Gavin Swankie

Gavin Swankie
Personal information
Full name Gavin Swankie
Date of birth (1983-11-22) 22 November 1983
Place of birth Arbroath, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Arbroath
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Arbroath 98 (7)
2005–2008 Dundee 63 (10)
2006 → Arbroath (loan) 18 (7)
2008–2010 St Johnstone 37 (4)
2010–2012 Arbroath 70 (34)
2012–2017 Forfar Athletic 159 (41)
2017– Arbroath 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:32, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Gavin Swankie (born 22 November 1983) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward, currently in his fourth spell with Arbroath. Capable of playing in midfield and as a forward, his previous clubs include Forfar Athletic, Dundee and St Johnstone.

Club career

Swankie signed for Dundee after his contract at Arbroath ended having come through the youth ranks at Gayfield Park.[2] He made 73 starts for Arbroath, as well as 32 substitute appearances, scoring seven goals. He returned to Arbroath on loan in January 2006 until the end of the season[3] and then returned to Dundee, where he featured regularly over the next two seasons. Although linked to Cliffburn Hotel F.C, on 1 May 2008, Swankie signed for Dundee's Tayside rivals St Johnstone.[4] He was released at the end of the 2009–10 season and signed for a third spell at Arbroath. He won the Third Division Player of the Year award for the 2010–11 campaign,[5][6] and his goals helped Arbroath win their first senior league championship.[7][8]

Swankie signed for Forfar Athletic in the 2012 summer transfer window.[9] On 3 August 2013, Swankie was the hero for Forfar Athletic when his two goals helped beat Rangers 2–1 in the Scottish League Cup at Station Park. This was Forfar's first victory against Rangers.

In July 2017, with one-year left on his contract, Swankie was placed on the transfer list by Forfar after he had intimated that he wished to leave the club.[10] On 4 July 2017, Swankie signed with former club Arbroath for a fee of £8,000.[11][12]

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
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Arbroath 2000–01[13] Second Division 1000000010
2001–02[14] First Division 8010000090
2002–03[15] 282100000292
2003–04[16] Second Division 28020201[lower-alpha 1]0330
2004–05[17] 34420101[lower-alpha 1]0384
Arbroath total I 9966030201106
Dundee 2005–06[18] First Division 2000001[lower-alpha 1]030
2006–07[19] 33720111[lower-alpha 1]1379
2007–08[20] 283103100324
Dundee total 63103042217213
Arbroath (loan) 2005–06[18] Third Division 18700002[lower-alpha 2]0207
St Johnstone 2008–09[21] First Division 264102000294
2009–10[22] Premier League 1001011—121
St Johnstone total 364203100415
Arbroath 2010–11[23] Third Division 36230000003623
2011–12[24] Second Division 341110001[lower-alpha 1]03611
Arbroath total II 70341000107234
Forfar Athletic 2012–13[25] Second Division 321020104[lower-alpha 3]23912
2013–14[26] League One 291140221[lower-alpha 1]03613
2014–15[27] 341110104[lower-alpha 4]24013
2015–16[28] 32341102[lower-alpha 1]0394
2016–17[29] League Two 32620406[lower-alpha 5]2448
Forfar total 159411319217619850
Arbroath 2017–18[30] League One 9100101[lower-alpha 1]0111
Career total 3756824119523744181
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Second Division play-offs
  3. ↑ Two appearances and two goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances in the First Division play-offs
  4. ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; three appearances and two goals in the Championship play-offs
  5. ↑ Three appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup; three appearances and two goals in the League One play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "Gavin Swankie". ESPNsoccernet. ESPN. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Swankie on the move to Dens Park". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Swankie makes return to Arbroath". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Saints secure Swankie and Millar". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Emilio Izaguirre wins Scotland's players' player prize". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Gavin Swankie wins Division Three award". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Third Division: Arbroath clinch title for first national trophy". The Scotsman. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  8. ↑ Strachan, Graeme (25 April 2011). "Arbroath FC 4 Montrose FC 1: Lichties make history". The Courier. Archived from the original on 2 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  9. ↑ "Scottish Division Two ins and outs". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Double Signing for the 'Loons'". Forfar Athletic FC. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Gavin Swankie". Arbroath FC. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Gavin Swankie – Club statement". Forfar Athletic FC. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Gavin Swankie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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