Craig Reid (footballer, born 1986)

For other people named Craig Reid, see Craig Reid.

Craig Reid (born 26 February 1986) is a Scottish footballer who plays as either a right back or centre-back for the Ardrossan Winton Rovers.

Craig Reid

Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-02-26) 26 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Irvine, Scotland
Position(s)	Right back / Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Ardrossan Winton Rovers F.C.
Youth career
	Ardrossan Winton Rovers
2002–2007	Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Celtic	0	(0)
2007–2008	→ Stirling Albion (loan)	13	(0)
2008–2012	Queen of the South	113	(1)
2012–2014	Greenock Morton	48	(0)
2014–2016	Motherwell	34	(1)
2015–2016	→ St Mirren (loan)	6	(0)
2016	Dunfermline Athletic	12	(0)
2016	Keflavík	11	(0)
2017	Peterhead	11	(1)
2017–2018	Ayr United	30	(0)
2018–2020	East Kilbride	48	(9)
2020–2021	Kelty Hearts	30	(0)
2021	Stenhousemuir	1	(0)
2021–2022	Darvel	20	(1)
2022-2024	Hurlford United	38	(1)
International career
	Scotland U17
	Scotland U18
	Scotland U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:00, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Early life

Craig attended Ardrossan Academy.

Club career

Celtic

Reid started his career as a youth player with Celtic from 2002 until 2007. Unfortunatey, he never made a first team appearance due to serious injuries, after signing from Ardrossan Winton Rovers.Y.F.C.^[1] Celtic loaned him out to Stirling Albion during the first half of the 2007–08 season to gain some first team experience. Reid played in 13 league matches during his time at Forthbank Stadium.

Queen of the South

Reid signed for Dumfries side Queen of the South in the January 2008 transfer window.^[2] Queens progressed to the 2008 Scottish Cup final, but Reid was unable to play because he was cup-tied having played for Stirling Albion in a previous round of the competition. Reid played for the Palmerston club in both legs of the Uefa Cup Qualifiers against Danish side FC Nordsjælland.

Reid established himself in the first team of the Palmerston Park side during the 2009–10 season. He signed a new two-year contract extension with Queens on 23 April 2010. ^[3] Reid's first senior goal was the opener in the Challenge Cup semi final 2–1 win away at Peterhead on Saturday 9 October 2010 when he lashed home a loose ball inside the box.^[4]

On 23 April 2011, before the home match versus Cowdenbeath, Davie Rae presented Reid with a trophy in recognition of his century of appearances for the first team.^[5] Reid, however, did not complete the match due to receiving a red card.^[6]

Greenock Morton

On 16 July 2012, Reid signed for Greenock Morton on a one-year deal.^[7] His contract expired in May 2013. Reid played as a trialist on 24 July 2013 for Coventry City as they lost 2–0 to Fleetwood Town.^[8] On 18 October 2013, Reid re-signed for Morton until January 2014.^[9] He left the club upon expiry of his contract.

Motherwell

After training with the club during pre-season, Reid signed for Motherwell until the end of the season, on 21 February 2014.^[10] Reid made a major contribution by scoring the winning goal, in injury time, of the final fixture of the season to secure second place ahead of rivals Aberdeen.^[11] On 28 May 2014, he signed a new two-year contract with the club.^[12] In October 2015, Reid signed an emergency three-month loan with St Mirren.^[13][14] He returned to Motherwell at the end of his loan on 2 January 2016.^[15][16]

Dunfermline Athletic

On 1 February 2016, Reid left Motherwell by mutual consent,^[17] signing the following day for Scottish League One side Dunfermline Athletic until the end of the 2015–16 season.^[18] Reid briefly played with and worked under Pars manager Allan Johnston whilst at Queen of the South.^[19] After achieving promotion to the Scottish Championship, Reid was released at the end of the 2015–16 season having made 12 appearances for Dunfermline.^[20]

Keflavík

In July 2016, Reid signed for Iceland First Division side Keflavík,^[21] becoming the club's third Scottish signing of the 2016 season after Marc McAusland.^[22] and Stuart Carswell^[21] also joined the club. Reid left Keflavík at the end of the 2016 season after his contract with the club was not renewed.^[23]

Return to Scotland

Reid returned to Scotland in March 2017, signing for Scottish League One side Peterhead until the end of the 2016–17 season.^[24] Following the team's relegation to Scottish League Two, Reid was released by the club.^[25] Reid subsequently signed for Ayr United in June 2017.^[26] He helped them to a promotion in 2017–18, but was released at the end of the season.^[27]

International career

Reid played at under-17, under-18 and under-19 level for Scotland.^[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 October 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	2007–08[28]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stirling Albion (loan)	2007–08[28]	Division One	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Queen of the South	2008–09[29]	Division One	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	2009–10[30]		32	0	0	0	3	0	2[a]	0	37	0
	2010–11[31]		32	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	35	0
	2011–12[32]		26	0	3	0	3	0	1[a]	0	33	0
	Total		105	0	4	0	8	0	3	0	120	0
Greenock Morton	2012–13[33]	Division One	30	0	3	0	2	0	1[a]	0	36	0
	2013–14[34]	Championship	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
	Total		39	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	47	0
Motherwell	2013–14[34]	Premiership	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
	2014–15[34]		20	0	1	0	1	0	2[b]	0	24	0
	2015–16[35]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		34	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	38	1
St Mirren (loan)	2015–16[35]	Championship	6	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	7	0
Dunfermline Athletic	2015–16[35]	League One	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Keflavík	2016[36]	1. deild karla	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Peterhead	2016–17[37]	League One	8	1	0	0	0	0	3[c]	0	11	1
Ayr United	2017–18[38]	League One	26	0	0	0	0	0	4[a]	0	30	0
Career totals			257	2	10	0	12	0	11	0	290	3

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. Appearances in the Europa League
3. Appearances in the League One play-offs

Honours

Club

Celtic

• Scottish Youth Cup: Winner (2)
• Scottish Youth League: Winner (3)
• Scottish Reserve League: Winner (4)

Dunfermline Athletic

• Scottish League One: 2015–16^[39]

Ayr United

• Scottish League One: 2017–18

East Kilbride

• Lowland League: 2018–19
• SFA South Region Challenge Cup: 2018–19

Kelty Hearts

• Lowland League: 2019–20, 2020–21

Darvel

• West of Scotland Football League Premier Division: 2021–22

Individual

Greenock Morton

• MSC Player of the Year: 2012–13

Queen of the South

• Player of the Year: 2010–11
• Young Player of the Year: 2009–10

References

1. "Craig Reid Q&A". gpfootball.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
2. "Reid joins Queens from Celtic". BBC Sport. 1 February 2008.
3. http://www.qosfc.com/HeadlineNews/ViewFullStory/tabid/151/selectmoduleid/498/ArticleID/1192/reftab/36/Default.aspx%5B‍%5D
4. "Peterhead 1 – 2 Queen of the South" www.qosfc.com^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. ""Century up for Reid" www.qosfc.com 28 Apr 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
6. "Queen Of The South 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath" www.qosfc.com 23 April 2011 Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
7. Mitchell, Jonathan (16 July 2012). "Three new players on the books". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
8. Crowley, Kieran (24 July 2013). "Trialists impressed tonight". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
9. "Signing News – Craig Reid". Greenock Morton F.C. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
10. "Motherwell sign Craig Reid". Motherwell F.C. 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
11. "Motherwell clinch second spot from Dons". BBC. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
12. "TV: Reid signs two-year deal". Motherwell F.C. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
13. "Loan Signing: Craig Reid". 30 October 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
14. Macpherson, Graeme (30 October 2015). "St Mirren sign Craig Reid from Motherwell on emergency loan". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
15. "Post Match Quotes – Alex Rae (02/01/2016)". St Mirren Official website. 2 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
16. "Luke Conlan and Craig Reid". St Mirren Official website. 5 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
17. "Defender Craig Reid departs". Motherwell F.C. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
18. "Craig Reid joins Dunfermline". dafc.co.uk. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
19. Hart, Ross (2 February 2016). "Former Motherwell and Queen of the South defender Craig Reid joins Dunfermline Athletic until the end of the season". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
20. "DAFC First team player update". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
21. "Annar Skoti í Keflavík (Staðfest)" [Another shot in Keflavik (AP)] (in Icelandic). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
22. "Keflavík fær skoskan leikmann (Staðfest)" [Keflavik able Scottish player (Verified)] (in Icelandic). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
23. "Tveir Skotar fara frá Keflavík – Óvíst með Magnús Þóri" [Two Scots go from Keflavik – Uncertain with Ásmundsson] (in Icelandic). 23 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
24. Moir, Glenn (13 March 2017). "New signing out to aid Blue Toon after quitting Iceland". Peterhead FC. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
25. Moir, Glenn (8 June 2017). "Peterhead sign winger Gibson as long-serving defender departs". Peterhead FC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
26. Wilson, Mike (21 June 2017). "Ayr United sign experienced defender Craig Reid as Player of the Year Greg Fleming set to quit Somerset Park side". Daily Record. Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
27. "Players released". Ayr United FC. 1 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
28. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
29. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
30. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
31. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
32. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
33. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
34. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
35. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
36. Craig Reid at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
37. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
38. "Games played by Craig Reid in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
39. McLaughlin, Brian (26 March 2016). "Dunfermline 3 – 1 Brechin City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

External links

• Craig Reid at Soccerbase
• Craig Reid at Soccerbase (Peterhead)
• Craig Reid at Soccerway
• Craig Reid at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
• Morton Careers Stats at FitbaStats