Joe Cairney
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 November 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Coatbridge, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 2009 (aged 52–53) | ||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Wishaw | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1978 | Airdrieonians | 55 | (30) |
1978–1981 | Kilmarnock | 53 | (11) |
1982–1983 | Brisbane City | 27 | (5) |
1984–1985 | Brisbane Lions | 24 | (12) |
Total | 159 | (58) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Joe Cairney (1956 – 2009) was a Scottish footballer, who played in the Scottish Football League for Airdrieonians and Kilmarnock.[1]
Cairney was part of the Airdrieonians team that won the Spring Cup in 1976.[2] He later emigrated to Australia, along with former teammate John McVeigh, and played for Brisbane City and Brisbane Lions.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Joe Cairney at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ a b Toner, Judith (19 August 2009). "Sadness at death of former Airdrie star". Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Joe Cairney at Aussie Footballers
Categories:
- 1956 births
- 2009 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Wishaw F.C. players
- Scottish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Brisbane City FC players
- Queensland Lions FC players
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Coatbridge
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen