Kieran McAnespie

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Kieran McAnespie
Personal information
Full name Kieran Liam McAnespie
Date of birth (1979-09-11) 11 September 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Gosport, England
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Position(s) Full back / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Kilbirnie Ladeside
Youth career
 – Milngavie Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2000 St Johnstone 50 (5)
2000–2003 Fulham 0 (0)
2001 → Heart of Midlothian (loan) 5 (0)
2002 → Bournemouth (loan) 7 (1)
2003 Plymouth Argyle 4 (0)
2003–2004 Falkirk 31 (3)
2004–2006 St Johnstone 16 (0)
2006 Ayr United 15 (2)
2006–2007 Alloa Athletic 26 (3)
2007–2009 Greenock Morton 14 (1)
2009 → Dumbarton (loan) 4 (0)
2009 Milngavie Wanderers ? (?)
2010 Bellshill Athletic ? (?)
2010–2012 Arbroath 52 (6)
2012–2014 Stirling Albion 45 (5)
2014– Kilbirnie Ladeside
International career
1998–2000 Scotland U21[2] 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:40, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Kieran Liam McAnespie (born 11 September 1979) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region side Kilbirnie Ladeside. Capable of playing in defence and midfield, McAnespie represented Scotland at under-21 level and has played in the Scottish Premier League for St Johnstone and Hearts.

Club career

St Johnstone

McAnespie graduated from the youth ranks at St Johnstone, making his first team début against Clydebank on 4 February 1997. He made one further appearance that season as Saints won promotion to the Premier Division. He scored on both occasions. He went on to make 50 league appearances for the Saints, notably scoring in wins against both Celtic[3] and Rangers[4] in the 1998–99 season.

In 1998, McAnespie was one of four younger players asked to accompany the Scottish national side to the 1998 FIFA World Cup to gain experience. He was already a member of the Scotland U21 side[5] and Craig Brown's idea was designed to ease the transition of younger players into the full national side. McAnespie, however, would never gain a full international call-up.

Fulham

McAnespie joined Fulham in 2000, for a reported fee of £80,000. Considered an investment for the future, he managed only two League Cup appearances during his three years with the London side. This period was punctuated by brief loan spells with Hearts and Bournemouth.[5][6] At Bournemouth he scored once against Bristol City.[7] Upon returning to Fulham, he spent the rest of the season playing in the reserve team. McAnespie would recall his disappointment at his loan spell at Bournemouth.[8]

He was released in early 2003 and turned out four times for Paul Sturrock's Plymouth Argyle at the end of the 2002–03 season before returning to Scotland with Falkirk.[9]

Return to St Johnstone and lower leagues

Having returned to Scottish football, McAnespie spent several short, injury-disrupted spells with lower division clubs. He left Falkirk in October 2004 to return to St Johnstone, before joining Ayr United in January 2006. He rejected Ayr's offer to re-sign in the summer and instead joined Alloa Athletic.

On 21 June 2007, McAnespie was sold by Alloa to Greenock Morton for a five figure fee (rumoured to be £11,750).[10] At Morton he scored his first and only goal for the club against Partick Thistle.[11]

In the summer of 2008, McAnespie went on trial with Wycombe Wanderers, where he scored against Flackwell Heath, but was unsuccessful in getting a move to the Chairboys,[12] and remained with Morton for a further season. This included a loan spell at near neighbours Third Division side Dumbarton, until the end of the season.[13][14] Sadly for McAnespie, he injured himself again after only one game for Dumbarton so spent most of his time at the Rock on the sidelines.

McAnespie was released after the end of the 2008–2009 season, as confirmed by Davie Irons on 8 May in the Greenock Telegraph.[15]

Return to senior football

McAnespie's time in retirement was short, with Arbroath picking him up on a one-year contract for the 2010–11 season.[16]

In June 2012, he joined Stirling Albion, having been released by Arbroath at the end of the 2011–12 season.[17] On 4 April 2014, McAnespie left Stirling Albion due to work commitments.[18]

McAnespie signed for Junior side Kilbirnie Ladeside in July 2014.[19]

References

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