Billy McKinlay
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | William Alexander McKinlay | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Northern Ireland (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Hamilton Thistle | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1985–1995 | Dundee United | 222 | (23) |
| 1995–2000 | Blackburn Rovers | 91 | (3) |
| 2000 | → Leicester City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Bradford City | 11 | (0) |
| 2001 | Preston North End | ||
| 2001–2002 | Clydebank | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Leicester City | 53 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Fulham | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 387 | (27) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1994 | Scotland B | 2 | (0) |
| 1993–1998 | Scotland | 29 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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William Alexander McKinlay, better known as Billy McKinlay (born 22 April 1969), is a Scottish former footballer and current assistant manager of Northern Ireland.
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[edit] Career
One of the products of the Dundee United's highly efficient scouting and coaching network in the west of Scotland, Glasgow-born McKinlay was signed from Hamilton Thistle in 1986. He won a place in the 1988 Scottish Cup Final side at the age of 19, despite previously having made just 12 League appearances.
An energetic and perceptive midfielder, he took some time to claim a regular first-team place, but when he did was a most effective link man. He suffered a major disappointment in May 1994 when a caution for an innocuous tackle in a League match carried him over the points threshold and led to him being suspended when United achieved their historic first Scottish Cup triumph. He took rather longer than might have been expected to become a full international, but went on to win 14 caps while at Tannadice, the latter two as a First Division player. He is one of only three players from that division to play at full international level for Scotland since League reconstruction in 1975.
Following United’s relegation he asked for a transfer and got his wish when Blackburn Rovers paid £1.75 million for him in October 1995. He came close to joining boyhood heroes Celtic Fc when then manager Tommy Burns made a last-ditch attempt to sign him from under the noses of Blackburn Rovers. McKinlay had brief spells with Bradford City and Clydebank before joining Premiership side Leicester City in 2002, where he scored once against Coventry City.[1] In 2004, Chris Coleman signed him to help bolster Fulham's reserve squad.
McKinlay won a total of 29 Scotland caps, 14 while with Dundee United.
On 21 December 2007, Fulham first-team coach Ray Lewington and reserve team manager McKinlay took over after manager Lawrie Sanchez was sacked. Roy Hodgson was appointed nine days later.
[edit] Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1985-86 | Dundee United | Premier Division | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1986-87 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1987-88 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1988-89 | 30 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1989-90 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1990-91 | 34 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1991-92 | 22 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1992-93 | 37 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1993-94 | 39 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1994-95 | 27 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1995-96 | Division One | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1995-96 | Blackburn Rovers | Premier League | 19 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1996-97 | 25 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1997-98 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1998-99 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1999-00 | First Division | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2000-01 | Leicester City | Premier League | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2000-01 | Bradford City | Premier League | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2001-02 | Preston North End | First Division | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2001-02 | Clydebank | Second Division | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2002-03 | Leicester City | First Division | 37 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2003-04 | Premier League | 16 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2004-05 | Fulham | Premier League | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | Scotland | 230 | 23 | |||||||||
| England | 154 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Career total | 384 | 27 | ||||||||||
[edit] See also
- Dundee United F.C. season 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96
[edit] References
- ^ "Coventry 1-2 Leicester". BBC. 21 March 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2852677.stm. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
[edit] External links
- Official website profile
- Billy McKinlay career stats at Soccerbase
- SFA website profile
- Career statistics
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- 1969 births
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Clydebank F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Premier League players
- Fulham F.C. non-playing staff
- Fulham F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Living people
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland international footballers
- Scotland B international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- The Football League players
