

On the 31 May 2018 McKeown became manager of Shotts Bon Accord. [9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Games played by John McKeown in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  2. ^ Arthur McTague (9 March 2006). "Warriors have to be on top form". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  3. ^ Andrew Weston (20 June 2012). "Boss John McKeown happy to be back in football at Wishaw Juniors". Wishaw Press. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  4. ^ Andrew Weston (26 October 2011). "New Wishaw Juniors boss John McKeown has promotion in his sights". Wishaw Press. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  5. ^ Thomson, Nick (1 May 2014). "Take a Place in History: Wishaw celebrate promotion". Daily Record. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. ^ O'Donnell, Jim (17 October 2014). "New boss plans to 'Nock Talbot out of another cup". Evening Times. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  7. ^ O'Donnell, Jim (10 October 2017). "Cumnock boss John McKeown resigns after run of defeats leaves them bottom of the table". Evening Times. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  8. ^ Spooner, Murray (15 November 2017). "Juniors: Cambuslang boss glad to be in next round after potential tricky cup tie". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Experienced juniors boss takes manager's role at Shotts Bon Accord". 31 May 2018.

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