Billy McColl

Billy McColl
Personal information
Full name William Christopher McColl
Place of birth Scotland
Playing position Midfield
Youth career
Drumchapel Amateurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1978 Clydebank[1] 152 (23)
1978–1981 Ayr United[2] 88 (1)
1981–1983 Clyde[3] 47 (0)
1983 Albion Rovers[4] 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

William Christopher McColl is a retired Scottish footballer. He played as a midfielder for Clydebank, Ayr United, Clyde and Albion Rovers in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the Scottish Second Division title twice.

Playing career

A product of the Glasgow youth team Drumchapel Amateurs, McColl began his senior career as a 17-year-old with Clydebank. He was a member of the squad that won the inaugural Second Division title in 1975-76 before going on to win promotion to the Premier Division a year later, the first time the club had appeared in the top flight of Scottish football. He would make over 150 Scottish League appearances for Clydebank before a transfer to Ayr United in 1978.

In 1981 McColl joined Clyde under the management of Craig Brown and won another Second Division championship medal in season 1981-82. His last senior club was Albion Rovers in 1983 where he made just a single league appearance before retiring.

After football

After leaving football, McColl went into business as a sub-postmaster and newsagent in Netherlee, East Renfrewshire.[5] His son Barry McColl also played Scottish League football, for Queen's Park in the 1990s.

Honours

Clydebank

Clyde

References

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  5. ↑ White, Neil (3 April 2005), "Caught in Time: Craig Brown's Clyde win the Second Division title, 1982", The Sunday Times, London


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