John O'Neill (footballer, born 1974)

John O'Neill

O'Neill celebrating Queen of the South's run to the 2008 Scottish Cup Final.
Personal information
Full name	John O'Neill
Date of birth	3 January 1974
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Auchinleck Talbot
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991–1994	Queens Park	91	(30)
1994–1996	Celtic	2	(0)
1996–2000	Bournemouth	125	(10)
2000–2001	Ross County	2	(0)
2001–2003	Queen of the South	80	(38)
2003–2005	St Mirren	58	(11)
2005–2008	Queen of the South	85	(20)
2008–2011	Stirling Albion	33	(7)
2011–	Auchinleck Talbot
Teams managed
2010–2011	Stirling Albion
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

John O'Neill (born 3 January 1974 in Glasgow) is a Scottish football midfielder, playing for Auchinleck Talbot.

O'Neill started his career with amateur club Queens Park, before signing for Celtic in 1994. In his career he had two spells of playing for Dumfries club Queen of the South. While he was with Queens, O'Neill won the 2001–02 Scottish Second Division and he was the club's top scorer and won the divisional player of the year title. O'Neill scored in the 2002 Scottish Challenge Cup Final victory against Brechin City.^[1][2] O'Neill also made a substitute appearance for Queens in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final against Rangers, which turned out to be his last appearance for the club.^[3] He was also a penalty kick specialist at Queens, scoring 27 goals from 29 attempts. In total he scored 70 goals for Queens in competitive first team fixtures.^[4]

In the summer of 2008 O'Neill signed for Stirling Albion as a player and was also appointed assistant manager.^[5] After manager Allan Moore left for Morton, O'Neill was appointed the new manager of Stirling Albion in May 2010.^[6] After winning only three league games in the 2010–11 season, however, O'Neill was sacked in January 2011.^[7]

After being sacked by Stirling, he went junior with Auchinleck Talbot.

References

1. "Queen of the South lift Bells Cup". BBC Sport. 20 October 2002.
2. "Connolly hails cup triumph". BBC Sport. 20 October 2002.
3. "Club History" on the official Queen of the South website
4. http://qosfc.com/new_newsview.aspx?newsid=207
5. "O'Neill takes Binos assistant job". BBC Sport. 28 May 2008.
6. "O'Neill relishes his new Stirling Albion challenge". Stirling Observer.
7. Goodlad, Phil (19 January 2011). "Struggling Stirling Albion sack John O'Neill". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 January 2011.

External links

• John O'Neill career statistics at Soccerbase