Kevin McAllister
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 November 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Camelon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1985 | Falkirk | 64 | (18) |
1985–1991 | Chelsea | 106 | (7) |
1987–1988 | → Falkirk (loan) | 6 | (3) |
1991–1993 | Falkirk | 82 | (12) |
1993–1997 | Hibernian | 109 | (12) |
1997–2002 | Falkirk | 150 | (19) |
2002–2004 | Albion Rovers | 48 | (1) |
Total | 565 | (72) | |
Teams managed | |||
2003–2005 | Albion Rovers | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Kevin McAllister (born 8 November 1962) is a Scottish former footballer.
Career[]
A winger, he started out in the Junior grade at local club Camelon and began his professional career with Falkirk, with whom he spent ten years over three spells, as well as one spell on loan.[2] He played in the 1997 Scottish Cup Final which the Bairns lost 1–0 to Kilmarnock.[3]
McAllister also played for Chelsea,[1] (where he was among a large contingent of Scottish players and won the Full Members' Cup in 1986 and 1990)[2] Hibernian[4] (being runner-up in the 1993 Scottish League Cup Final)[2] and Albion Rovers. Nicknamed 'Crunchie',[2] he was voted by Falkirk fans as their "Player of the Millennium".[5][3]
McAllister was later manager of Albion Rovers in the fourth tier of Scottish football from 2003–04 until 2004–05, the first of those seasons as player-manager.
Notes[]
- ^ a b "Chelsea FC Player Profile: Kevin McAllister". Stamford-Bridge.com. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d Aidan Smith (16 January 2016). "Interview: Kevin McAllister still grieving end of Brockville". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Final curtain: Kevin McAllister's last Chelsea game at Stamford Bridge". The Scotsman. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Hibernian player Kevin McAllister". FitbaStats. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ Falkirk team guide, BBC Sport, 5 August 2008.
External links[]
- Kevin McAllister at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- Profile (Chelsea) at Sporting Heroes
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Camelon Juniors F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Albion Rovers F.C. players
- Albion Rovers F.C. managers
- Footballers from Falkirk
- Scottish footballers
- Scottish football managers
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Association football wingers
- Scottish Football League managers
- Scottish football forward stubs